What can Cambridge learn from Gothenburg’s congestion charge?
by Gothenburg started charging motorists to enter and pass through the city in 2013 Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, is surrounded by 38 sets of cameras, silently …
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Butterflies in major decline in Northern Ireland, report says
The wall butterfly is feared to be extinct in Northern Ireland One of Northern Ireland’s butterflies appears to be on the brink of extinction, while …
How do you make a mummy? The surprising formulas of the ancient Egyptians revealed
The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the process of mummification in ancient Egypt, according to a new …
Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum
Protesters during a Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan following the death of George Floyd, June 2, 2020. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times) Repairs. Black …
Tiphaine Louradour launches a new phase of her career as CEO of Spaceflight Inc.
Tiphaine Louradour, CEO of Spaceflight, has over 15 years of experience in the space industry. (Space flight photo) Space industry veteran Tiphaine Louradour takes the …
What is it and what is behind the epidemic?
Chicken rescued The world is going through its worst bird flu epidemic. The highly contagious H5N1 strain is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of …
Mudlarker discovers a cup in the Thames that could be a rare Roman find
A mud puddler says he was told he had found a ‘rare’ near-complete Roman cup on the banks of the River Thames. Malcom Russell, 49, …
Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences aims to revive the long-extinct dodo using gene editing.David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company, says it …
Being in a Tesla helped save the 4 people who plunged 250 feet off a cliff, an expert says. That and a lot of luck.
A Tesla plunged off a 250ft cliff on Monday.Twitter Four people emerged almost unscathed from a car crash on a 250ft cliff. Surviving such an …
Horses and dogs sailed with Vikings to Britain, scientists say
Icelandic horse Vikings sailing from Scandinavia to England brought horses, dogs and possibly even pigs with them, according to analysis of bone remains. The Viking …