27 articles from SUNDAY 1.11.2020

Starwatch: look either side of the moon to find Gemini, the twins

The constellation, one of the 12 zodiacal patterns, is between Ursa Major and Orion in the northern hemisphereThe waning gibbous moon this week will guide you to the heart of the constellation Gemini, the twins.In the northern hemisphere, Gemini sits between the well-known constellations of Ursa Major, the great bear, to the north and Orion, the hunter, to the south. Sandwiched between these two...

Covid: how chilling projections prompted Johnson to lockdown

Opposition of Sunak melted away during quad meeting and PM sided with Gove and HancockCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMorgues in converted ice rinks, security guards outside overwhelmed hospitals to turn patients away, even municipal mass graves.When Boris Johnson’s “quad” of senior ministers met on Friday, they were presented with a chilling prognosis of what...

Yuri Orlov obituary

Russian physicist whose campaigning for human rights in the Soviet Union led to imprisonment and exile to the USThe outstanding Russian physicist Yuri Orlov, who has died aged 96, became one of the bravest champions of human rights in the final period of the Soviet Union. He suffered years of hardship in prison, labour camps and exile to Siberia before having his citizenship withdrawn in 1986 and...

Johnson’s dithering has doubled this lockdown. We will all pay the price | Tom Kibasi

The prime minister either did not understand what scientists told him about Covid, or he ignored it for political reasons Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“No responsible prime minister could ignore the message of those figures,” intoned Boris Johnson after the chief medical officer had finished his presentation of the latest Covid-19 data at Saturday’s press...