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How to Stop Needing Your Adult Children’s Approval
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Marta, 63, drove home from Sunday lunch in a silence that seemed noisier than the radio. As she drove, she...
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Uralvagonzavod confirms delivery of new IMR-3M engineering vehicles to the Russian Ground Forces
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Although attention generally centres on the steady delivery of equipment to the Russian Ground Forces, particularly tanks, armoured personnel carriers...
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Greenland’s Orcas and Melting Ice: Oil Money’s Unequal Game
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The first sound is not water but air: a damp, weighty breath that appears to rise from the fjord’s own...
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Type 31 frigates emerge as potential Chilean Navy replacements for Type 23
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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It is no secret that the Chilean Navy intends to have a new series of frigates, based on state-of-the-art surface-combat...
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Where to Place a Jade Plant in Feng Shui for the Wealth Corner
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The woman in the video hesitates for a moment before tapping “post”. Behind her, a substantial jade plant glows in...
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Artemis II Sets New Human Distance Record From Earth
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The Artemis II mission has now taken people farther from Earth than humans have ever travelled before. At 17:56 UTC...
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TAM 2C-A2 modernisation reaches a decisive stage for the Argentine Army
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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As one of the Argentine Army’s (EA) most significant challenges during the first quarter-century that has just ended, the upgrade...
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When Your City Stops Taking Cash: Digital-Only Payments and Older Residents
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A woman stands at a bus ticket machine clutching a ten-pound note as though it is her last support. Her...
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Why a Classic Cut Can Age Women Over 60 Overnight
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a wet Tuesday afternoon, when the salon light had taken on an almost silvery cast, a woman in her...
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When Wind Turbines Transform a Rural Valley
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The first thing you register is not the sound, but the altered sky. White blades now cut across the horizon...
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Pompeii victim identified as doctor more than sixty years after excavations
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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More than sixty years after excavations at the so-called Garden of the Fugitives in Pompeii, the city destroyed by the...
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Why You Prefer Staying Home: The Psychology of Social Avoidance
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On Friday evening, your phone lights up with the familiar message: “We’re at the bar, you coming?” You read it,...
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USAF deactivates A-10 test unit as retirement plans advance
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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As it takes another step towards retiring its A-10 aircraft fleet, the U.S. Air Force has announced the deactivation of...
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California State Rail Plan: A $310 Billion Vision for Zero-Emission Rail
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A far-reaching rail blueprint points towards a radically different future. Released this week by the governor’s office, the 25-year programme...
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7 Lessons From People in Their 60s and 70s We Should Learn Earlier
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Two friends in their late 60s sat in a bustling café, watching a young couple at the neighbouring table silently...
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Germany orders 20 new Eurofighter jets from Airbus
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Over the North Sea, engines roar while radar screens hum quietly in the background. Behind the scenes, choices are being...
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USS Zumwalt completes sea trials after hypersonic missile modernisation
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The United States Navy (US Navy) destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), the lead ship of its class, has successfully completed a...
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Why the Princess of Wales Is Protecting Her New Pace
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a crisp, sunlit morning in Windsor, cameras picked up on a change that was easy to overlook. The Princess...
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How Sudden Stratospheric Warming and the Polar Vortex Shape Winter
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a grey January morning in Berlin, the cold felt somehow off. There was a nip in the air, but...
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When Borrowed Land Becomes a Buzzing Tax Problem
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A bare strip of ground behind a modest brick bungalow was lent “between neighbours” with nothing more than a handshake...
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China’s CEPC Delay Gives Europe a Clearer Collider Lead
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The timetable has slipped - dramatically. Plans for China’s next enormous collider have encountered a policy obstacle, shifting the competitive...
