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Vaccine delays in poorer nations threaten rich world’s economy
- World
- January 24, 2021, 16:26
Advanced economies face a significant hit to their economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic unless they help developing countries speed up thei(...)
![“[Cartilage]must be able to sense the strains and slight damage from running and rebuild itself,” says Dr Ross Miller. Photograph: iStock “[Cartilage]must be able to sense the strains and slight damage from running and rebuild itself,” says Dr Ross Miller. Photograph: iStock](/polopoly_fs/1.4397758.1604328961!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Could running be good for your knees?
- Fitness
- January 5, 2021, 06:01
Could running be good for your knees? That idea is at the heart of a fascinating study of the differing effects of running and walking on the knee joi(...)

Fortnite billionaire in Epic battle with Apple and Google
- Technology
- September 3, 2020, 05:46
By his own admission, Tim Sweeney is not a great Fortnite player. When the founder and chief of Epic Games, which created the blockbuster online shoo(...)

UCC president to retire early for ‘personal reasons’
- Education
- July 15, 2020, 16:18
The president of University College Cork Professor Patrick O’Shea has announced that he will retire early at the end of this year for “personal reason(...)

What the pornography industry could teach us about coronavirus testing
- Health & Family
- June 23, 2020, 06:00
As more states open up and people return to work, companies are looking for guidance on how to keep workers safe from infection. Some experts suggest (...)

Democrats accuse Trump of trying to ‘move conversation’ with immigration ban
- US
- April 21, 2020, 20:36
US president Donald Trump vowed to halt all immigration into the United States temporarily to help protect American workers during the coronavirus pan(...)

Facebook survey could predict Covid-19 likely case load for hospitals
- Technology
- April 20, 2020, 18:52
Facebook is rolling out a global survey on coronavirus symptoms that the company will use to help support researchers responding to the Covid-19 pande(...)

Malaria research: Mosquito-killing spider juice offers hope
- Health
- June 1, 2019, 11:44
A fungus genetically engineered to produce spider venom can quickly kill mosquitoes spreading malaria, a study suggests. Scientists from the Universi(...)

‘People say they’ve never met a trans person, and I say, I bet you have’
- Health & Family
- November 19, 2018, 03:01
To look at her, you couldn’t guess Chloe Schwenke’s age accurately. Tall and slim, with straight shoulder-length hair and a strong face, she’s an eloq(...)

Third woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
- US
- September 26, 2018, 20:00
Judge Brett Kavanaugh was accused Wednesday by another woman of having engaged in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Pr(...)