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US Congress commits to act on climate crisis, despite Donald Trump
Nancy Pelosi tells UN conference in Madrid that commitment is ‘iron-clad’The US will take action on greenhouse gases and engage with other countries on the climate emergency despite Donald Trump’s rejection of international cooperation, a delegation from the US Congress has told the UN climate conference in Madrid.Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, struck a defiant stance on Monday,...
Usman Khan, sentencing and the rehabilitation of serious offenders | Letters
Peter Lock, a former probation officer, and psychotherapist Tricia Scott on jail conditions that can do more harm than good to prisonersAs a retired probation officer who was involved in the delivery of training programmes for the Criminal Justice Act 2003, I would suggest that the inadequacy of sentencing in Usman Khan’s case was rooted in the manner in which imprisonment for public protection...
Did you solve it? Smart as a box of frogs
The solutions to today’s puzzles and the results of the Xmas univocalic challengeEarlier today I set you a Christmas challenge (about which more below) and these three puzzles from the Mathigon advent calendar: Continue...
Daughters of women with PCOS face five times greater risk
Polycystic ovary syndrome is believed to affect about one in five women of reproductive age Daughters of women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a common disorder that can cause excessive body hair, acne and fertility problems, are five times more likely than the average woman to develop the condition, a major study has found.Researchers in Sweden examined the medical histories of nearly 30,000...
COP25: youth ‘leadership’ contrasts with government inaction, says UN chief
Ahead of Madrid climate change conference António Guterres says political will missing António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, contrasted the “leadership” and “mobilisation” shown by the world’s youth on the climate emergency with the lack of action by governments, which were failing to keep up with the urgency of the problem despite increasing signs that the climate...