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Why victims of domestic don’t leave – four experts explain
Leaving the family home when children are involved brings psychological and practical barriers. fizkes | Shutterstock For anyone aware of someone – a friend, a colleague, a family member – experiencing abuse and violence at home, one of the biggest questions is often why don’t they just walk away? ItContinue Reading
Gardaí had concerns for Lisa Smith’s safety, trial hears
When Lisa Smith arrived back to Ireland from Syria in 2019, Gardaí had concerns for her safety due to comments on local media suggesting the Islamic convert “shouldn’t be back in the country,” the Special Criminal Court has heard. Detective Garda James Kilgannon told Justin McQuade BL, for Ms Smith,Continue Reading
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COVID: China is developing its own mRNA vaccine – and it’s showing early promise
Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock China, the country that first detected the novel coronavirus, remains one of the few not to have imported one of the exceptionally effective mRNA COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna. Instead, it has so far relied on vaccines developed by two Chinese companies, Sinovac and Sinopharm. However, thisContinue Reading
The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain
Digital twins, virtual copies of everything from bridges to aeroplanes, are coming for healthcare. A European project, called Neurotwin, now wants to digitally clone brains.Continue Reading
‘Time’ for another ‘bumper’ success!
Wynter Wildes has been laid out for a Median Auction Maiden Stakes over the straight mile of Newcastle tapeta tonight by Newmarket trainer Charlie Fellowes and I’ll bet his ‘secret weapon’ jockey Hayley Turner will be up to the task of landing a solid gamble on the twice-raced Tamayuz filly.Continue Reading
COVID: how anti-vaccine influencers exploit mothers
Cookie Studio/Shutterstock Opposition to vaccination has existed for as long as vaccination itself. Ever since widespread smallpox vaccination began in the early 1800s, there have been cycles of questioning the safety and efficacy of particular vaccines. The media has played a primary role in publicising these views, and social mediaContinue Reading
Winter Olympics 2022: do athletes have to contend with high levels of air pollution?
Air pollution levels are typically high during the winter months in Beijing, where the Olympics has kicked off. Yohei Osada/AFLO SPORT/Alamy Live News Thousands of athletes are now competing in Winter Olympics events across three places in China – Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou. But given that air pollution in manyContinue Reading
The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum review: wonder of wonders
Review at a glance S tonehenge is perhaps the most famous monument in England, built, we now know, around 4,500 BC. That was about the same time as the Great Pyramid at Giza. All right, it’s not quite in that league, but it remains a huge, haunting edifice. How didContinue Reading
‘We’re her real mum’: lesbian parents face healthcare challenges
JLco Julia Amaral / Shutterstock Over the last few decades, legal reform and evolving attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people have significantly changed family demographics in the UK. Prior to 2005, children in England could not be adopted by people in a relationship who officially identified as being gay or lesbian. InContinue Reading