Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next
Researchers have banded together to find safe, virtual ways to teach the principles of microbiology and epidemiology. Read more...
Giuseppe Conte to Resign as Italian Prime Minister
Prime Minister Giuseppe Contes government is likely to collapse, leaving Italy in an uncertain political situation with Covid-19 infections still very high. Read more...
Louis Bacon and Moore Capital - an apology
In an article A hedge fund Godfather of September 4 2010, we suggested that Mr Bacon was complicit in unethical behaviour within his hedge fund business, Moore Capital, and elsewhere, and as a result he is not the kind of person, and Moore Capital not the kind of business, that the Conservative Party should consider accepting financial donations from. Read more...
'Why do I keep getting these painful mouth ulcers?' DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions
DR MARTIN SCURR Mouth ulcers are a common, often recurrent, problem and I am sorry to hear that the numerous treatments you have tried have not helped. Read more...
Casino CEO and wife arrested for flying to remote Canada to be vaccinated with indigenous people
Rodney Baker, a Canadian casino CEO who earned over m in 2019, and his Russian-born actress wife were fined 0 each for chartering the jet to jump the vaccination line at a remote First Nation town. Read more...
How Putting on a Mask Raised Naomi Osakas Voice
She used her time away from competing during the pandemic to reflect on the world and her place within it. When the time came to speak, she approached it in her own distinct way. Read more...
Juventus 'target double swoop for Bayern Munich pair Corentin Tolisso and Joshua Zirkzee'
Andrea Pirlo's side have identified Bayern Munich duo Corentin Tolisso and Joshua Zirkzee as potential 2021 new signings in a bid to boost their underperforming squad. Read more...
Revealed The Shipworm Sex Tapes
Natures weirdest clam surprises scientists once again, this time in video footage of its mating habits. Read more...
Portugals President Wins Re-election, but Far Right Gains
Portugal once stood out in Europe for having no real far-right presence in politics. Those days appear over. Read more...
Fashion In the luxe lane
Your fast track to a wardrobe of slick modern classics Read more...
Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its ambitious internet balloon venture
A futuristic project by Google's parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Read more...
UK jobless rate creeps up to 5 per cent as employment slides
Official figures showed the unemployment rate was up 0.6 percentage points between September and November compared to the previous quarter. Read more...
Man tries smuggling 74 protected Tanzanian chameleons into Austria
The man, who was travelling from Tanzania via the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, hid the lizards in his clothes and ice cream boxes in his luggage. Read more...
Cancer operations fell by 800 in the first fortnight of 2021 as Covid cases surged
An estimated 800 cancer surgeries - about 13 per cent - were delayed between January 3 and 17, with London and surrounding counties the worst hit. Read more...
Supreme Court denies NY Democrat Sheldon Silver's appeal of bribery conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his bribery conviction. Read more...
Let's Do It Review If only Jasper Rees had taken Victoria Wood's advice of less was always more
No one pinpointed the essence of Middle England both as lovingly and as sharply as Victoria Wood. Read more...
Furious father bites off six-year-old son's penis in China before spitting it out
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING Witnesses in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province of China, said the 32-year-old father was walking with his naked son and four-year-old daughter on the street when he launched the sickening attack. Read more...
Neptunes Weird Dark Spot Just Got Weirder
While observing the planets large inky storm, astronomers spotted a smaller vortex they named Dark Spot Jr. Read more...
Alphabet Program Beats the European Human Go Champion
DeepMind, a research organization, said that a program combining two separate algorithms had soundly defeated a high-ranking professional Go player. Read more...
Cowardice of the dog snatchers Pet thefts soar by 170% as just one in 100 thieves are caught
Booming demand for so called 'pandemic puppies,' sparked a rise in dog thefts of 170 per cent in the past year, shocking figures have shown, amid calls to make pet theft a specific criminal offence. Read more...