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Fears Pirola Covid variant will ‘overwhelm NHS’ sees ‘concerned’ health bosses bring back community testing and pull forward booster rollout – as some stores run out of tests again

Rebecca Stafford31 August 2023

Some pharmacies have already run out of Covid tests, as experts urge Brits to stay alert to the new ‘concerning’ Pirola Covid variant amid fears it could trigger a fresh...

Economy

The Fed gets ratioed, bank capital edition

Christopher Harper31 August 2023

Steven Kelly is associate director of research at the Yale Program on Financial Stability and publishes research notes at his Substack, Without Warning.As a financial crisis starts receding from view,...

Africa’s contagious coups | Financial Times

Peter Sanders31 August 2023

Receive free African politics updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest African politics news every morning. Another day, another coup in Africa. This week’s military...

Woman accusing ex-NDP MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault goes public

Robert Melton31 August 2023

The woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault is going public, saying she wants to support others.Carmen Roy, who works for the National Centre for Truth...

Entertainment

Starfield presents a vast world with a sense of wonder — and frequent frustration

Peter Sanders31 August 2023

About 30 hours into Starfield, the new sci-fi exploration game by Bethesda Softworks, I captured a spaceship essentially by accident, after I took out its space pirate crew in a...

Technology

Sask. woman who got cited for tall plants in pollinator garden says bylaw should change

Peter Sanders31 August 2023

A Saskatoon resident thought it was a good idea to replace her front lawn with a pollinator garden, which she calls a more environmentally friendly alternative, but the city wasn't on...

Technology

WhatsApp may soon get a major UI overhaul on Android

Jessica McCarthy31 August 2023

Meta-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp keeps on updating the platform to improve user experience. According to a report by WABetaInfo, the company is working on a new interface for Android....

Science

Decoding Earth’s Ancient Atmospheric Mysteries

Jessica McCarthy31 August 2023

Tiny mineral inclusions picture for the first time oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere and changed the composition of the mantle. Credit: Hugo Moreira / Nature GeoscienceUsing synchrotron techniques, scientists have...

Technology

Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design

Jessica McCarthy31 August 2023

Starfield almost immediately nudges its players to the edges of the cosmos. In the opening hours of the role-playing video game, it’s possible to land your spaceship on Earth’s moon...

Science

‘Countercation engineering’ for thermoresponsive graphene-oxide nanosheets

Jessica McCarthy31 August 2023

GO nanosheets with tetrabutylammonium countercations undergo a sol–gel transition upon heating, moving from a disassembled lamellar structure to an assembled interconnected network. This technology can be harnessed as a direct...

Month: August 2023

Fears Pirola Covid variant will ‘overwhelm NHS’ sees ‘concerned’ health bosses bring back community testing and pull forward booster rollout – as some stores run out of tests again

The Fed gets ratioed, bank capital edition

Africa’s contagious coups | Financial Times

Woman accusing ex-NDP MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault goes public

Starfield presents a vast world with a sense of wonder — and frequent frustration

Sask. woman who got cited for tall plants in pollinator garden says bylaw should change

WhatsApp may soon get a major UI overhaul on Android

Decoding Earth’s Ancient Atmospheric Mysteries

Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design

‘Countercation engineering’ for thermoresponsive graphene-oxide nanosheets

Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed? | Investments

Tracing the journey from Egyptian cat mummies to modern house pets

F1 red flag tyre-change rules explained: Lando Norris’ regulation complaints after Sao Paulo GP disappointment | F1 News

Nicotine pouches prove a hit but come under increasing scrutiny

Boeing workers vote to end damaging 8-week strike

Cleaning, noise, bills: how to have a happy house-share | Money

Why should I bother paying into a pension if we’re all doomed? | Investments

Tracing the journey from Egyptian cat mummies to modern house pets

F1 red flag tyre-change rules explained: Lando Norris’ regulation complaints after Sao Paulo GP disappointment | F1 News

Nicotine pouches prove a hit but come under increasing scrutiny

Boeing workers vote to end damaging 8-week strike

Cleaning, noise, bills: how to have a happy house-share | Money

Report explores how children under three use technology

Today on Sky Sports Racing: Sedgefield and Newcastle host competitive action | Racing News

Wall Street tribes hunt for election victory

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump make final push for votes

New Breakthrough Helps Free Up Space for Robots To “Think”

Mathematical model illuminates how the environment impacts life choices of salmon