he Government has introduced a bill that will allow it to issue takedown notices and create internet filters, with a focus on combatting terrorism and violent extremism, Marc Daalder reports New legislation will enable the Government to issue takedown notices and create internet filters for content deemed objectionable by the Chief Censor, with an eye […]

People with underlying health conditions such as diabetes are six times more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19, and have a risk of death 12 times higher. But several cases have suggested that the coronavirus may trigger diabetes in previously healthy individuals, leading experts have suggested. Experts have created a registry of new cases of diabetes in Covid-19 […]

Power politics of the 21st century has acquired a need for legitimacy. And quite rightly so. Gone are the days of marauding despots, kings and thieves, unashamedly plundering, wreaking havoc and having first dibs on the common man’s virgin bride, all under the good name of tyranny. No, today’s power elite has an expensive veneer […]

For more than a decade now, two scientists–one in the U.S. and one in the Netherlands–have been trying to create a deadly human pathogen from avian influenza. That’s right: they are trying to turn “bird flu,” which does not normally infect people, into a human flu. Not surprisingly, many scientists are vehemently opposed to this. […]