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Electric vehicles and the challenge of fire risks in car parks
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Electric vehicles and the challenge of fire risks in car parks

Fahroni/Shutterstock Due to the urgent need to cut fossil fuel emissions, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is both inevitable and essential. The EU is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90% by 2040, and foresees 13 million zero and low-emission vehicles on the roads by 2025. Several European countries have introduced […]
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'Politically neutral' Russian athletes can now enter the Olympics – but don't expect many to compete
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‘Politically neutral’ Russian athletes can now enter the Olympics – but don’t expect many to compete

Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Russian and Belarussian athletes will be able to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics if they are politically neutral. The decision from the committee’s executive board reversed an earlier ban. The IOC made this change even though the Russian National Olympic Committee remains suspended from competition […]
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How the Eiffel Tower became silent cinema's icon
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How the Eiffel Tower became silent cinema’s icon

27 December 2023 marks the centenary of the death of the French civil engineer, Gustave Eiffel. Many studies have looked at the way in which the tower that bears his name has inspired painters (Bonnard, Chagall, Delaunay, De Staël, etc.) and poets (Apollinaire, Cendrars, Cocteau, Queneau, etc.) since it was built in 1889 for the […]
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How media attention harms female political candidates
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How media attention harms female political candidates

Finnish former Prime Minister Sanna Marin gives a press conference in Brussels, Belgium 10 February 2023. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock A video of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing at a party was leaked in August 2022. There was massive media reaction to what was, essentially, a young female politician having a good time. Accusations spread like […]
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Do subtitled films really help you learn languages?
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Do subtitled films really help you learn languages?

In general, films in the original language and versions with subtitles in a range of different languages are both widely available in Europe. If the main aim of subtitles is allowing viewers to understand dialogue in films where they don’t know the language, subtitles are also being seen to an ever-greater extent through an educational […]
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