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Throne Speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional Tories and Labour

Throne Speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional

2020 has been anything but normal. We're in the midst of a devastating global pandemic. Pervasive, systemic racism -- particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous -- is unrelenting. And the climate crisis continues virtually unabated despite a major international economic downturn. Many are naming this moment as an unprecedented "opportunity." But opportunity implies…
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September 22, 2020
Alex Davis: Duda Santana suspended by USADA for two years, released by UFC Doping Test

Alex Davis: Duda Santana suspended by USADA for two years, released by UFC

Duda Santana’s UFC career has come to an end after the Brazilian bantamweight tested positive for a banned substance, her manager Alex Davis confirmed to MMA Fighting on Monday. “Cowboyzinha” tested positive for selective androgen receptor modulator LGD-4033 during an out-of-competition test conducted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency on…
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September 22, 2020
French team under investigation for alleged Tour doping Doping in Cycling

French team under investigation for alleged Tour doping

French cycling team Arkea-Samsic has vowed to take decisive action if an investigation into suspected doping offences during the Tour de France finds evidence of wrong-doing.  The team's general mananger Emmanuel Hubert confirmed that the team's hotel was searched by police last week, midway through the Tour which concluded in Paris on Sunday, where…
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September 22, 2020
Science fiction helps us to envision the future, as well as clarify the past Tories and Labour

Science fiction helps us to envision the future, as well as clarify the past

When I started reading science fiction, in my teens, it was widely regarded as a disreputable form of literature. This was not surprising, since at that time -- the early 1940s -- science fiction was confined to pulp magazines with lurid covers, often depicting scantily-clad heroines shooting ray-guns at BEMS (bug-eyed…
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September 22, 2020
Coronavirus: what can nuclear physics tell us about stopping the pandemic? Pandemic

Coronavirus: what can nuclear physics tell us about stopping the pandemic?

Researchers in Japan have found similarities between nuclear reactions and the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: Getty ImagesJapanese nuclear physicists say that limiting the spread of the virus could be similar to controlling a thermonuclear reaction Models of chain reactions suggest ways authorities can let most people get on with…
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September 22, 2020