Half Mag / Half Zine
WHEN he was just 20, Ken Miller was part of the most terrifying thing the British government has ever done. But last week he died alone and almost unnoticed, another forgotten hero of Cold War nuclear testing. His friend David Singletary said: “He kept hoping for recognition from the government, but it’s too late now.” […]
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The wait for Chelsea to burst into life as an exhilarating attacking force goes on. Their first win in seven attempts over a fellow top-half side this season owed more to grit than inspiration, even though two late goals from Tammy Abraham gave the scoreline a deceptive look, masking the fact that West Ham had […]
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A team of researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and Vrije Universteit Amsterdam (VU) has determined the development stages of Aβ fibrils and has thus been able to understand the development of plaques. The researchers report in the academic journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications on 11 December 2020. Joining forces The team from the Centre for Protein […]
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Britain’s economy is suffering increasing damage from the rapid growth in Covid infections, renewed lockdown measures, and turmoil over Brexit at the end of the worst year for growth in three centuries, according to a Guardian analysis. With negotiations going down to the wire amid vast tailbacks at Dover before the Brexit transition expires on […]
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The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce today announced it will add no less than 60 Chinese companies to the Entity List, which will effectively restrict their access to key US technologies, including their ability to partner up with US-based hardware and software companies. The move is one of […]
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On Saturday Boris Johnson announced London and parts of the south east will be placed into a tougher new Tier 4 to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Under the tighter restrictions, which came into force today, anyone living in London and affected areas in the South East are banned from flying abroad unless it’s an […]
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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal’s beleaguered players need to master their self-doubt and that there is no room in the squad for anyone who is “dragging you back”. Arsenal seek respite from a catastrophic Premier League run when they host Manchester City in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday night and their manager wants to see […]
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A leading pediatricians’ group says families often spot eating disorders too late—and offers new guidelines to reach an earlier diagnosis. “For too long, eating disorders were considered a disease that afflicted mostly affluent white teenage girls,” said Dr. Laurie Hornberger, lead author of the report written by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence. […]
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US president-elect Joe Biden has nominated two fantastic, highly qualified female labour economists, both of whom I have known for a quarter of a century, to senior posts. Janet Yellen, previously chair of the Federal Reserve, as the first female Treasury secretary, and Cecilia Rouse, dean of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, as […]
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This will be a first for Riot: while League of Legends is a game with a huge playerbase, it’s still a MOBA at the end of the day. Even the biggest, most ambitious MOBAs pale in comparison to the smallest and most conservative MMOs, which typically have at least a few hundred players per server, […]
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