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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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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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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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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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It’s official and it’s good news: from March 12, gas stations must display this new mandatory information at the pump
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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The person ahead of you at the pump lets out a long sigh, watches the numbers spin upwards, then flicks...
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Um dirigível equipado com turbinas produz eletricidade a 2.000 metros de altitude na China
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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A vast white airship hangs almost silently over a mountainous part of China, held to the ground by a single...
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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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What UK university graduates really earn five years after leaving college and how to position yourself for the better-paid half
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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A degree that costs six figures and a payslip that barely breaks four can feel like a bait-and-switch. Five years...
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China floods Europe with 1,000 km hybrids while Brussels doubles down on all‑electric
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Long‑range plug‑in hybrids from Chinese brands are arriving in Europe with price points that undercut established rivals, at the very...
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Replacement turbine blades arrive at one of Australia’s oldest wind farms
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Just after dawn, a B-double lorry inched along a tight rural lane in western Victoria, carrying a load that seemed...
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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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“I work as a night dispatcher, and shift premiums changed my monthly income”
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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At 02:17, the phones tend to ease off. The city drops into a peculiar half-quiet, and the fluorescent lighting in...
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Retirement ruined or tax justice served as a landowner who lent fields to a beekeeper is ordered to pay agricultural levies despite claiming he earned nothing, igniting a bitter nationwide debate over whether goodwill should be punished or profitable loopholes finally closed
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a dull Tuesday morning, Gérard takes his usual slow walk along the boundary of his field, hands buried in...
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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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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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French nuclear power is living a true “golden age” as a third company files a reactor with the safety regulator
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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In the space of only a few months, three young firms have moved their small and advanced reactor plans from...
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Beekeeper’s burden: a retiree who lent land for free must pay agricultural tax ‘I’m not making any money from this’ – a bureaucratic sting that pits small landowners against the taxman
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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On a mild spring morning, with the air already alive with movement, Michael-a 71‑year‑old pensioner-paces the thin strip of land...
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Nuclear energy: how PWRs, EPRs and SMRs work, costs, safety and the future of civil nuclear power
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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Across Europe and further afield, governments are discreetly committing billions to a technology that many people still link mainly with...
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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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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:...
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This French giant, the fourth largest construction group in Europe, is making a serious move into Germany by acquiring a renowned engineering firm.
Harriet L. Whitcombe
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A major French construction group-already a heavyweight in the European league tables-has decided to make a decisive, highly targeted push...
