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ANNISQUAM (Massachusetts), Apr 3: Nothing much is known about the content and context of Swami Vivekananda’s first speech in the United States, which was about a fortnight before his historic Chicago address in September 1893, but the residents of this quiet seacoast village about 65 kilometers north of Boston, to this day remember him as a Hindu monk whose wisdom and intelligence exceeded that of a Harvard professor. “I think the impression that he (Swami Vivekananda) left was that her...

A full list of people from across the UK that are playing an active role in the JWST can be found on this page. In March 2021 Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) announced the selected JWST General Observer programs for Cycle 1. The selected proposals were prepared by more than 2,200 unique investigators from 41 countries, including 43 US states and territories, 19 ESA member states, and 4 Canadian provinces. More detailed information about the approved proposals can be found here. Due to...

Artists rendering of the JWST observatory. Credit: NASA Looking back in time NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will look further back in time than any other telescope - to 400m years after the Big Bang. JWST is a collaboration between ESA, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, due for launch in late 2021 as the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope. The four key goals of the JWST are: to search for light from the first stars and galaxies that formed in the Universe after the...

A BRADFORD doctor who regularly writes a coronavirus diary for the BBC says city schools are missing pupils due to travel restrictions to red list…

AFL’s 12-day concussion rule not long enough Concussed footballers could be sidelined for longer after brain scans showed the enforced 12-day lay-off might not be enough. Health by Grant McArthur and Michael Warner 30th Apr 2021 10:25 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Scans of injured footballers brains have revealed many are still damaged two weeks after suffering knocks to the head. The finding by top Melbourne scien...

AFL’s 12-day concussion rule not long enough Concussed footballers could be sidelined for longer after brain scans showed the enforced 12-day lay-off might not be enough. Health by Grant McArthur and Michael Warner 30th Apr 2021 10:25 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Scans of injured footballers brains have revealed many are still damaged two weeks after suffering knocks to the head. The finding by top Melbourne scien...

THE devastating toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health has been revealed, with health professionals in Bradford seeing “intense distress” and children as young as 10 self-harming. The issue has been put in the spotlight in the latest diary penned by Professor John Wright, an epidemiologist and director of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. He has played a key role in the district’s response to Covid-19 and has ...

THE mutant strain of Covid-19 has been identified on our area, according to data by the COG-UK monitoring group.  According to research by the group, the variant has been identified in Cleckheaton, among a number of other places across the UK, as shown below. Where the new variant has been identified However, there are warnings that its likely the new variant has already spread more widely than this.  Professor John Wright, an epidemiologist based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary, s...

PEOPLE in Bradford are being warned to be "extra vigilant" amid fears the mutant strain of Covid-19 could become more common in the next few weeks.  Professor John Wright, an epidemiologist based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary, said there are low levels in Bradford and Yorkshire has some of the lowest levels in the UK of the new strain, with less than five per cent of cases being the new strain However, he warned: "We should be anticipating if it is more transmissible, that it will ta...