Reading Passage 1 A Brief History of Humans and Food Paragraph A During the journey from our hunter‑gatherer ancestors to the present day, there have been three seismic changes th...

  Reading Passage The Art of Deception Paragraph A Forty years ago, the research psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman was addressing a group of young psychiatrists in training when he...

  Understanding Symbols Paragraph A About 20 years ago I had one of those wonderful moments when research takes an unexpected but fruitful turn. I had been studying toddler ...

  Termite Mounds Paragraph A To most of us, termites are destructive insects which can cause damage on a devastating scale. But according to Dr Rupert Soar of Loughborough Un...

Mark Strizic: A Career of an Australian Photographer Paragraph A Mark Strizic, who passed away in December last year was the last representative of a remarkable generation of Europ...

Marketing And Mind Control Paragraph A While there had been a long tradition of giving rings as a commitment to marry, the custom of giving diamond engagement rings was in large pa...

Neanderthal Technology A We think of our prehistoric ancestors as people of the ice and snow,living in caves, and for many of the west European Neanderthals that is a just picture ...

New Filter Promises Clean Water for Millions A A handful of clay,yesterday’s coffee grounds and some cow manure are the ingredients that could bring clean,safe drinking water to m...

  Should we stop eating meat? Paragraph A The call for people to eat less meat to save the planet is growing louder, so if less is good, wouldn’t none be better? To find ou...

Wood: A Valuable Resource in New Zealand’s Economy Paragraph A During the settlement of New Zealand by European immigrants, natural timbers played a major role. Wood was easily ac...