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Music for today ·Opened on 20 October, the Caritas cohousing project offers six months of accommodation and support after an earlier reception programme.
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The 21 October Stennis test covered flight components and nozzle thermal protection. The development engine itself will not fly.
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A 12–16 October trial shifted shingle along the coast and checked batteries, productivity and charging, without publishing a numerical emissions balance.
Fifty artworks were selected for COP17’s Green Zone, in an initiative involving students from five Armenian communities.
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A US$7.93 million contribution was announced, with the intervention aiming to reach around 200,000 people through health, water, learning and protection.
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A library event announced for 4 November will explore Patricia Thoma’s creative work with incarcerated people.
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The opening is scheduled for 9 am on 23 October in Via Toti, with a focus on listening, support and local social networks.
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Awarded on 14 October, GEF-UNDP funding also supports local organisations with project management and reporting skills.
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Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.
A rotating inner shade hides part of the light: the Eclisse lamp makes the act of adjusting it visible.
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A sentence from 1903 distinguishes earning a living from the purpose of education, within a specific and contested historical debate.
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The stiff, fleshy leaves store water: understanding this reserve helps distinguish a resilient houseplant from an indestructible one at home.
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A steel paper clip can rest on water’s surface: the crucial detail is its contact with water, not mysteriously lightweight metal.
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The Italian word pagina comes from Latin and preserves a surprising shift: from a vine trellis to a column of writing.
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Classic puff pastry rises without yeast: separated layers and water becoming steam turn a low sheet of dough into volume.
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In traditional Mongolian writing, columns descend and progress to the right: learning the gesture also means encountering a different orientation.
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Enlarge the chart Reading DNA has become much less costly. In the NHGRI series, the estimated cost of sequencing a human-sized genome falls from about US$95.3 million in September 2001 to about US$525 in May 2022. The chart uses all 78 observations in the table: these are historical data, not a quotation for 2026. [1][2]
The vertical scale is logarithmic: each interval represents a tenfold increase in cost. The estimate assumes a genome of 3 billion bases and draws on production costs at NHGRI-funded centers. It excludes some later activities, such as interpreting results, and is not the complete price of a clinical test. [2][3]
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