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Deep under a central London office block can be found a warren of shops — all selling silverware in small rooms behind a bank vault of an entrance.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on October 14 of Richard Hope, at the age of 85, following several years of ill health.
Posted 3 days ago by bevans
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Prime Minister Scott Morrison is "kidding himself" on the economy as the International Monetary Fund slashes its global growth outlook to the lowest level in a decade.
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Readers will know the term greenwashing – companies or governments promoting trivial or irrelevant environmental sentiments as a substitute for hard action to minimise the impact of their goods or services on the environment.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
To mark the 50th anniversary of that famous record cover, a manhole cover next to the zebra crossing has been revamped with an image of the event.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
High above the port of Dover, a short road runs into a dead end, but once a year a door opens to reveal a huge tunnel complex under the hills.
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Having been closed for several years for repairs, the telescopes at Hampstead Observatory will once again be open for people to peer at the stars.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
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This winter there’s a chance to go deep inside Tower Bridge to see the mechanisms that make it work and the huge bascule chambers that sits below river level.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
One of East London’s earliest hospitals is currently being gutted, and there’s been a chance to see inside as they work to turn it into Tower Hamlet’s new Town Hall.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Figures collated by the City of Greater Geelong show an average of more than 100 new business are opening in the city centre every year.
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With more than 4,000 exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than our sun – discovered so far, it may seem like we are on the cusp of finding out whether we are alone in the universe.
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Today is Indigenous Literacy Day.
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CRISPR technology uses an adapted form of the CRISPR-Cas9 antiviral system and a synthetic guide RNA to target and edit genes far more precisely, cheaply, and efficiently than before.
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The ‘Teraflop Swarm’ groups developed by researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England can adapt rapidly through a process of artificial evolution thanks to high-performance mobile computing power that is embedded in the robots themselves.
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The recommendation to set a clear budget for increasing R&D spending to 2.4 per cent of GPD by 2027 comes in a five-point plan issued by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE).
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Previously only launched in some developing countries where data and higher-powered mobile phones are less readily available, Google Go is now available to all Android users on the Google Play Store.
Posted last month by bevans
Richard Boyle is a former ATO staff member who is currently facing 161 years in jail for blowing the whistle on the ATO for its use of heavy handed tactics and revenue targets as motivation in its collection of debts.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
A man has been arrested after reports of multiple people being stabbed in Sydney's CBD in broad daylight.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
A new exhibition that is less James Bond and more Q looks at the history of how British spies kept their secrets safe from enemies.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
A bridge that rolls over to allow boats to pass through, and then back for humans to cross could be built at Canning Town.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
On a small side street can be found one of London’s few remaining cast iron pissoirs — or mens urinals.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
A short trip outside London is a huge silver UFO shaped building, and in August will be a chance to go inside to see the particle accelerator it houses.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
A satirical image of the President who is famed for lacking a sense of humour could end up in a museum.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The news comes after the frontman was forced to quit the band in 2016 after suffering hearing loss.
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