Articles

  • 3 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Luke Whelan

    If there was ever any doubt that the British TV viewer is obsessed with gangland crime drama, a glance at this month’s schedules banishes it once and for all. Riding high on BBC One is series two of The Gold, a programme revolving around the hunt to find the bullion lost in the infamous Brink’s-Mat robbery.

  • 2 weeks ago | rightasrain.uwmedicine.org | Luke Whelan |Colin Pritchard

    In the 1970 and 80s, breast cancer was the leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., killing more than 40,000 people a year. In 1974, a geneticist named Mary-Claire King at the University of California, Berkeley, began studying how the disease devastated some families across generations and formed a theory that there could be a genetic link to these patterns.

  • 3 weeks ago | rightasrain.uwmedicine.org | Luke Whelan

    Summer in Seattle is hard to beat: Long, clear days that are warm but not humid and endless opportunities to play outside, from urban lakes to alpine peaks. If you’re looking to maximize your time in the sun — before the Big Dark inevitably returns — we’ve got some ideas for you, both adventurous and more chill. Try trail running in Issaquah  The perfect way to beat the heat and get in a great workout is to go on a trail run. What is trail running, you ask?

  • 2 months ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Luke Whelan

    Aged 14, I remember laughing along as atheist Richard Dawkins destroyed Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan – argumentatively speaking. I was on YouTube, watching the pair thrash it out at the Oxford Union over the question, ‘Is religion good or evil’. Dawkins came on top in my eyes, arguing that theists might as well believe in leprechauns.

  • Dec 17, 2024 | rightasrain.uwmedicine.org | Luke Whelan

    There’s never a dull moment when covering health and wellness trends. From the dubious (ever heard of “cortisol face”?) to the genius (who knew a “fart walk” could be so good for you), Right as Rain dives into whatever is being talked about, whether on social media or by researchers.