With the Premier League still waiting to return amid the Covid-19 crisis, supporters across the country have been treated to plenty of nostalgia to keep them going during the game's shutdown.

With English football still waiting to return amid the coronvirus pandemic, fans across the country have been treated to plenty of nostalgia to keep them going during the game's shutdown.

What’s needed after Covid-19 is a bigger, smarter state, with more devolved decisions, a greener economy and a stronger safety net

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The words are straining to come out. Boris Johnson hero worships Winston Churchill so it is obvious how the prime minister will pitch this week’s announcement of the plan to get Britain out of lockdown.

In late 1942, victory in the north African desert had suggested that the tide of the war might have turned but Churchill was cautious. “Now this is not the end,” he said in a speech at London’s Mansion House. “It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

It’s clear from a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated

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About 12,000 years ago, human domestication of the natural world began in earnest with the intentional cultivation of wild plants and animals. Fast forward to today and our dominion over the planet appears complete, as 7.8 billion of us multiply across its surface and our reach extends from the deep-sea beds, which are being mined, to the heavens, where we are, according to Donald Trump, dispatching a space force.

Yet as has been made clear by a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated. Indeed, our interference with the natural world is making them more liable to flare up into tragedy. We created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene is biting back.

Tapes of conference calls of FEMA and HHS officials across the country reveal widespread worries about new waves of Covid-19 infections.

With the all clear to begin clearing land at Mount Gilead for a 1,700-home housing estate, there have been renewed calls for a national park isolating the area's koalas.

Old rivals Australia and New Zealand produce another netball classic, with the Silver Ferns edging out the Diamonds to take a lead in the Constellation Cup series.

The NSW Government will discuss establishing a national park south of Sydney to protect the state's last chlamydia-free koala colony under threat by urban expansion.

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Just say "no" to mom guilt.

Sweetgreen has long said nothing from its stores goes to landfill. On closer inspection, that's more aspiration than guarantee.

The Galaxy have permanently shuttered their elite girls' soccer academy, leaving more than 80 girls looking for new places to play.

Dan Cey has resigned as Calabasas' baseball coach after being reprimanded following a complaint by a neighbor about changes to the playing field.

Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atoms.

Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them. However, exactly how these plants recognize signals from insects has been unknown until now. In a new study, scientists in Japan have uncovered the cellular pathway that helps these plants to sense danger signals and elicit a response, opening doors to a myriad of agricultural applications.

Get clean, fresh romaine, arugula, or spring mix without wilting or a puddle of water at the bottom of your bowl.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 5.5 per cent slump in jobs in the first week after extensive business shutdowns and social-distancing limits were introduced to contain the virus, new ABS figures show.

Care about sustainable seafood? The waters off South Africa's iconic False Bay have "gone quiet", and experts believe it could be linked to your weekend fish and chips.

Police in Malaysia confirm they are investigating a journalist over her reporting on mass raids targeting migrants and refugees amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Westpac joins ANZ in deferring its interim dividend as it braces for the financial impact of COVID-19, but mounting issues around money laundering and tax reporting may cost it almost as much.

A NEW image captured by NASA Hubble space telescope shows ‘doomed duo’ galaxies colliding and then trying to destroy one another.

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A search team on Friday recovered the last remaining two bodies missing after a Himalayan avalanche in January buried four South Korean trekkers and three locals. A wall of snow hit the trekkers at about 3,200 metres (10,500 feet) near the Annapurna base camp in Nepal on January 17, covering them under metres of snow. Avalanches and more snowfall since then made it too dangerous to lau

General Motors vient tout juste d’annoncer les prix et plusieurs détails sur l’équipement du Cadillac Escalade 2021 de nouvelle génération.

«Bikini body» versus silhouette bedonnante... Sur les réseaux sociaux, l’affaire est entendue: le confinement se traduira par des kilos en plus.

Les études réalisées jusqu’à maintenant montrent qu’une proportion des patients sont affectés par une condition de santé précaire.

Huge crowds flocked to shopping centres across Australia in a pre-Mother's Day rush which was good news for the retail industry, but set off alarm bells for a potential coronavirus spike, with one shopper describing the scenes like "swimming in a COVID soup".

Australia's three-match ODI series against New Zealand began behind closed doors. Now it's been postponed, along with a return series, after a tightening of border restrictions by the New Zealand government.

NRL boss Todd Greenberg says players could be forced to take pay cuts as the organisation looks to cut costs amid the coronavirus crisis.

The coronavirus crisis upended the star-studded Met Gala, so late-night TV host James Corden put on the Pet Gala. Yes, it was as cute as it sounds.

Amy Jo Burns' novel, "Shiner," illuminates an Appalachia whose men "pray for God to show Himself while our wives wash their husbands' underpants."

Israeli scientists say they can mimic the effects of a vaccination campaign if certain people willingly get infected with the coronavirus and recover.

U.S. deportation flights to Guatemala resume -- with promises of testing for coronavirus

It's four years since the Corrie star had his first hair transplant

Huffington Post: Data Exclusivity: Getting the Balance Right      A great article on the downsides of cutting or removing data exclusivity provisions for biologics.  The article points out that data protection is needed to enhance safety and create incentives to research and produce new innovative drugs that cost billions of dollars.  However, the author argues that the period must be […]

Ayala Pharmaceuticals has two clinical-stage cancer drugs licensed from Bristol Myers Squibb. Now it has $55 million to take those drugs further than the pharmaceutical giant did. On Thursday evening, Ayala priced its IPO, which consisted of 3.7 million shares sold for $15 each. That price was the midpoint of the targeted $14 to $16 […]

AbbVie’s former Vice President of Oncology has moved to Ayala Pharmaceuticals to work as its new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). 

Israel-based startup Ayala Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing targeted cancer therapies for people living with genetically defined cancers – it is currently working on the development of its pan-Notch inhibitor AL101, currently in Phase 2 in adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC).

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Researchers studying malaria in Kenya have discovered a microbe that blocks transmission of malaria from mosquitoes which could pave the way to eradicating the disease.

Malaysia health authorities on Saturday reported 54 new coronavirus cases for a total of 6,589.

John Cowdery, a former elected member of the Alaska state senate, was sentenced today to three years probation with a special condition requiring him to serve six months of home confinement for conspiring to bribe another Alaska state legislator.  U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline for the District of Alaska also ordered Cowdery to pay a $25,000 fine.