https://www.scmp.com/rss/522314/feed Imperial College London is a prominent London-based public research university, consistently ranked among the world’s top institutions. Dedicated to achieving excellence in research and education across science, engineering, medicine, and business, its mission, "Science for Humanity," focuses on tackling global challenges. Imperial is renowned for its world-leading research, fostering an entrepreneurial environment, and pioneering significant advancements like penicillin. The institution boasts... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Climate change may have been responsible for more than a third of the direct damage to homes and property caused by the super typhoon that struck southern China last month, a study has concluded. A warming Earth also made Ragasa – the strongest storm recorded this year – more powerful when it made landfall in Guangdong province, according to researchers from Imperial College London. They added that as the planet continued to warm, tropical cyclones were expected to become increasingly... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327646/climate-change-made-damage-super-typhoon-ragasa-significantly-worse-study-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327646/climate-change-made-damage-super-typhoon-ragasa-significantly-worse-study-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:00:15 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Super Typhoon Ragasa’s trail of devastation across the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of mainland China has underscored the sobering risks Asia as a region faces from the consequences of climate change, scientists warn, pointing to heavy fossil fuel production and infrastructure lagging behind rapid urbanisation. Exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures along Ragasa’s path in the South China Sea helped it intensify over 24 hours to become the most powerful storm on Earth this year,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3326891/super-typhoon-ragasa-stark-reminder-asias-urgent-climate-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3326891/super-typhoon-ragasa-stark-reminder-asias-urgent-climate-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:23 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Britain’s Prince Harry joined his father, King Charles, for tea on Wednesday at his Clarence House home in London, the first time they have met in well over a year. The two have been distant since Harry and his wife, Meghan, left royal life and moved to California in 2020 and then publicly aired grievances about his family. Harry was driven through the gates of Charles’ London home following an earlier engagement at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London. The Duke of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325099/prince-harry-has-tea-king-charles-first-meeting-over-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325099/prince-harry-has-tea-king-charles-first-meeting-over-year?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:49:45 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people might have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode. The figure was supposed to “grab some attention” and sound a timely warning in the hope of avoiding more needless deaths, said Friederike Otto, one of the scientists involved in the research. “We are still relatively early in the summer, so this will not have been the last heatwave. There is a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3320263/study-estimates-2300-died-europes-first-summer-heatwave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3320263/study-estimates-2300-died-europes-first-summer-heatwave?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:06:20 +0000 Anthea Rowan Anthea Rowan This is the 66th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope. In the last years of her life, my mother began to have nightmares. One recurred from time to time and became a metaphor for the dementia that, in the end, took her life. In it, she was trapped on a ship and could not get off. Once, while staying with my sister, mum began to crash around her room in the night. When my sister went to investigate, she... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3316979/why-nightmares-could-increase-dementia-risk-and-how-get-better-sleep?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3316979/why-nightmares-could-increase-dementia-risk-and-how-get-better-sleep?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:15:08 +0000 Anthea Rowan Anthea Rowan Creatine is one of the most popular supplements on the market today and is a favourite topic of Hong Kong-based functional nutritionist Beth Wright – partly because of its versatility, but also because of how overlooked it has been in female health. The naturally occurring compound is manufactured in the liver, kidneys and pancreas, and derives from three amino acids: arginine, glycine and methionine. About 95 per cent of it is found in the skeletal muscles – the ones connected to our bones –... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3316096/what-creatine-experts-its-health-benefits-both-body-and-brain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3316096/what-creatine-experts-its-health-benefits-both-body-and-brain?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:45:08 +0000