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As China flaunts its giant skyscrapers a new class of human elevator is born paid almost nothing to scale endless stairs so the wealthy never touch a button
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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The first time you witness it, you’re left slightly baffled. In the polished foyer of a brand-new high-rise in Shenzhen,...
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China’s cheap electric cars flood Europe’s streets ‘destroying jobs or saving the planet?’ – a long, uncomfortable story that splits workers, greens, and politicians right down the middle
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a damp Tuesday morning in Lyon - the sort of day when scooters spray water off the tarmac -...
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For its 80th anniversary, this French site that builds monstrous 320‑tonne engines is getting a “nice gift” from its German owner Everllence
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On France’s Atlantic coastline, an ageing works that once epitomised brute diesel might is quietly preparing for an industrial revival....
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Nuclear fuels: uranium, MOX, HALEU, thorium
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Behind arguments about nuclear power stations sits a quieter, more strategic issue: nuclear fuels-how they are produced, where the raw...
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Retirement disaster: how a well?meaning pensioner who lent his field to a local beekeeper now faces a crushing agricultural tax bill ‘I’m not making any money from this at all’ – a story that tears communities apart
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a mild spring afternoon, under a thin sunlight that seems to brighten every shade, John Walker stood by the...
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A production electric car travels 1,350 km: the brand behind this range feat has been revealed
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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A fresh idea aims to take the tension out of EV range worries. Rather than bolting on ever-larger battery packs,...
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This French fuel sector keeps up its brazen growth in 2025 with +15% and more than 4,000 service stations distributing Superethanol-E85
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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French motorists, caught between rising fuel costs and shifting policy signals, are increasingly choosing an option that used to be...
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The United Kingdom goes on the offensive in aircraft engines with hybrid technology borrowed from cars
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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British engineers are steadily redefining how jet engines deliver thrust, borrowing ideas from hybrid cars and placing a major wager...
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While we install turbines on land China just made one fly at 1500 meters high and Europe looks totally ridiculous
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Europe is still trudging through permits for ever-taller towers, while China has already lifted a wind turbine to 1,500 metres...
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German-style refuelling: the simple trick that cuts your fuel bill
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Across Germany and France, motorists are increasingly discovering that the place and moment you buy fuel can influence the cost...
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First EU country to restrict fuel: Slovenia introduces daily limit at petrol stations.
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Slovenia has moved swiftly in response to the knock-on effects of the conflict involving Iran and the disruption of the...
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A €45 billion mine rendered “unworkable” by hostile terrain? China’s new driverless truck fleet disagrees
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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At an altitude where a gentle stroll can feel like a sprint, China is quietly carrying out an industrial-scale trial....
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Sophie Adenot revela sua playlist para o espaço: estes são os artistas que a acompanham em órbita
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Before she even pierced the atmosphere on her way to the International Space Station (ISS), French astronaut Sophie Adenot took...
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Broken promises on four wheels: why drivers who believed electric cars would save them money now feel betrayed, angry, and ready to abandon the green transition
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a bleak Tuesday morning, Daniel switches off the motor of his two‑year‑old electric SUV and stays in the driver’s...
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One of the most reliable brands in the world has admitted it, electric cars are ultimately not their goal
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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The press conference had all the ingredients of a snooze-fest: tidy ranks of chairs, identical water bottles lined up on...
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Petrol and diesel pumps swapped, dozens of cars left stranded
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Within a matter of hours, recovery vehicles were in constant demand and garages were fielding bewildered calls. What seemed like...
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Is France in industrial decline? This French company is about to break a world record in the strategic subsea cable race
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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While arguments in France swirl around deindustrialisation, one of the country’s flagship industrial groups is quietly preparing something most nations...
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Dark upheaval for a visionary who bet everything on immortality biotech: he is now forced to live with the consequences ‘I just wanted to live forever’ – a story that splits humanity
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a bleak Tuesday in Geneva, beneath a sky the shade of worn steel, the man who once tried to...
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A massive underground network of fungi in Canada began emitting heat pulses measurable on the surface and ecologists are alarmed
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Thermal cameras first picked up the lightest shimmer of warmth, then watched it spread into gentle, circular patches you could...
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates import millions of trees annually to fight desert heat after mega-city expansion
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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The first thing that hits you isn’t the temperature. It’s the green. Out on the fringes of Riyadh, where beige...
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Eu achava que estava ajudando”: por que amassar garrafas plásticas é uma falsa boa ideia
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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In the rush to tidy the kitchen or take the rubbish out, one small action has become a quiet habit:...
