Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
The BBC reports on a floating wind turbine that could help provide power to remote communities. This helium-filled device is known as "the bat."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom, USA
Black Widow is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, from her debut studio album The New Classic. The song's hook is sung by British recording artist Rita Ora. The lyrics chronicle revenge and disappointment in a failed romantic relationship.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Fuse School: Learn the basics about the effects of global warming on the environment. Some of the problems global warming may cause are changing climate, extremes of weather, problems for ecosystems, rising sea levels, and ocean acidification.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Optimus Search helps companies find the right people for the job in the specific fields of Life Science, Engineering, Digital, and Energy. The consulting firm considers itself the best in the business.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
"Insomnia" is a song recorded by British dance group Faithless. Released as the band's second single, it became one of their most successful.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Canada
Lara Boyd concludes her fascinating talk on the brain, explaining how personalized medicine and biomarkers can apply, not just to recovery from stroke and cancer treatment, but to teaching and learning in everyday life.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Canada
Lara Boyd talks further about behavior bringing about changes to the brain, and about why it's so hard to recover after a stroke.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Kaley Cuoco talks about the terrifying trip to New Zealand with her boyfriend's family that ended in her swinging through a canyon.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Canada
In a TEDx Talk, brain researcher Dr. Lara Boyd talks about neuroplasticity, how we learn, and how short-term and long-term memory work.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
A look at how lexicographers started creating the Dictionary of the English Language to ensure that everyone spelled words correctly and knew their correct definition.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Michelle Obama continues discovering how shopping works for normal people. Meanwhile, Ellen purposely annoys her every step of the way
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
George Clooney discusses his long lasting partnership with Nespresso and what makes it his coffee of choice.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Mayda del Valle, a poet whose work has helped to raise the bar in poetry circles all over the world, performs her piece "a faith like yours" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
In the 17th Century, scientific research influenced the invention of English words relating to physics, chemistry, and anatomy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
The phenomenon of tonic immobility helps researchers study sharks, but does it also help orcas hunt and kill them?
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