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How Handwriting Makes Your Brain Care About Your To-Do List
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The yellow sticky notes attached to her monitor had stopped sticking several days earlier. Her tasks were spread between three...
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China’s Type 096 “Tang-class” Ballistic Missile Submarine and Nuclear Strategy
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Beijing’s next-generation Type 096 “Tang-class” ballistic missile submarine is taking shape as the cornerstone of China’s long-term nuclear strategy, prompting...
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Office Friendships: Productivity Drain or Quiet Superpower?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The instant your colleagues burst out laughing by the coffee machine, you can tell your concentration has disappeared. Your cursor...
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Eiffage secures €80 million in Spanish renewable contracts
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Spain’s wide, windswept plateaus and sun-drenched plains have given a major French construction group two new reasons for optimism. Within...
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Iran war: Slovenia rations fuel while Spain cuts petrol tax
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The effects of the war in Iran are now beginning to be felt in earnest at European petrol stations. Unfortunately,...
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CERN’s Microsecond Delay at the World’s Most Precise Machine
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A disturbance in timing at the world’s most precise machine is the rumour circulating through CERN this week. A solitary...
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Parenting Habits That Can Quietly Backfire
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The admission is often barely audible: “I thought I was being a good parent.” A mother says it through red-rimmed...
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Is Refusing to Adopt a Pet a Red Flag in Love?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The text came through just before Valentine’s Day, tucked between a heart emoji and a restaurant-menu link. “By the way,...
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Spain Expands Airbus A400M Fleet to 20 Aircraft by 2029
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Spain has opted to retain a larger number of its Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft than it had previously intended,...
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How a Late-Career Switch Into Digital Work Can Transform Your Bank Account
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a wet Thursday evening, shortly before the shop shut, I saw a 52-year-old cashier remove her supermarket badge without...
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AI and the invisible tsunami in the labour market
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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While many people still regard artificial intelligence as an office novelty, some experts are already warning of a silent crisis....
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How Cleaner Seas Revive the Ocean’s Biological Carbon Pump
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The boat engine cuts out, and the sea suddenly finds its voice again: a gentle fizz beneath the hull, small...
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Pentagon Confirms New Stealth Aircraft Flight Tests and Satellite Evasion
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The Pentagon has now confirmed flight trials of a new stealth aircraft-one that insiders describe as almost impossible for radar,...
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Mercury in Libra: Money Momentum for Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Mercury in Libra creates a favourable climate for sensible agreements, orderly contracts and balanced partnerships. Three air signs are particularly...
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How Filling Your Home With Plants Helps Your Mind Feel Better
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On the morning my pothos finally made its way across the bookshelf, the living room seemed lighter, despite every curtain...
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Panama’s Tropical Forests Grow Deeper Roots During Drought
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The dense green canopy may appear unchanged from the air, yet below Panama’s tropical forest soil, roots are shifting. As...
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Beehives and the Tax Office: How a Retiree Was Labelled a Farmer
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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An elderly man moves slowly along the boundary of his field, his hands tucked into his pockets as he watches...
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China’s Great Green Wall: a dream against dust, a nightmare for villages?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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As though someone had rolled out a green carpet: straight lines of trees, squares, skewed patterns that look a little...
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Simplifying Your Digital Life After 65 for Lasting Calm
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At 7:15 a.m., the phone on the kitchen worktop begins to vibrate before the kettle has even come to the...
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Almirante Saldanha Polar Vessel Construction Advances Ahead of Schedule
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The Almirante Saldanha Polar Vessel, the Brazilian Navy’s future research and logistics-support platform, continues to make progress during construction and...
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How a Cork-and-Clay House Stays Cool in Portugal’s Alentejo Hills
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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In Portugal’s Alentejo hills, one family has quietly taken a different approach: clay walls, a cork outer layer and rooms...
