“They have a customer focus. We should too.”
For ‘unrecognised black women’: statue of Henrietta Lacks unveiled in Bristol
Lacks, whose cells were used in multiple medical advances, is honoured by the city’s universityThere were tears of joy and pride as the first statue of a black woman created by a black woman for a public space in the UK was unveiled in a sunlit garden …
Did you solve it? Another game of brutal genius from South Korea
The solutions to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you the following puzzles, designed by the South Korean puzzle master Han Dongkyu. The first two are a slow build up to what is one of the most fiendishly brilliant geometrical puzzles I have ever see…
Woman successfully treated for depression with electrical brain implant
‘Stunning’ neuroscientific advance gives hope to those with mental illness not helped with drugsA woman with severe depression has been successfully treated with an experimental brain implant in a “stunning” advance that offers hope to those with intra…
William Shatner confirms he will go into space on Blue Origin rocket
90-year-old actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek will become the oldest person to reach spaceWilliam Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in Star Trek, has confirmed that he will go to space this month on the second launch staged by the Amazo…
Let’s make a deal: Entrepreneur wants to trade Buran shuttle for a skull
“It is not water that flows in our veins, but blood.”
Coronavirus live news: new rules for travel in England; New Zealand to phase out elimination strategy
England’s traffic light system for international travel replaced by one red list; Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ‘transition’ towards new policyInside Missouri’s Covid culture wars‘We lost him’: how Covid tore one Sydney family apartBrazil shocke…
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to US duo for work on sense of touch
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share 10m-kronor prize for discovery of receptors for temperature and touchTwo US researchers have won the 2021 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for work that unlocked the secrets of the sense of touch.Prof David…
山火事が起きやすい「火災気象」の日が、米国で急増している：研究結果
米国では大規模な山火事が頻発している。こうしたなか、実際に山火事が発生しやすい条件が揃う「火災気象」と呼ばれる日が増加していることが、このほど発表された研究結果から明らかになった。加速する地球温暖化が背景にあることから、温暖化の勢いを緩和しない限り事態が悪化する一方との声も専門家からは上がっている。
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Shapps criticised for remarks on wearing masks in enclosed spaces
Covid experts warn against complacency after transport secretary hails lack of face coverings at Tory conference eventCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVaccinations have made people more confident to sit in enclosed spaces wit…