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Student 3D-printed his own braces and saved around $7,950

Časi: postavi glagol v oklepaju v pravilno obliko. A digital design student has managed to sort out his crooked top teeth by 3D-printing his own brace, saving an estimated $7,950 (£5,485) in the process. Twenty-three-year-old Amos Dudley realised last year that he wasn’t smiling so much because he… Preberi več

Farmed fish consumption at record high

Bralno razumevanje: preberi besedilo in odgovori na spodnja vprašanja s kratkimi odgovori.   Humans have never eaten so much fish and other seafood, but nearly half of it is no longer caught wild but is grown in farms, says the United Nations. New figures from the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation… Preberi več

MPs – don’t ignore social media as the next generation of voters are watching it closely

Branje: preberi besedilo in odgovori na spodnja vprašanja s kratkimi odgovori. Who doesn’t use email in this day and age? Julian Lewis MP, that’s who. According to charity-run website WriteToThem, the Tory New Forest East MP communicates via fax, letters or phone calls. He doesn’t use a Twitter… Preberi več

Science confirms what all pet people know: Animals have empathy

(Adapted from www.britannica.com, 25 February 2016) Growing up, our first dog, Murphy (a.k.a. Murphy Brown) had her own seat on the couch. Most friends didn’t mind if, while they were sitting in the far left corner watching Saved by the Bell and shovelling down Kraft Dinner, Murphy happened… Preberi več

Bigger and busier than ever, cities are still where we want to work and play – and London is top of the pile

Časi: Postavi glagol v oklepaju v pravilno obliko.   London ____________________ (1 BECOME) the second most visited city in the world, behind Hong Kong, according to a survey by Euromonitor, the research group. The numbers are for 2014 and in that year 17.4 million people ____________________ (2 COME)… Preberi več

Was the Myth of the “Dumb” Dodo Just Busted?

(Adapted from http://www.britannica.com) The dodo (Raphus cucullatus), an extinct flightless bird of Mauritius, serves as one of a handful of iconic extinct species ____________________ (1) as an enduring symbol of ignorance. (Perhaps you’ve heard the phrases “dumb as a dodo” or “don’t be a dodo” tossed around in… Preberi več

Aldi becomes first supermarket to ban the pesticides that are killing off all the bees

(Adapted from Metro, 31/1/2016) Supermarket Aldi Süd – the chain’s German branch – has just made it a ____________________ (1 REQUIRE) for its suppliers to phase out the toxins that are most ____________________ (2 HARM) to bees, including neonicotinoids. ‘Aldi Süd shows that the toxic dependency on pesticides can… Preberi več