Pretending to be an anchor can help to balance during the exercise. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPretending to be an anchor can help to balance during the exercise. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoShortcutsFitnessFitness experts say 15 minutes a day of standing on one foot could help build that elusive six-pack. And if you’re not used to doing it, the added brain strain will burn even more calories
If you want to improve your balance and strengthen your core then you should try imitating a flamingo – or at least how the wading bird tends to stand on one leg. Read More...
RussiaHundreds of protesters clash with police in Russian republic of BashkortostanTrial of local activist provokes one of largest reported demonstrations in country since Ukraine invasion
Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan in a rare display of public outrage after a court convicted a local activist and sentenced him to prison, according to media reports and rights groups.
The unrest on Wednesday – one of the largest reported demonstrations since the war in Ukraine began in 2022 – erupted amid the trial this week of Fail Alsynov in the town of Baymak, about 870 miles (1,400km) south-east of Moscow, in the southern Ural mountains. Read More...
OpinionGrace Dent's Weekend column This article is more than 4 years oldIs Simon Cowell's surprising new face a vision of our deepfake future?This article is more than 4 years oldGrace DentIn the future, we might all embark on a side-slide not into younger, prettier people, but whole new personae
The human face, that subsection of appendages living just south of our eyebrows, has rarely been under such attack. Take the Bill Hader deepfake video that went viral this month, in which the comedian does impressions of Tom Cruise and Seth Rogen, and seems to morph into each of them as he goes. Read More...