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Advanced Paternal Age Is Rising Among US Fathers

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Many people need no reminder that motherhood is limited by a biological clock. It is a reality that keeps many...

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Why the Record-Breaking Global Heat Streak Ended

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

A 13-month run of record-breaking global heat has come to an end. Between June 2023 and June 2024, average air...

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At 28, He Buys 20,000 m² of Rural Land and Lives in a €1,300 Shipping Container

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

One winter morning, aged 28, he opens the metal door of his container, puts a saucepan on a small camping...

Ancient people using ropes and wooden tools to move large stones in a dry, mountainous landscape.

Dolmen of Menga Reveals Neolithic Engineering Genius

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Walking into the Dolmen of Menga can feel, with a sense of awe, like crossing into a different realm. Constructed...

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Aude lithium: is €36 billion really buried beneath local villages?

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

On a Sunday morning in a village square in Aude, a single message posted in a Facebook group can sometimes...

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Antarctica's Rising Land Could Transform Future Sea-Level Rise

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Antarctica is losing mass, enabling the continent to rebound from the ocean much like a compressed sponge that can expand...

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Portugal 2021 motorhome rules: how overnight parking has changed

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

At dawn, in a wind-lashed car park near the Algarve coast, Colette cautiously slides open the side door of their...

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Japanese People May Have Three Ancestral Lineages

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

The genes of present-day Japanese people may preserve evidence of a long-lost ancestral lineage that once travelled to the northern...

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Tungsten in the Alps: How a Canadian Company Can Exploit Private Land

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

At first light, on a sloping plot in the Alps, a landowner notices a dark vein emerging between two rocks....

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Light Pollution Makes Tree Leaves Tougher for Insects to Eat

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Artificial light brightening the night landscape may make plants harder for insects to eat, leaving them to seek food elsewhere...

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Poligny Center Parcs: the concrete tracks of an abandoned promise

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

At the end of a lane, concrete emerges between the trees like a promise left out in the rain for...

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James Fitzjames Identified Among Franklin Expedition Cannibalism Victims

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition remains a historical episode that continues to capture considerable interest and stir the imagination....

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€4 Billion Deposit Found Beneath a Public Construction Site: Up to €12,000 for Each Employee

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

The sound of excavators usually drowns out conversations, horns and coffees gulped down too quickly at a site compound. Then,...

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Brain Scans Reveal How Different Types of Love Affect the Brain

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Our capacity to develop emotional bonds is remarkable, extending from nature and pets to romantic partners and children. Researchers have...

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Motorhome behind a hedge: the detail that alerted the town hall

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

At 71, Gérard believed he had found the most unobtrusive solution: parking his motorhome behind the house, at the far...

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Aral Sea: can a climate machine capture CO2?

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

On old maps, the Aral Sea appears as a vast blue expanse between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Today, in some places,...

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ASPA: the little-known support that can top up a modest pension

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

At the supermarket checkout, Monique counts her coins again before handing over her bank card. At 74, she lives alone...

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Sulawesi teeth reveal areca seed use 25,000 years ago

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, exceptionally ancient human remains are reshaping the established history of substances that affect the...

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The Paris agreement has failed: why net zero cannot stop climate breakdown

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Record-breaking fossil-fuel output, unprecedented greenhouse-gas emissions and extreme heat are now commonplace. Yet, like the proverbial frog in a pan...

Older couple sitting at a wooden table in a garden, reviewing a document, with a caravan and lawn mower in the background.

Alain and Patricia’s motorhome parked in the garden for seven years sparks a council dispute

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

For seven years, Alain and Patricia’s motorhome had been sitting at the bottom of their garden. As far as they...

Man examining ancient petroglyphs on a rock near the sea with model animals and notebook nearby at sunset.

New Azerbaijan Finds Could Redraw the Origins of Hounds and Jackals

Dr Eleanor Whitcombe • October 1, 2026

Archaeological discoveries linked to an ancient board game are shedding fresh light on the ways people connected with one another...