Cambridge IELTS 13

The happiness industry how the government and big business sold us well-being

Happiness is the ultimate goal because it is self-evidently good. If we are asked why happiness matters we can give no further external reason...

Jul 11,2022
Saving the soil

More than a third of the Earth's top layer is at risk. Is there hope for our planet's most precious resource?..

Jul 11,2022
Cutty Sark: The fastest sailing ship of all time

The nineteenth century was a period of great technological development in Britain, and for shipping the major changes were from wind to steam power, and from wood to iron and steel. The fastest commercial sailing vessels of all time were clippers, three-masted ships built to transport goods around t..

Jul 11,2022
Whatever happened to the Harappan civilisation?

New research sheds light on the disappearance of an ancient society. The Harappan Civilisation of ancient Pakistan and India flourished 5,000 years ago, but a thousand years later their cities were abandoned...

Jul 11,2022
How baby talk gives infant brains a boost

A The typical way of talking to a baby - high-pitched, exaggerated and repetitious - is a source of fascination for linguists who hope to understand how ‘baby talk’ impacts on learning. Most babies start developing their hearing while still in the womb, prompting some hopeful parents to play ..

Jul 11,2022
The coconut palm

For millennia, the coconut has been central to the lives of Polynesian and Asian peoples. In the western world, on the other hand, coconuts have always been exotic and unusual, sometimes rare...

Jul 11,2022
Making the most of the trends

Experts from Harvard Business School give advice to managers. Most managers can identify the major trends of the day...

Jul 11,2022
Oxytocin

The positive and negative effects of the chemical known as the ‘love hormone’. Oxytocin is a chemical, a hormone produced in the pituitary gland in the brain...

Jul 11,2022
Bringing cinnamon to Europe

A Cinnamon is a sweet, fragrant spice produced from the inner bark of trees of the genus Cinnamomum, which is native to the Indian sub-continent. It was known in biblical times, and is mentioned in several books of the Bible, both as an ingredient that was mixed with oils for anointing people’s bo..

Jul 11,2022
Artificial artists

Can computers really create works of art? The Painting Fool is one of a growing number of computer programs which, so their makers claim, possesses creative talents...

Jul 11,2022