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Why Some Single People Feel Free - and Others Feel Lost
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At about 8.30 pm on a Tuesday, a supermarket can make it surprisingly easy to pick out the single shoppers...
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EU directive: lifetime renewal of driving licences after 70 under clear health checks
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A handful of walking sticks are raised in the room, several people dab at their eyes, and somebody lets out...
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The washing trick for heavenly-scented laundry without angry neighbours
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The neighbour’s window is open by a crack-just wide enough to let the smell in. A dense, sugary cloud of...
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Methane-Eating Microbes: The Hidden Filters of Underwater Caves
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Within these caves, pale sheets of living film draw in methane seeping from stone and sediment, then release something cleaner....
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What “Please” and “Thank You” Reveal About Empathy
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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On a busy Tuesday morning, a woman in a creased blazer pressed her way onto a bus, holding a coffee...
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Why the Dishwasher Eco Cycle Saves Water and Energy
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The evening I discovered that my dishwasher had been deceiving me for years, I was barefoot in a silent kitchen,...
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Why Norway’s Polar Bears Are Getting Fatter in Svalbard
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The helicopter makes a single circuit above the fractured white expanse of the Barents Sea before descending. Beneath it, a...
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France’s Kimon frigate offer could reshape Greece’s navy for two decades
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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In the eastern Mediterranean, a discreet negotiation could alter the way Greece fights, invests and builds over the coming two...
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Spanish Researchers Reveal Mammoths and Dinosaurs Moved More Slowly
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The first time you stand beneath a mammoth skeleton, the experience can feel like being held in place by a...
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Libra Is the Lucky Sign This October
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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After months of contradictory signs and almost-successes, October changes the narrative. The cosmic wheel moves ahead, and one sign abruptly...
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Remote Work, Office Work and the Hybrid Work Divide
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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One employee scrolls through Slack in slippers while a cat’s tail moves across the screen like an unhurried metronome. Elsewhere,...
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How 50,000 Bison Are Restoring Prairie Soil
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A faint rustling stirs the grass, followed by a deep, rolling sound like surf far out at sea. Dark forms...
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Why Some People Have a Loud Voice and How to Lower the Volume
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At a table in the middle of the café, one man was describing his weekend, his voice carrying above the...
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Goodbye to Retirement at 67: The New Age for Collecting Social Security
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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At the front of a library meeting room, a Social Security specialist advanced a slide reading: “Full retirement age: moving...
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The Quiet Power of Handmade Family Gifts
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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They arrive at the front door in cardboard boxes sealed with tape, as unremarkable as a receipt. In a peaceful...
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Antarctic Icefish Nursery: Should We Leave It Untouched?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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The ship’s engine gave off the low hum of a faraway refrigerator while the camera passed beneath the sea ice...
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Driving licence rules for older drivers are changing
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A man in his seventies rolls his car keys through his fingers, their small metal ring tapping against the plastic...
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Why Chasing Happiness Keeps Slipping Through Your Fingers
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Opposite the psychologist sat a stylish woman in her thirties, worn out and idly flicking through her phone. “I have...
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How to Make a Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder for Garden Birds
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A clear, lightweight plastic bottle sits beside a bin, seemingly destined to vanish into a lorry, a recycling centre or,...
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China’s Jupiter I: The World’s Largest 30 MW 100% Hydrogen Turbine
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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China’s newest energy machine resembles an ordinary gas turbine, but it could quietly transform the way clean electricity supports the...
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Why Adults Quietly Distance Themselves From Their Parents
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Ending contact with your parents is not like changing your telephone number. It tends to happen through small cracks: messages...
