Medical researchStick-on ultrasound patch hailed as revolution in medical imagingWearable technology can scan a person’s insides for up to 48 hours as they go about their daily life
A stick-on patch that can take an ultrasound scan of a person’s insides as they go about their daily life has been hailed as a revolution in medical imaging.
The wearable patch, which is the size of a postage stamp, can image blood vessels, the digestive system and internal organs for up to 48 hours, giving doctors a more detailed picture of a patient’s health than the snapshots provided by routine scans.
Music This article is more than 16 years oldWas Amy Winehouse filmed smoking crack cocaine?This article is more than 16 years oldThe troubled life of Amy Winehouse has taken another dark turn after the singer was filmed smoking what is alleged to be crack cocaine.
A story in this morning's Sun newspaper claims Winehouse smoked the drug in a glass pipe as a party went on in her east London flat late last Friday night.
John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesperson, in Washington on 7 November 2023. Photograph: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty ImagesJohn Kirby, the National Security Council spokesperson, in Washington on 7 November 2023. Photograph: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty ImagesBiden administrationProfileAn inveterate grammarian, Kirby is pushing Biden’s support of Israel even as Biden makes amends with Arab Americans
John Kirby, the story goes, once used the military discipline that helped propel him to admiral rank in the US navy to launch a rhetorical war on behalf of the English language.
Folk musicEver since the Germanic-Nordic group met at a Viking re-enactment society, they have aimed to ‘amplify history’ – powered by lavish costumes and knowing theatricality
About 300,000 years ago (give or take a few millennia), the human larynx dropped downwards, an evolutionary advance as vital in separating us from the apes as the development of opposable thumbs and a large cerebral cortex. It meant that our throats got larger, which enabled us to extend the sounds we could make beyond animalistic hooting and howling.
FashionObituaryMichael Roberts obituaryFashion journalist and illustrator who helped transform Tatler magazine into a leading glossyThe preferred medium of the fashion journalist Michael Roberts was Canson art paper, which he scissored freehand into crisp-cut collages, or snipped into minute dots to reassemble into mosaics, for magazine covers or book illustrations. His art, bit by bit putting it together, reflected his life in fashion. He wrote about it, commissioned unexpected others to do so, photographed for media and ads, and charmed cranky legendary lensmen into snapping for him.
Noble Rot Soho, London W1: ‘A reminder that there are still reasons to leave the house in winter 2020.’ Photograph: Karen Robinson/The GuardianNoble Rot Soho, London W1: ‘A reminder that there are still reasons to leave the house in winter 2020.’ Photograph: Karen Robinson/The GuardianGrace Dent on restaurantsRestaurantsReviewAn elegant place for special occasions – or for any day when you want remember that life is for living
Nostalgia is a perilous thing, leading to all sorts of gubbins being recreated.
The ObserverArt This article is more than 15 years oldOutrage at 'starvation' of a stray dog for artThis article is more than 15 years oldChaining up a dog and forcing it to go without food and water in the name of art is a surefire way of making yourself unpopular with animal lovers. The furore created by Damien Hirst's pickled sheep and Tracey Emin's dirty bed pales into insignificance against the international outrage Guillermo 'Habacuc' Vargas has unleashed.
Tatjana Patitz: The lost supermodel Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Tatjana Patitz was set to be as famous as Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, but is almost unheard of now. These pictures show her in her modelling heydayRead the article: The forgotten supermodel Thu 15 Jan 2009 07.41 EST First published on Thu 15 Jan 2009 07.41 EST The January 1990 Vogue cover that shot Tatjana to fame.
Lost in showbizCelebrityTogether at last! The duo is about to take on police brutality and solve race relations
In the history of race relations and law enforcement in the United States, April 2017 will surely be regarded as the month the tide turned. First came the woking of Kendall Jenner, a Pepsi advert that began as a sort of soda spiritual, but ended up showing us that we had the answers to this little problem all along.
Pictures from the past Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini's mug shot - a picture from the past Before founding the fascist movement in Italy, Mussolini was involved in Italian socialism. In 1903 he was arrested in Bern, Switzerland, for advocating a violent general strike. He had left Italy in 1902 partly because he wanted to avoid conscription Karin Andreasson
Fri 3 Jan 2014 07.44 EST First published on Fri 3 Jan 2014 07.