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Asteroid Bennu: successful touchdown – but the scientific mission has only just begun
Artist's concept of the OSIRIS REx spacecraft collecting material from Bennu. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Relief showed clearly on the faces of the team of NASA scientists and engineers as they were told: “Touchdown is complete”. Then applause a few seconds later for “back away burn complete”. The most hazardousContinue Reading
Lost your motivation to work out? Here’s why – and how to get back on track
Motivation can steadily fade over time. New Africa/ Shutterstock In the early phases of lockdown, the streets were teeming with runners and living rooms were a blur of uncoordinated star jumps and lunges. In fact, physical activity levels in the UK peaked around mid-to-late May, just before lockdown restrictions beganContinue Reading
How elite sportswomen have suffered more than men during the pandemic
Following an “invisible summer” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, elite women’s sport is finally returning – long after men resumed playing. Earlier this month, the women’s 15s rugby union competition for 2020-2021 kicked off, after the 2019-2020 season was cancelled in March. The new season features adapted rules to avoidContinue Reading
Coronavirus stopped us doing life-changing surgery, so we invented a new form of PPE
Douglas Hartley, Author provided When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the UK, thousands of surgical procedures were put on hold. For a surgeon like me who performs operations on deaf children to restore their hearing, this created a significant moral dilemma – I wanted to get back into surgery toContinue Reading
Contact-tracing apps: there’s no evidence they’re helping stop COVID-19
Checking in. Danny Lawson/PA Wire/PA Images During the first wave of COVID-19, researchers at Oxford University built a computer model that suggested if 56% of the the UK downloaded and used a contact-tracing app (alongside other control measures) it could end the epidemic in the country. With the English appContinue Reading
A no-deal Brexit could damage the UK’s ability to cope with pandemics
EU countries are working together to procure a lot of PPE. Shutterstock As the UK-EU deal or no-deal drama limps on, most attention focuses on the economic consequences of a new trade relationship. But UK health security – in the sense of measures to prevent and mitigate health emergencies suchContinue Reading
IPL 2020: Tim Seifert Replaces Injured Ali Khan For Kolkata Knight Riders | Cricket News
IPL 2020: Tim Seifert represents New Zealand in international cricket© Twitter New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert has joined the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League to replace injured bowler Ali Khan. Seifert, who has played three one-day internationals and 24 Twenty20 matches for the national side, joins theContinue Reading
A whole new way of doing nutrition research
katueng/Shutterstock When I tell people about what I do for a living (a food scientist), I invariably get the same reaction. A roll of eyes and criticism about how the problem with food science is that it’s always telling me that red wine is good, then it’s bad, then it’sContinue Reading
How much of Barack Obama’s legacy has Donald Trump rolled back?
Throughout Donald Trump’s first term in office, the US president has harked back to the Obama years. From blasting the “horrible” Iran nuclear deal to blaming Barack Obama’s administration for the “obsolete, broken system” that Trump claims has hindered the US response to the COVID-19 crisis, he’s used his predecessorContinue Reading
Indian Premier League: Rajasthan Royals Hail “Buttler’s Tricks” With Social Media Post | Cricket News
IPL 2020: Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 70 against Chennai Super Kings on Monday.© BCCI/IPL Jos Buttler’s innings against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday in Abu Dhabi was nothing short of magical. On a slow pitch where the next best score from either side was 35, Buttler smashed 70Continue Reading