Cambridge IELTS 15

Environmental practices of big businesses

The environmental practices of big businesses are shaped by a fundamental fact that for many of us offends our sense of justice. Depending on the circumstances, a business may maximize the amount of money it makes, at least in the short term, by damaging the environment and hurting people...

Jul 11,2022
Silbo Gomero - the whistle ‘language’ of the Canary Islands

La Gomera is one of the Canary Islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa. La Gomera is one of the Canary Islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa...

Jul 11,2022
The return of the huarango

The arid valleys of southern Peru are welcoming the return of a native plant. The south coast of Peru is a narrow, 2,000-kilometre-long strip of desert squeezed between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean...

Jul 11,2022
Why fairy tales are really scary tales?

Some people think that fairy tales are just stories to amuse children, but their universal and enduring appeal may be due to more serious reasons. People of every culture tell each other fairy tales but the same story often takes a variety of forms in different parts of the world...

Jul 11,2022
The Desolenator: producing clean water

Travelling around Thailand in the 1990s, William Janssen was impressed with the basic rooftop solar heating systems that were on many homes, where energy from the sun was absorbed by a plate and then used to heat water for domestic use. Two decades later Janssen developed that basic idea he saw in S..

Jul 11,2022
Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Henry Moore (1898-1986) The British sculptor Henry Moore was a leading figure in the 20th-century art world. Henry Moore was born in Castleford, a small town near Leeds in the north of England...

Jul 11,2022
Having a laugh

The findings of psychological scientists reveal the importance of humour. Humans start developing a sense of humour as early as six weeks old, when babies begin to laugh and smile in response to stimuli...

Jul 11,2022
Should we try to bring extinct species back to life?

Geneticist Ben Novak is lead researcher on an ambitious project which now aims to bring the bird back to life through a process known as ‘de¬extinction’. The passenger pigeon was a legendary species...

Jul 11,2022
Could urban engineers learn from dance?

The way we travel around cities has a major impact on whether they are sustainable. The way we travel around cities has a major impact on whether they are sustainable...

Jul 11,2022
What is exploration?

We are all explorers. Our desire to discover, and then share that new-found knowledge, is part of what makes us human - indeed, this has played an important part in our success as a species...

Jul 11,2022