Author: Liam Porter

In our modern, time-squeezed lives, it’s tempting to do everything as fast as possible: listen to podcasts on double speed, work in email-free sprints, or train at lung-bursting intensity in the gaps between your morning meditation and the school run. But evidence is piling up that the last one might not be as beneficial as it seems – and that, in fact, just introducing a lot more ultra-low-intensity movement into your schedule can improve your fitness as well as your quality of life, whether you’re a top-tier athlete or experienced couch-crasher. Welcome to zone zero.In case you’re unfamiliar with the…

There are 15 games on the MLB schedule this Sunday, and the marquee matchup will be one of baseball’s biggest rivalries as the St. Louis Cardinals host the Chicago Cubs on Sunday Night Baseball. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s evolution into an MLB All-Star has been one of the driving forces in Chicago scoring the second most runs in baseball. Crow-Armstrong is mired in a 1-for-27 slump over his last seven games, but his 29 stolen bases prove how big a threat he can be on the basepaths. His recent struggles at the dish have created a buy-low opportunity if you’re looking to…

August 10, 20252 min readDid Disease Defeat Napoleon?Napoleon’s campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of diseases. Some of these illnesses are only now being identifiedBy Daniel Lingenhöhl Beginning on June 24, 1812, around 600,000 soldiers led by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte crossed the Neman River to invade the Russian Empire. The war was one of the most costly in history, and just under six months later, only a few tens of thousands of men returned across the river.The massive losses have historically been attributed to soldiers falling in battle,…

Southern Europe is grappling with a series of devastating wildfires. At least 14 people have died in Turkey, extreme heat making conditions especially dangerous. Fires have also broken out in Greece, Spain and France. Scientists warn climate change is making extreme weather events occur more frequently. Is there a way to stop wildfires from increasing every year? Answer by Lindon Pronto, wildfire management expert and firefighter at the European Forest Institute in Bohn, Germany.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the former chancellor dismissed after 38 days following his disastrous 2022 mini-budget for Liz Truss, has been hired as a keynote speaker by an advisory firm offering services to help the super-rich pay less tax.Nomad Capitalist, which bills itself as the “masters of international mobility”, lists the second shortest-serving postwar incumbent of 11 Downing Street as one of the star attractions at its annual conference, which will take place in September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.A promotional video for the event, which promises to share with delegates “actionable strategies on taxes, second citizenships, asset protection and global investments”, opens…

London fashion week begins in mid-September but showgoers will be starting early this season, with Topshop’s first return to the catwalk in seven years taking place next weekend. Open to the public and likely to feature the campaign star Cara Delevingne, it’s the latest evidence to confirm that the beloved high street brand is back.Topshop, once a rite of passage for young women finding their style on the high street, was bought by Asos in 2021 when its parent company, Philip Green’s Arcadia, went into administration. But its flagship store, the 90,000-sq-ft (8,400 sq metres) shopping destination at Oxford Circus…

Tesla’s vice president of hardware design engineering, Pete Bannon, is leaving the company after first joining in 2016 from Apple, CNBC has confirmed.Bannon was leading the development of Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer and reported directly to Musk. Bloomberg first reported on Bannon’s departure, and added that Musk ordered his team to shut down, with engineers in the group getting reassigned to other initiatives.Tesla didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.Since early last year, Musk has been trying to convince shareholders that Tesla, his only publicly traded business, is poised to become an an artificial intelligence and robotics powerhouse, and not…

LOCARNO, Switzerland — Anna Alarcón, co-star of Liliana Torres’ South by Southwest winner “Mamífera” is attached to take the lead in Torres’ follow-up “Climacteric,” which is being brought onto the market this market at Locarno’s Match Me! networking forum.  In a parallel move, Barcelona-based boutique studio Filmax has acquired Spanish theatrical distribution rights to “Climacteric,” which is produced, like “Mamífera,” by Barcelona’s Distinto Films and Edna Cine.  Also written by Torres, “Climacteric” (“Climateri”) sees Selva (Alarcón) beginning to experience strange physical sensations after the death of her mother. She travels to her hometown to sell the family house, little knowing…

It’s been a very sweet week for Selena Gomez. The Rare Beauty founder launched her first-ever brand fragrance, Rare Eau de Parfum, a gourmand offering with notes of caramel, vanilla, and sandalwood—“warm with just a touch of spice,” she recently told Vogue. To celebrate, she hosted a perfume-themed baking class with fiancé Benny Blanco, and made pistachio and caramel tiramisu.On Thursday 7, Gomez kept celebrations going for the fragrance’s L.A. launch event. In a look styled by Erin Walsh (who often works with Gomez, as well as Alison Brie), Gomez wore a white, iridescent fringed halter dress from Cult Gaia.…

People aged over 75 are being excluded from health research due to arbitrary age cut-offs, potentially stalling the development of life-saving treatments, leading charities and research institutes have warned.Some clinical studies restrict participation for older people due to concerns about the potential frailty of participants and a belief that age may reduce the effect of the drug or device being studied.Such restrictions are contributing to health inequity by excluding an important demographic from medical research, according to more than 40 charities and leading research funders, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Cancer Research UK, the British…