Learn “eviction”, “optogenetics” in slow English. From: Spain calls an early election amid housing crisis.
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- Spain calls an early election amid housing crisis
- Nobel medicine prize honors research on how brain cells work
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- CBC NewsSpanish PM Sánchez calls snap election after mounting housing crisis
- France 24Spanish PM Sanchez calls snap election as pressure mounts over housing crisis
- Al JazeeraSpain’s PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap election amid housing crisis
- RechercheSpanish authorities said 70,000 people took part in a housing protest in Madrid on Saturday, October 3; organizers gave a higher estimate of 500,000.
- RechercheAs background to the protests, rents across Spain had risen by 80% over a decade, while home prices had risen by 63%, according to the Guardian’s October 2 report.
- RechercheThe rejected decrees included plans to extend protections against evicting vulnerable tenants until 2030 and to regulate temporary and room rentals.
- RechercheTheir work helped create a way to use light to switch nerve cells on or off, allowing researchers to study how particular brain cells and circuits function.
- Le MondeNobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
- The GuardianNobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain
- CBC NewsNobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics
- Deutsche WelleGerman and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine