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Cognitive decline due to ageing can be reversed in mice – here’s what the new study means for humans
Memory declines with age. Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock The ageing global population is the greatest challenge faced by 21st-century healthcare systems. Even COVID-19 is, in a sense, a disease of ageing. The risk of death from the virus roughly doubles for every nine years of life, a pattern that is almost identicalContinue Reading
Gulf blockade: Qatar hugs and makes up with its warring neighbours – but will it last?
Shortly after four Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt – imposed an embargo on Qatar in 2017, I flew into the country’s capital Doha. Hamad airport – usually buzzing with visitors from the Gulf countries (one of every four visitors to Qatar in 2015Continue Reading
Coronavirus variants: why being more transmissible rather than more deadly isn’t good news
Fotomay/Shutterstock Every time the coronavirus replicates, it has a chance to mutate. And given that it is currently rampaging around the world, it has plenty of opportunities to do just that. Many mutations will make little or no difference to the virus’s ability to spread or cause more severe disease.Continue Reading
Bowler Like Lasith Malinga Can Win You Games From Any Situation: Harbhajan Singh | Cricket News
Following Lasith Malinga’s decision to retire from franchise cricket, his former Mumbai Indians teammate Harbhajan Singh on Thursday said a team can win a game from any situation if it has a bowler like Sri Lanka’s pace spearhead. Malinga informed the Mumbai Indians management about his decision earlier this month,Continue Reading
COVID vaccine weekly: why the UK’s ‘lumpy’ rollout shouldn’t be a concern
After an auspicious start to the new year, the UK’s vaccine drive wavered. Since hitting an initial peak of 324,000 first doses delivered on January 15, doses delivered then fell for three straight days – only to bounce back with a new record of 343,000 on January 19. Nadhim Zahawi,Continue Reading
When football clubs are less successful, fans are more loyal to each other
Fans of less successful clubs form more of a bond with each other. Motortion Films/shutterstock.com Football fans tend to be highly loyal to their group, just as the kin groups of our ancestral past would have been. This intense state of belonging, when a person feels as one with theirContinue Reading
Sam Mewis nets second goal of the game, USWNT leads Colombia, 2-0
Watch Sam Mewis score her second goal of the USWNT’s match against Colombia that puts the USWNT up 2-0.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka vs England, 2nd Test Preview: England Look To Sweep Sri Lanka As India Await | Cricket News
Joe Root’s England will look to sweep Sri Lanka in the second and final Test, starting on Friday, as they prepare to face an India side buoyed by their sensational victory in Australia. England, who resumed a tour that was halted in March by the coronavirus pandemic, won the firstContinue Reading
Joe Biden sends a clear message to the watching world – America’s back
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming of the US Capitol by the followers of his predecessor, in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden — the 46th president of theContinue Reading
Joggers and cyclists should wear masks if they can’t maintain a physical distance from pedestrians
Tom Wang/Shutterstock England is deep into its third lockdown, yet the daily tally of new COVID cases and deaths remains sickeningly high. As Chris Whitty, the country’s chief medical officer, said recently, more needs to be done to bring the pandemic under control. Masks, which when worn correctly are highlyContinue Reading