Cambridge IELTS 14

  • Assessing the threat of marine debris

    Chelsea Rochman, an ecologist at the University of California, Davis, has been trying to answer a dismal question: Is everything terrible, or are things just very, very bad? Rochman is a member of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis’s marine-debris working group, a collect..

    Jul 11,2022
  • Why zoos are good

    Scientist David Hone makes the case for zoos. In my view, it is perfectly possible for many species of animals living in zoos or wildlife parks to have a quality of life as high as, or higher than, in the wild...

    Jul 11,2022
  • The secret of staying young

    Pheidole dentata, a native ant of the south-eastern U.S., isn’t immortal. But scientists have found that it doesn’t seem to show any signs of aging...

    Jul 11,2022
  • The power of play

    Virtually every child, the world over, plays. The drive to play is so intense that children will do so in any circumstances, for instance when they have no real toys, or when parents do not actively encourage the behavior...

    Jul 11,2022
  • Saving bugs to find new drugs

    Zoologist Ross Piper looks at the potential of insects in pharmaceutical research. More drugs than you might think are derived from, or inspired by, compounds found in living things...

    Jul 11,2022
  • The concept of intelligence

    Looked at in one way, everyone knows what intelligence is; looked at in another way, no one does. In other words, people all have unconscious notions - known as ‘implicit theories’ - of intelligence, but no one knows for certain what it actually is.  ..

    Jul 11,2022
  • Why companies should welcome disorder

    A Organisation is big business. Whether it is of our lives - all those inboxes and calendars -or how companies are structured, a multi-billion dollar industry helps to meet this need. A Organisation is big business. Whether it is of our lives - all those inboxes and calendars -or how companies are s..

    Jul 11,2022
  • Back to the future of skyscraper design

    Answers to the problem of excessive electricity use by skyscrapers and large public buildings can be found in ingenious but forgotten architectural designs of the 19th and early-20th centuries. A The Recovery of Natural Environments in Architecture by Professor Alan Short is the culmination of 30 ..

    Jul 11,2022
  • Alexander Henderson

    Born in Scotland, Henderson emigrated to Canada in 1855 and became a well-known landscape photographer. Alexander Henderson was born in Scotland in 1831 and was the son of a successful merchant...

    Jul 11,2022
  • Motivational factors and the hospitality industry

    A critical ingredient in the success of hotels is developing and maintaining superior performance from their employees. How is that accomplished? What Human Resource Management (HRM) practices should organizations invest in to acquire and retain great employees?..

    Jul 11,2022
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