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Buckingham Palace's hidden secrets
In addition to 775 rooms, Buckingham Palace has a cinema, a swimming pool, a post office, a chapel, a doctor's surgery and even a cash machine. We look at how the British crown intends to renovate this historic building and reduce its carbon footprint.
04/10/2022
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Pompeii, a jewel of ancient recycling buried by a volcano
Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and for centuries slept under a blanket of ash and pumice some six metres deep. We discuss how this priceless archaeological treasure was built from stones from nearby quarries, rubbish and reused materials.
27/09/2022
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The controversy of facial recognition in the Ukraine war
Facial recognition company Clearview AI, which hopes to be able to identify "almost everyone in the world" by 2023, has offered its services free of charge to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. This is how the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence uses this technology and some of the risks involved.
21/09/2022
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The 170-kilometre-long skyscraper city: an achievable dream?
170 kilometres long and 500 metres high—these are the mind-blowing dimensions of the enormous skyscraper that Saudi Arabia plans to build to give shape to a futuristic city called The Line. But to successfully construct this city without cars, pollution or accidents, it will have to overcome arduous challenges.
14/09/2022