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Russian Baltic Fleet Corvette Conducts Exercises with Iran in the Gulf of Oman Near USS Abraham Lincoln
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At a time of heightened sensitivity in the Middle East, a Russian Navy Baltic Fleet corvette conducted joint exercises with...
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What Constant Interrupting Reveals About Someone’s Inner World
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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You are halfway through a sentence when it happens once more. The person opposite you jumps straight in, incorrectly completes...
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How to Help a Stray Cat Beyond Feeding
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Most people respond in much the same way: they fetch a bowl, fill it with dry food or scraps, and...
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United States warns half of Chinese Navy submarine fleet could be nuclear-powered by 2035
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At a hearing titled “Part of Their World: Undersea Competition Between the United States and China,” naval officers and analysts...
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What Is the Ideal Pension for Living Alone?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The evening light catches the pile of envelopes on the kitchen table, making them seem oddly menacing. A bank statement....
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Iberian Lynx Cross-Border Interbreeding Between Spain and Portugal
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a pale spring morning in Andalusia, mist gradually rises from the scrub and dew-covered rockrose. A male Iberian lynx...
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Zodiac Signs That Guard Their Comfort Zones Most
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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These natives navigate life with intention, favouring gradual disclosure over loud displays of confession. Friends may see them as polite,...
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Why Emotional Clarity Comes After Distance
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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You know that moment after an argument ends: the WhatsApp chat falls quiet and, suddenly, you feel… strangely clear? You...
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Could the Three Gorges Dam Slightly Slow Earth’s Spin?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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As engineers race to construct ever bigger projects, one Chinese megaproject has prompted an unexpected question about the planet itself....
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Working Retirees and Young Workers: Fighting the Wrong Enemy
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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We have all seen that grey hair behind a supermarket till, in an Uber, or at a hotel reception desk....
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Leo: Rescue Dog Turned Koala Detection Dog for Holy Scat
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Leo once roamed suburban streets without a collar or any certain prospect. Now, as part of a specialist conservation team,...
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Pacific satellites spot unsettling 35-metre monster waves
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Far out in the Pacific, satellites have detected something disquieting emerging from the sea: waves as high as a ten-storey...
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What Walking Ahead of Someone Quietly Says About You
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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You are out walking with somebody important to you: a partner, friend or perhaps a colleague. The pavement is tight,...
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How 6 Million Flowers Turn Roadsides into Pollinator Lifelines
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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It is the colour. Along a formerly monotonous highway, the tarmac is now bordered by swathes of purple coneflowers, yellow...
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China’s 1,400-Ship Fishing Wall in the East China Sea
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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What initially appeared to be an ordinary surge in fishing activity rapidly became something else entirely: more than 1,400 Chinese...
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The Three Jobs That Tend to Make People Genuinely Happy
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Psychology researchers are beginning to identify why some careers appear to safeguard mental health while others gradually erode it. Their...
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How a Quiet Administrative Change Can Erase Complementary Pension Points
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A minor administrative adjustment to the way complementary pension points are logged is quietly reducing entitlements. Forecasts that previously appeared...
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Useful Toilet Paper Rolls for Home, Garden and Kids
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Those cardboard tubes that are usually thrown away without a second thought may become the most practical item in your...
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Thousands of Antarctic Nests Found Beneath the Ice
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Beneath a vast sheet of Antarctic ice, in a place where almost no life would be expected to flourish, scientists...
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When Driving Stops Being Freedom and Becomes Risk
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The ageing Peugeot stalled as the lights turned green. From the rear of the queue came a burst of sharp,...
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Hydrogen emissions study warns of methane-driven climate warming
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Hydrogen has long been promoted as a potential answer to the climate crisis, yet a study published on Wednesday cautioned...
