In a world first, scientists are using the controversial CRISPR technology to edit genes while the DNA is still inside a person’s body. Typically, the tool – used to treat conditions like sickle cell disease – removes cells from the body, edits out the mutated parts and then reinserts them, along with instructions to create … Read more
Leading the sabre-rattling that added fire to today’s ‘fishing war’ in Jersey is Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, a fisherman’s daughter and Brexit hater who has made inflammatory threats to ‘cut off’ the island’s electricity. Maritime minister Annick Girardin, a member of the Radical Party of the Left, is a straight-talking political street fighter who in a … Read more
Leading the sabre-rattling that added fire to today’s ‘fishing war’ in Jersey is Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, a fisherman’s daughter and Brexit hater who has made inflammatory threats to ‘cut off’ the island’s electricity. Maritime minister Annick Girardin, a member of the Radical Party of the Left, is a straight-talking political street fighter who in a … Read more
Scientists warn 90 percent of the world’s corals reefs will disappear from Earth by 2043 due to climate change and human interference, but a new and innovated method could save them from extinction. Researchers, working with the cat food company Sheba, are using ‘Reef Stars’ to recover 45 acres of coral in Indonesia’s Spermonde Archipelago … Read more
Madeleine McCann’s parents have said they ‘hang on to hope, however small’ that they will see their daughter again as they marked the 14th anniversary of her disappearance alone. In a message shared online, Kate and Gerry McCann noted that this year’s anniversary was even more poignant because it would have been missing Maddie’s 18th birthday. … Read more
Pope Francis prayed for the end of the pandemic in a special service in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday at the start of a ‘marathon’ month of prayer asking for the ‘hard trial’ to be over. The pontiff asked for the return of what he called ‘a horizon of hope’, including a scenario in which … Read more
That’s different! New mother Moana Hope pins her eyes open with cotton buds as she battles exhaustion… five months after welcoming her first-born daughter Svea By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:37 BST, 29 April 2021 | Updated: 13:41 BST, 29 April 2021 She welcomed her first child, a daughter named Svea, in … Read more
Oscar-winner Thomas Vinterberg ‘full of hope and curiosity’ about Leonardo DiCaprio remake of his film Another Round … amid backlash toward cinematic adaptation Vinterberg optimistic about how DiCaprio would handle the material He said the film is ‘in the hands of the finest actor you can get’ Director collected Oscar on Sunday for Best International Feature … Read more
Tesla shareholders hope first-quarter results will put stock back on track, as shares have fallen around 20% since peaking earlier this year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 23 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 23 April 2021 Tesla shareholders hope first-quarter results on Monday will put the stock back on … Read more
NATURE BIRDSONG IN A TIME OF SILENCE by Steven Lovatt (Particular £12.99, 160 pp) Now that lockdown is over (if you have faith to believe our regained freedoms will last and we’re not merely in the midst of a temporary reprieve), those who last year were suddenly able to hear the birds as they took … Read more