Baguette chosen as French candidate for Unesco recognition
France has chosen to submit the baguette as a candidate for a place on Unesco’s 2022 List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Master of disguise behind the exodus of 250,000 Jews
Negotiating with policemen, using disguises, creating false visas and organising groups of smugglers were a few of the many risks Shlomo Hillel took in order to help over 125,000 Iraqi Jews safely reach Israel’s border.
What do students need to know about the Turing scheme?
The UK officially left the Erasmus+ programme on 1 January 2021.
The £110 million Turing scheme, named after the renowned codebreaker Alan Turing, will soon be introduced in its place, funding around 35,000 UK students per year to study abroad. Students will be able to apply for the Turing scheme from September 2021.
There are a few differences between the Erasmus+ programme and the Turing scheme that students should be aware of.
Unlike Erasmus, the Turing scheme hopes to fund exchanges with
The £110 million Turing scheme, named after the renowned codebreaker Alan Turing, will soon be introduced in its place, funding around 35,000 UK students per year to study abroad. Students will be able to apply for the Turing scheme from September 2021.
There are a few differences between the Erasmus+ programme and the Turing scheme that students should be aware of.
Unlike Erasmus, the Turing scheme hopes to fund exchanges with
'It's like a tinderbox': British tourists' terror as wildfires in France see 10,000 evacuated
Smoke rose from thickly wooded hills behind the seafront and there was an acrid smell of burning vegetation.
Traces of Bronze Age-era cereals discovered in Swiss mountains
Scientists have discovered a 4,000-year-old lunchbox containing traces of cereal that may have been used by a prehistoric settler for sustenance as he made the grueling climb across the Swiss mountains.
The wooden box, which was well preserved, dates back to the Bronze Age and was found roughly 8600ft above sea level on the Lötschenpass.
Researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History said they found microscopic traces of ancient wheat, known as biomarkers, which s
The wooden box, which was well preserved, dates back to the Bronze Age and was found roughly 8600ft above sea level on the Lötschenpass.
Researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History said they found microscopic traces of ancient wheat, known as biomarkers, which s
Pentagon tests laser that uses heartbeats to identify people from 200 metres away
The Pentagon has created a laser that can identify people from 200 meters away based on nothing but their heartbeats.
Why are so many French people rejecting the coronavirus vaccine?
FOR MANY, the vaccine rollout is a desperately needed sign of hope.
Yet as many around the world wait for their much anticipated vaccine invitation with impatience, just 56 per cent of French people say they will take the vaccine, according to an Odoxa-Backbone survey.
Historically, France had largely been a pro-vaccine country. The famous work of French microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur contributed to the historic national pride of the country.
Unlike in many other countries, the vacc
Yet as many around the world wait for their much anticipated vaccine invitation with impatience, just 56 per cent of French people say they will take the vaccine, according to an Odoxa-Backbone survey.
Historically, France had largely been a pro-vaccine country. The famous work of French microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur contributed to the historic national pride of the country.
Unlike in many other countries, the vacc
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University Boat Clubs in historic vote to unite women, men and lightweights
Cambridge’s mens, womens and lightweight Boat Clubs have “voted overwhelmingly” to form a single Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC) to compete in future editions of the Boat Race against Oxford.
The notion to create a newly combined Cambridge University Boat Club was first raised at a meeting convened by Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope in September 2018, and the vote is described as a “decisive step” in the unification of all three clubs.
The announcement comes just over a month after the new
The notion to create a newly combined Cambridge University Boat Club was first raised at a meeting convened by Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope in September 2018, and the vote is described as a “decisive step” in the unification of all three clubs.
The announcement comes just over a month after the new
Solar powered robot bee that flaps its wings 170 times per second takes flight for first time
A tiny insect-like robot that flaps its wings 170 times per second has become the lightest drone ever to achieve sustained untethered flight.
