China's football association has banned 38 players and five officials for life after a two-year investigation into match-fixing and gambling. The investigation found that 120 matches had been fixed, with 41 clubs involved. Three former Chinese internationals, Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, and Gu Chao, we
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a troubling trend: the suppression of dissenting scientific voices. While scientists have always debated, the last few years have seen an alarming rise in the silencing of those who challenge the prevailing narrative. This article explores the chilling effects of
A new study suggests that COVID-19 lockdowns may have accelerated brain aging in teenagers, particularly girls. Researchers at the University of Washington found that the cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer responsible for higher-level thinking, thinned more rapidly in teens during the pandemi
