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60 Million Tonnes of Tin in France: What the Figure Really Means
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A single figure was enough to make people look up: 60 million tonnes of tin, right beneath our feet, on...
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Conversational agents: the risks of digital companionship and loneliness
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Conversations with conversational agents appeal to people seeking someone to listen, but a US study suggests their effects should be...
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Ancient Greek Rings May Have Contained Meteoritic Iron
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Rings made more than 3,000 years ago in Greece and Crete may have contained a detail that was quite literally...
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Motorhome barbecue: at 30 metres from woodland, a simple flame can be costly
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Guy, 71, had just placed the grill plate on his small folding barbecue. Outside his motorhome, parked in a quiet...
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Bilzingsleben Beavers Reveal Human Hunting 400,000 Years Ago
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Around 400,000 years ago, long before the emergence of Homo sapiens, human groups living in central present-day Germany did not...
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Bessarabian Bulgarians in Brazil: The Centenary of an Immigration
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On Tuesday (18/08), the Pro-Memory Foundation opened a new exhibition at the Furnace Space. Entitled Bessarabian Bulgarians in Brazil: the...
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Undeclared Borehole: Why Water Appeared After 90 Days
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On the morning of the 90th day, a dark ring appeared around the inspection chamber at the bottom of the...
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Tel Shiqmona: Ancient Purple Dye Factory from Marine Molluscs
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On Israel’s Haifa coast, Tel Shiqmona preserved purple stains on pottery for almost three millennia. A 2025 study brought together...
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5 zodiac signs that may experience a turning point in their love life in August
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The rest of August still holds important astrological shifts, which may particularly affect the love lives of certain signs. With...
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Danish megalodon vertebrae suggest a length of 24.3 metres
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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For decades, one of the most significant clues to the megalodon’s size appeared to have vanished. Giant vertebrae recovered in...
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Carport: why a neighbour can challenge it 13 years later
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a Saturday in May, while cars quietly came and went in the housing estate, an envelope transformed the mood...
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1637: The Hidden History in André Lemaire’s Village Wall
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The low wall had bordered the lane for so long that nobody truly noticed it any more. Every morning, André...
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Rafael Hidalgo: 20 minutes of walking after 70 without 10,000 steps
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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For Rafael Hidalgo, starting to move more after 70 does not require lengthy walks or a commitment to reaching 10,000...
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EMARP Dance Department wins awards at Caixa Preta Festival 2026
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Ribeirão Pires City Hall, through its Department of Culture, stood out at the Caixa Preta Festival 2026 thanks to the...
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Ethiopia’s Green Legacy: 353 Million Trees Planted in Twelve Hours
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The rapid loss of forest cover in Ethiopia has had serious consequences for agricultural productivity and national food security. To...
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Phantom consumption: five appliances that use electricity even when switched off
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Several household appliances keep using electricity even when you believe they are switched off. In Germany, the annual bill can...
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Artificial Intelligence Finds 303 New Nazca Geoglyphs in Peru
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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For centuries, hundreds of figures remained almost invisible in Peru’s Nazca Desert. Now, artificial intelligence has helped archaeologists identify 303...
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Former Lorry Driver Lives Permanently in a Fiat Ducato on a €2,000 Pension
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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After a career spent travelling across Europe, a former lorry driver has made his converted vehicle his permanent home. In...
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Heraclitus and the philosophy of becoming: understanding constant transformation
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Living is a journey shaped by profound change, in which no one remains still in the face of time. The...
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€38 billion in gold beneath homes: why the council will not recognise it
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a Tuesday morning outside the town-centre estate agency, talk was no longer about mortgage rates or the next neighbourhood...
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Fossilised Footprints in Kenya Reveal Ancient Human Ancestors
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The discovery of fossilised footprints in northern Kenya provides a compelling record of prehistoric life. These remarkable traces show how...
