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NHS was ‘on brink of collapse’ during pandemic, Covid inquiry finds

Heather Hallett says ‘superhuman’ efforts of workers were at times the only reason health service survived

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19

Covid-19 pandemic probe to set out impact on NHS and patients

The UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry is set to publish insights on how the healthcare system in Britain coped in the face of the virus.

The Independent UK · Mar 19

China’s Tencent boasts of 'strong stockpile' of AI GPUs - looking at alternative AI accelerators

Tencent claims it has a strong stockpile of GPUs for AI development in the face of investor concerns.

Tom’s Hardware · May 15, 2025

‘Scenes from hell’: Hospitals ran out of body bags and were close to collapse in pandemic, Covid inquiry told

A top doctor broke down in tears as he said that scenes in the unit ‘were like nothing I had ever seen’

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Humans may not be able to live on Mars

Cold, bathed in radiation and far from Earth, life on Mars would strain our mental and bodily limits

Salon · Feb 7, 2023

What does it take to be an astronaut? After dreaming of the stars, I decided to find out

I got very close to becoming a European Space Agency astronaut, but the final lesson was a bittersweet one, says doctor Kevin Fong

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022