Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers
Facebook is shutting down Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, which it acquired in 2013. Read more...
A Season of Chaos Will End With a Powerhouse Matchup College Football Wanted
Alabama and Ohio State took different paths to the national championship game, with twists that showed how much college football wanted its biggest stage to feel familiar. Read more...
Covid UK Mass testing of whole regions to bring cycle of lockdowns to an end by spring
Testing could be used to move the worst-hit areas of the UK down the tiers, which could be implemented as the third national shutdown comes to an end in March. Read more...
Why Are Some Mutual Funds Changing Into E.T.F.s?
With money flowing into exchange-traded funds, a handful of traditional mutual funds are changing form. Read more...
Jos Buttler is holding his own with the gloves in the alien conditions of Sri Lanka
LAWRENCE BOOTH Buttler has probably never kept better in a Test shirt, and certainly not in conditions that feel like Mars to a keeper reared on seam and swing. Read more...
Egypt Denied an Oxygen Failure Killed Covid Patients. We Found That It Did.
For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronaviruss real toll at the peak of Egypts second wave of the pandemic. Read more...
Uganda internet shutdown causes polling problems as ex-popstar takes on veteran President
Ugandans headed to the polls on Thursday, following a tense presidential campaign marred by violence and deaths in the lead-up to the election. Read more...
Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation
In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill. Read more...
Fossils prove 6ft-long dire wolves 'split' from species 6m years ago
The remains of more than 4,000 now extinct dire wolves have been excavated from La Brea Tar Pits in California and examined by experts from Durham University. Read more...
The master shipbuilder keeping Macao's maritime past alive
Master shipbuilder Tam Kam Chun is on a mission. Every day, the 71-year-old spends hours at an abandoned Macao shipyard, hunched over a table, hard at work. With only stray dogs for company and a single electric fan to keep him cool, he meticulously hand-crafts the sort of fishing boats that have been made here for generations. Read more...
Aviation Hybrid-electric plane could reduce NOx emissions by 95 per cent, MIT engineers claim
Inspired by the emissions scrubbers used in diesel trucks, the aircraft concept from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could cut premature deaths from NOx pollution by 92 per cent. Read more...
The Spring Semester to Come
The pandemic has shattered the security of the ivory tower. Read more...
First-class gifts for globetrotters, from Caribbean Christmas cocktails to celebrity suitcases
Here are some choice items for globetrotters to put in their letter to Santa this year. From luxury hotel vouchers to a raft for outdoor swimmers, they are perfect for anyone fired up with wanderlust. Read more...
Welsh councillors are up in arms over plans to name housing estate after 13th century English baron
De Clare Gardens in Caerphilly, south Wales, has been named after Gilbert De Clare, an Englishman who built a castle in the town to keep the Welsh under his control. Read more...