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Ebola experimental treatment Vocabulary improving getting better risks does something even though something bad or dangerous could happen accusation a claim that someone has done something bad or wrong potentially possibly side effects effects of a d
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Ebola experimental treatment Summary 11 August 2014 Two US aid workers who caught Ebola in Liberia appear to be getting better after receiving an experimental drug, officials have said. The World Health Organization (WHO) is now considering whether t
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Insect-inspired robots Vocabulary swarm a large group (usuaully of insects) which moves together spindly long, thin and delicate shuffle (here) to move around slowly and without much energy blinking flashing on and off teamwork the ability to work to
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Insect-inspired robots Summary 15 August 2014 Engineers in the US have created a group of more than 1,000 identical robots. Using a system modelled on insects, the 'Kilobots' work together to arrange themselves into a variety of shapes. The research
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Talking turtles Vocabulary muffled (of a sound) not very loud or clear creak sound like a wooden door being opened nesting season period in which birds or animals make their homes (nests), lay eggs and care for babies gather come together hatched whe
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Talking turtles Researchers recorded a specific sound when adults and babies were together Summary 18 August 2014 Scientists in Brazil have recorded river turtles apparently talking to each other underwater. They make different noises depending on wh
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Artist buries gold on British beach Vocabulary beneath under finders keepers the right to property given to someone who finds it unearth dig out beachcombers people who make a living searching for valuable things on beaches out in force out in great
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Artist buries gold on British beach The metal never fails to attract attention Summary 29 August 2014 A great number of people have gone to Folkestone beach in the South East of England to dig for gold after a German artist announced he's buried 30 b
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US bank to pay record $16.7bn to government Vocabulary settles solves (a problem); reaches an agreement about probe investigation wrangling arguing misled made someone believe something that is not true accountable responsible dwarf are much larger t
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US bank to pay record $16.7bn to government This is the latest effort by US authorities to hold Wall Street responsible for the financial crisis Summary 22 August 2014 Bank of America has agreed to pay a record $16.7bn to US authorities for selling b
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Language extinction Vocabulary vanish disappear hotspots (here) places at greater risk minority small number of people in a community or country dominate have the most influence economic growth increase the amount of goods and services in a country o
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Language extinction Money influences the development of culture 5 September 2014 Economic development is causing the extinction of some languages, scientists believe. A study has found that minority languages in the most developed parts of the world,
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Eat less meat to save the planet, says study Vocabulary emissions (here) gases which go into the air alongside as well as; together with boom (here) sudden period of growth fertiliser a substance added to soil to help plants grow somewhat partly; to
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Eat less meat to save the planet, says study Scientists believe eating beef is particularly damaging to the environment 1 September 2014 Scientists are warning that we all need to eat less meat to help protect the environment. The study, by Aberdeen
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Deadly discovery in US labs Vocabulary premises buildings and land used by an organisation or business microbes small living things that can only be seen with a microscope facilities (here) buildings containing equipment used for a particular activit
