Around the world, coronavirus lockdowns have driven professional and social life out of the physical world and into the virtual realm. Though self-isolation means no longer seeing friends and colleagues in person, it has opened a sudden and alarming window on their private, domestic selves. Many readers, videoconferencing for hours every day, will find themselves unexpectedly familiar with other people’s kitchen layouts, wall decorations and interior design—depending, that is, on how they position their devices. (Never have so many ceilings been broadcast to so many for so long.) For those unused to working from home, the sudden disappearance of boundaries…

The world's biggest pharmaceutical company is confident it has a COVID-19 vaccine and has told reporters it wants to make it available on a not-for-profit basis. Johnson & Johnson says it hopes to begin human trials of the vaccine in September, which could mean mass production by early next year. It is a significant development for a world struggling to deal with the virus, which has infected more than 800,000 people, killing almost 40,000, according to figures compiled by US university Johns Hopkins. Johnson & Johnson's chief scientific officer, Mr Paul Stoffels, who is also a medical doctor told Sky's…