Day: October 1, 2014

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#ParisMotorShow 2014 – new star cars on display, #JaguarXE – two annotated infographics

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The world’s pre-eminent petrolheads will shortly be gathering and munching on fresh croissant as the Paris Motor Show opens for business. One of the glitziest events on the automotive calendar, this year’s show will see the debuts of Europe’s best new cars for the coming year, both the concepts and the production models. Stars at the City of Light will include Ferrari’s 458 Speciale A, the Jaguar XE, Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid SUV and Audi TT Roadster. Of particular interest is Jaguar’s new XE sports saloon, as the British legend goes bumper to bumper with its German rivals BMW and … Continue reading #ParisMotorShow 2014 – new star cars on display, #JaguarXE – two annotated infographics

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#Stonehenge redux: new secrets revealed about the Neolithic landscape surrounding those famous stones

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Stonehenge: a national monument, an internationally recognised British icon. For centuries, people have wondered, theorised, intrigued and argued about who, or what, might have put an isolated collection of huge standing stones in the middle of the Wiltshire countryside somewhere between five and six thousand years ago – and for what purpose. Now, new research conducted by archaeologists and scientists from Birmingham University and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, in Vienna has revealed that Stonehenge did not sit alone within its Neolithic landscape. The research has revealed that the area around Stonehenge was heavy with … Continue reading #Stonehenge redux: new secrets revealed about the Neolithic landscape surrounding those famous stones