China slapped a record 18 billion yuan (£2billion) fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Saturday, after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant had abused its dominant market position for several years. The fine, about 4 per cent of Alibaba’s 2019 domestic revenues, comes amid a crackdown on technology conglomerates and indicates China’s antitrust … Read more
China slapped a record 18 billion yuan (£2billion) fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Saturday, after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant had abused its dominant market position for several years. The fine, about 4 per cent of Alibaba’s 2019 domestic revenues, comes amid a crackdown on technology conglomerates and indicates China’s antitrust … Read more
The UK’s ‘super Covid’ variant is now the dominant form of coronavirus in the U.S., White House officials revealed on Wednesday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr Rochelle Walensky announced that the variant has now been found in all 50 U.S. states and two territories. It is now the most prevalent form … Read more
Competing for dominance speeds up AGING in baboons: Males at the top age faster as a result of constantly having to defend their higher status, study finds Researchers measured the effects of aging on the DNA of 245 baboons in Kenya They found that baboons prematurely aged as they moved up the social ladder The team … Read more
Female sheep prefer to mate with submissive males than dominant ones when given a choice, a new study has revealed. While dominant rams usually mate more often than low-ranking males, they can actually run out of sperm, according to the researchers from the University of the Republic of Uruguay. What’s more, if the dominant rams … Read more
As the coronavirus variant first identified in the UK becomes dominant in the U.S., doctors are warning that a fourth wave could be imminent. There are at least 11,569 cases of the strain, known as B 1.1.7, in 49 of the 50 states and the Distinct of Columbia., according to the Centers for Disease Control … Read more
The British variant of coronavirus is set to become the dominant strain in Germany, further adding to the country’s woes on top of its slow vaccine roll-out. Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute which tracks Germany’s outbreak, revealed on Friday that the more-infectious variant now makes up around 40 per cent of new … Read more
Coronavirus may have ‘mutated to spread faster’: Scientists find strain circulating in second wave is more infectious A strain of coronavirus known as D614G became dominant in early hotspots like New York City and Italy It has mutations to the ‘spike’ proteins on the virus’s surface that make it better able to bind to human … Read more
Fattening up pigeons by feeding them bread in the park could make them more aggressive because heavier birds are the most dominant, study finds Researchers studied a flock of 17 homing pigeons with 8 males and 9 females When ‘adding weight’ to some of the pigeons they became more aggressive When the weights were removed … Read more
A mutated version of the coronavirus that has gripped Europe and the West is more infectious because it doesn’t break as often while inside the body, a study has found. Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida say the ‘spike protein’ that the virus uses to attach to cells in the airways has adapted … Read more