• Cristiana Pace appointed chair of eSC Sustainability Commission

    The eSkootr Championship has appointed Dr Cristiana Pace – one of the motorsport world’s leading authorities on sustainability – as the chair of its Sustainability Commission, the body that will oversee the growth and development of sustainable and environmental practices within the series and via its technical partnerships.

  • Nasa scientist uses satellites to boost farming

    As a keen badminton player Ugandan Catherine Nakalembe wanted to study sport science at university but a failure to get the required grades for a government grant set her on a path that led her to Nasa and winning a prestigious food research prize.

  • Royal Regatta dress code finally allowing women to wear trousers

    It has been announced that women can now wear trousers at the Henley Royal Regatta everywhere after it changed its dated dress code. Previously women could only wear a dress or skirt with a hemline below the knee to gain access to the Steward's Enclosure at the annual event in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

  • Shincheonji, an increase of membership by 20,000 people through online

    Despite the pandemic, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji Church of Jesus for short, headed by Chairman Lee Manhee) has seen a growth of 20,000 members this year.

    This is particularly remarkable since Shincheonji Church of Jesus has taken everything—worship services, meetings, etc.—online up until now since the outbreak of COVID-19 which is drawing the attention of the religious world.