lyka An obsessed man set up ‘secret surveillance equipment’ to spy on his flatmate before stabbing her to death, a court has been told. Sheldon Rodrigues, 30, was reportedly angry that 39-year-old Stephanie Hansen had a married colleague and began a campaign to break up the relationship. He bought spy equipment, used the name of celebrity … Read more
The photographer described this shot as “a moment of peaceful coexistence.”Tzahi Finkelstein / nature photographer of the year You can vote for the People’s Choice Award for Nature Photographer of the Year. The Natural History Museum in London has released the images and will put them on display in February. The photos show an elephant … Read more
How can social media habits affect mental well-being?Strategies for a balanced digital lifeReferencesRead further The term ‘Digital Nutrition’ was coined by Jocelyn Brewer, a Sydney psychologist, to describe the impact of social media habits on our mental wellbeing and to provide guidance on developing healthy digital habits and improving our digital wellbeing. “Digital Nutrition” is … Read more
Home Secretary James Cleverly has signed a new treaty with Rwanda in a bid to save Rishi Sunak’s thwarted deportation plan. A contingency plan B is also planned soon, as Mr Sunak tries to argue that Rwanda is a safe country to send migrants to following his government’s defeat at the High Court. Senior Tory … Read more
Pete Kolofsky: ‘If Westminster Council were successful the result would be the death of Covent Garden street theatre’ – Heathcliff O’Malley Daredevil unicyclists, master illusionists, knife-eating acrobats: Covent Garden’s performers are an institution. They create a crazy, Vaudevillian microcosm, gobbled up by enthusiastic tourists. But today Westminster Council has launched a public consultation on the … Read more
Like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, we have an evolutionary preference for high-calorie foods. Our ancestors developed a genetic program to store as much energy and valuable nutrients as possible for periods when food was scarce. Therefore, we have inherited genes that make it difficult for us to resist tasty foods, which can lead to obesity, diabetes, … Read more
Nine years ago, I stood on the muddy banks of the Great Marsh, a salt marsh an hour north of Boston, and pulled a thumb-sized crab with an absurdly large claw from a hole. I was looking at a fiddler crab – a species that wasn’t supposed to occur north of Cape Cod, let alone … Read more