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Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...become shareholders in all manner of get-rich-quick schemes – from gold mines in the Amazon to rubber plantations in Malaya. Shares in demand The public fell over itself to buy shares in the London Electrobus Company and what was considered to be “the aristocrat among public conveyances.” The problem was that while the basic idea of the bus was sound, the people...
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...become unavoidable in political commentary’. Dowden’s tweet was part of a concerted and highly-coordinated effort by Conservative HQ to do precisely this: provide unequivocal backing for Cummings, and in so doing to change the narrative that had taken hold in the media since details of his trip emerged. But in trying to impose their own narrative on events they ran...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
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How Spanish sounded across its history

...become a knight-errant to fight injustice. In this extract, he tells us his reaction after seeing a monkey (who belongs to a comedian) performing some tricks. Transcript The Golden Age - Amor constante más allá de la muerte The Spanish Golden Age is a period where Spanish literature flourished, jointly with other artistic expressions. Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) is...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...becoming a decentralised energy system. The IOCs also find themselves burdened with “stranded assets” – fossil fuel deposits that cannot be exploited if international agreements on limiting greenhouse gas emissions are going to be fulfilled. The demise of the oil majors has been predicted before, yet the companies live on. Despite recent setbacks, they are still...
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World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?

...becoming the first Arab Nation to be represented. They join Nigeria and South Africa as African representatives. The ‘girls in green’ from Republic of Ireland will also compete for the first time, and many of their players come from teams in the Women’s Super League so may be familiar to viewers in the UK. Haiti, Morocco, Zambia and Panama are the lowest ranked...
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15 facts about number 15
Education & Development

15 facts about number 15

...become British Prime Minister?, has some advice on the mechanics of the political system. 7: A fifteenth wedding anniversary is called a crystal anniversary [A clear crystal] But is a crystal a rock? Crystals, rocks and minerals are three different materials. You can find out more in our Geology Toolkit, which includes a geology timeline, rock analyser, rock cycle,...
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...becomes an undesirable human activity. Secondly, regarding the generic emergence of sleep-science fiction, Greaney addresses the interconnections between sleep and science in a larger socio-cultural context. For him, contemporary fictional representations of the sleep laboratory are “microcosmic representations of a contemporary world that is frequently understood to be...
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Anodising
Science, Maths & Technology

Anodising

...become grey after anodising, due to the high silicon content. Other materials which can be anodised include magnesium and titanium alloys. Design: Designing for anodising depends on knowledge of the effects of the method of manufacture, and surface pre-treatment before final anodising. Castings can reveal pronounced and sometimes unsightly grain structures, while forgings...
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