On Tuesday, the northwestern city of Lanzhou, with a population of more than 4 million people, went into lockdown after just six Covid-19 cases were reported there. And this approach seems set to stay, at least for now. Even though some Chinese health officials have suggested a tentative or partial […]
Daily Archives: October 31, 2021
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Decentralized finance and artificial intelligence Crypto finance can sound like science fiction. But this is our reality. Right now, all over the internet, on decentralized finance programs like Uniswap, people are trading, borrowing and lending digital assets on platforms where computer code runs the show. There is now about $235 […]
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to interpret ideas from the past. The married founders of the architecture and design firm Roman and Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, are known for their dramatic room schemes that often use saturated […]
The poo-powered ZOO! Wildlife park in Winchester is running a new tropical house on dung from zebras and wild asses in a UK first Marwell Zoo will use 600 tonnes of dung to power its new tropical house Dung is from endangered species including Grevy’s zebr and Somali wild ass […]
Toto Wolff is very worried about the creases in his shirt. He thinks his shoes look too plastic. He’s not happy with his trousers, either. He wants straighter, sharper, more cleanly pressed. Kevin, our photographer, only needs five minutes, but Wolff isn’t happy until he’s changed. Some think this makes […]
Saudi Aramco profits soar as global rebound from Covid sparks oil price rally: State-backed energy firm makes £22bn in three months to September This was more than double the £8.6bn brought in during same quarter of 2020 The company was worth £1.5trillion as shares neared an all-time high of 38 […]
Generation Z workers are terrifying their millennial bosses with a series of woke and entitled demands, including that their companies support BLM, provide paid time off for ‘anxiety’ or telling the boss to pick up assignments after shirking their responsibilities. These newest additions to the workforce have left many of […]
The majority of those dying of Covid-19 in the UK and the US are have not been vaccinated. Bereaved relatives are telling their stories to try to convince others to get their jabs Phil Valentine was a Tennessee-based conservative talk radio host who was sceptical about the US government’s response […]