UK pupils have discovered dropping orange juice on a lateral flow test yields a positive result. This new trick comes from videos circulating on TikTok demonstrating the acidity of certain foods and drinks such as ketchup and Coca-Cola and how this affects a Covid-19 lateral flow test to generate a “fake” positive test result. Many…
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19 July lifting of restrictions ignores the unvaccinated section of the population
As 19 July bears closer and closer, cases and hospitalisations are rising. Although we will never be in the position the government was in last March and as such, we will never be able to understand those pressures of making decisions which could affect many peoples’ lives. With that being said, there is no denying…
News
Hate Crime Bill passed by MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament have voted by 82 to 32 to pass the Scottish Government’s controversial hate crime bill. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill consolidates a number of laws into one piece of legislation that aims to provide increased protection for vulnerable groups, but the bill also creates a new offence…
Arts
International Women’s Day Street Art Collective’s 2021 #ChooseToChallenge Campaign
International Women’s Day Street Art Collective (IWDSAC) is a worldwide awareness-raising initiative supported by the all-female street artist group International Women’s crew (IWC). The collaboration is led by Australia-based street artist Ms Snaps and her IWC, alongside many other female street-artists around the world. The group was formed in 2018, following Mr Snaps worldwide paint…
Books, Venue
Bookshop.org offers indie bookstores chance to sell online
A new online bookshop has launched in the UK , which provides a more socially conscious alternative to large companies like Amazon. Bookshop.org was launched on 2 November following its great success in the US. Andy Hunter developed the site as he wanted to help increase sales for local and independent bookshops. So far, more…
Books
UEA LIVE: Bernardine Evaristo brings light to Black British womanhood
On Wednesday evening, UEA’s Claire Hynes joined Bernardine Evaristo in conversation about her career, activism, and recent success with ‘Girl, Woman, Other’. Bernardine Evaristo is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London and she also is the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019 for her most recent novel, ‘Girl, Woman,…
Global, US Election: Global
Obama attacks Trump in new wave of political activism
On Wednesday night, Obama made his first in-person campaign speech in support of his former Democratic vice president, Joe Biden. The rally was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is a key voting state for both Republicans and Democrats. Obama performed his speech at the Lincoln Financial Field. He declared if Mr Biden won, “we’re not…
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Banning TikTok highlights US insincerity surrounding gun control
Since the 1970s, school shootings in the USA have progressively become more commonplace. Before the coronavirus pandemic they were almost a weekly occurrence. Multiple reports from parents highlight fear surrounding the word “lockdown” for their children, as it is a term they are trained to recognise and dread in the instance of a school shooting….
Science
DNA suggests that people from America had a role in populating the Pacific islands
How Polynesia was initially populated has been up for debate and speculated by scholars for many years. But a new study has found evidence and suggests that Indigenous people in South America travelled over 7,000 kilometres of open sea to reach eastern Polynesia more than 800 years ago. The study, led by Alexander Ionnidis and…
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