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The European Space Agency will pay volunteers £12,500 to lie down in bed for two months to test the effects of space travel on the human body. The study simulates aspects of spaceflight by placing volunteers in bed for long periods of time with their dropped to a six degree angle. It involves two groups … Read more
A European safety council wants SUVs banned from towns and cities as part of efforts to cut the number of pedestrians and cyclists being killed. The European Transport Safety Council in a report called for ‘urgent action’ to tackle deaths of vulnerable road users in built-up areas, with records showing almost 70,000 pedestrian and cyclist … Read more
Where to find the best scuba spots in Europe and how to cruise from the UK to Russia: The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 09:34 BST, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 09:35 BST, 16 December 2019 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week visiting … Read more
The choice of Matera as 2019’s European City of Culture will have astonished Italians of a certain age, although not those who have ever visited it. Fifty years ago, the city was designated the ‘national shame’ of Italy, embodying everything that was wrong with the impoverished south. But it was not true then and is little more … Read more