Chris Packham and Dr Chris van Tulleken to front new BBC science programmes Among the new programmes are two Horizon specials – one of which will explore the possibility of a new global pandemic. The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2024
The Media Is Back to Deriding the Lab Leak as a 'Conspiracy Theory' Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it. Reason · Jul 10, 2024
A top economist suggests buyers and sellers should brace themselves for the 6% mortgage rate reality Mortgage rates won’t be going back down to the historical lows seen throughout the pandemic, the National Association of Realtors’ chief economist said. Fortune · Jul 10, 2024
Bird flu mutations spark concern A recent study describing how H5N1 is evolving to be more contagious in mammals is putting scientists on edge Salon · Jul 10, 2024
Barcelona residents are so fed up with tourism they’re squirting visitors with water guns as they try to enjoy their meals Locals argue that tourism isn't helping with soaring housing costs, precarious employment, and a lower quality of life. Fortune · Jul 9, 2024
There’s a wave of apartments coming, but building permits have plummeted almost 30% since the pandemic—and it could mean higher rents “Property owners might start jacking up rents again once all of the new apartments hitting the market fill up with tenants and there’s no longer so much supply, which could be the case in a year or two,” a Redfin senior economist said. Fortune · Jul 9, 2024
More than a third of children leave primary school without 'three Rs' SATs test results show lasting impact pandemic had on children’s education Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2024
Which candidate's presidency had a bigger economic impact on Latinos? Politifact took a closer look With both Trump and Biden trying to convince Latinos on how they advanced their rights, Politifact shows the administrations' efforts to be virtually identical Latin Times · Jul 9, 2024
Skip the fancy perks – better staff wellbeing could be as simple as the view from the office window Four years after the pandemic forced workers home, companies in New Zealand and elsewhere are summoning staff back to the office. The Conversation · Jul 7, 2024
Still Never Got Covid-19? The Reason Is Not What You Think Throughout the pandemic, one of the key questions on everyone’s mind was why some people avoided getting COVID, while others caught the virus multiple times. Inverse · Jul 6, 2024
'I went to the doctor to talk about it and just burst into tears': What you need to know about depression and cycling Rates of depression have risen dramatically since the pandemic –and cyclists aren’t immune, as Chris Marshall-Bell finds out Cycling Weekly · Jul 6, 2024
Wall Street’s biggest bear is out of a job after predicting a U.S. recession that never happened JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic made a name for himself as a contrarian during the pandemic, but too many wrong-footed calls finally caught up with him. Fortune · Jul 5, 2024
‘It’s a snowball effect’: the gen Z niche reading event making waves in New York Cassidy Grady’s Sunday reading series ‘Confessions’ seeks fresh avenues for creative expression in wake of pandemic The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2024
“The World Actually Ended In 2020 And We’re All In Hell Now”: 67 Things Ruined By The Covid Pandemic As much as life might feel "back to normal," there are some things that have never been the same since 2020. The post “The World Actually Ended In 2020 And We’re All In Hell Now”: 67 Things Ruined By The Covid Pandemic first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Jul 5, 2024
AAP · Jul 4, 2024 Knife taken to govt agency that helped handle pandemic Some 125 Service NSW positions will be cut as the government reduces costs that ballooned during the pandemic.
The Conversation · Jul 3, 2024 Britain’s corner shops survived a pandemic and competition from supermarkets – now they are expanding It seems like they have always been there, on the street corner, open long hours and available whenever we need a pint of milk.
Salon · Jul 3, 2024 Bird flu vaccines in development As part of the Biden admin's pandemic preparedness strategy, Moderna will develop an mRNA vaccine for H5N1
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024 All the rage: women are furious – and repressing it can ruin our lives By 2021, women around the world were 6% angrier than men, a gap that widened during the pandemic. Dr Jennifer Cox says it is time to let it all out
Fortune · Jul 2, 2024 Tesla's Elon Musk got his mega-pay package, but Salesforce's Marc Benioff might not be so lucky CEO pay balloons post-pandemic, but shareholders at Salesforce start to check their executives’ compensation.
Fortune · Jul 2, 2024 Office vacancies set a new all-time high, ‘breaking the 20% barrier for the first time in history’ “The slow bleed occurring in the office sector has led to a steady rise in the vacancy rate as permanent shifts in working behavior have outlasted the initial wave of the pandemic four years ago,” Moody’s said.
The Conversation · Jul 2, 2024 Young Canadians prefer in-person and hybrid work, according to a new report There is no shortage of hand-wringing about young people and the hours they spend in front of screens. From the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendation to add a warning label to social media to psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s recent book about the link between time spent online and mental health, concerns about…
Fortune · Jun 30, 2024 Lumber prices are plunging. Blame the record drop in U.S. housing affordability and a post-pandemic double bubble ‘hangover’ “It’s an ugly scenario” for the lumber market, Sitka Forest Products' Ashley Boeckholt told Fortune. “We’re kind of having a hangover from a great three years.”
Motorsport · Jun 30, 2024 MotoGP set to replace Kazakhstan GP with second Qatar round The MotoGP Kazakhstan Grand Prix will not take place and a second round will be held in Qatar instead, Motorsport.com understands. The race at the Sokol circuit has been in doubt from the moment it entered the calendar. Initially, the event was due to debut last year, but its cancellation was…
Reason · Jun 30, 2024 COVID-19 and January 6 in the Rear-View Mirror There are certain geopolitical events that are generation-defining. In my lifetime, I think they would be the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11, the election of President Obama, the election of President Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, and January 6. For earlier generations, they would have been Watergate, the moon landing,…
Fortune · Jun 29, 2024 Eventbrite’s CEO took the top job after her husband and in the ‘dark room’ of COVID realized she’d ‘forgotten to have a moment of doubt’ "I remember laying on the ground of our home office just thinking ‘If I live through this I’m never going to waste time feeling a lack of confidence.’"