Anxiety Attacks: Why They Happen and How People Cope

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Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading The first one often comes out of nowhere. You are sitting in a cafe or waiting for an elevator … Read more

Genetic Engineering: What Comes Next, Before and After Birth

Strand of DNA being manipulated

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Genetic engineering in humans falls into two different categories. Somatic editing changes cells in one person, usually after birth, … Read more

The Robot Olympics: Progress, Limits, and Everyday Life

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Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading The second World Humanoid Robot Games, often nicknamed the Robot Olympics, took place in Beijing from 22 to 26 … Read more

Lie Detection Research: Can AI Beat Human Judgment?

Human and AI Signals, Uncertain Truth

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Judging the veracity of a statement matters in courtrooms, border interviews, workplaces, and online. For centuries, people have relied … Read more

How Puberty, Pregnancy, and Menopause Change the Brain

Three Life Stages, One Mind

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Tell people that a woman’s brain has lost gray matter, and most will imagine damage or decline. The evidence … Read more

A Love Other Than Yours: Ten Years and New, Quiet Doubts

Back-to-Back Memories_ A Love Reconsidered

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Shadow Reading and Typing | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading A Love Other Than Yours, a KBS2 drama that premiered on September 12, 2026, ends its central relationship in … Read more

Milk Without a Cow: The Science of Precision Fermentation

High-Tech Dairy Lab Milk Glass

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Imagine a glass of milk that never came from a cow. Using a process called precision fermentation, researchers can now grow the exact proteins … Read more

The Effect of Sugar on Your Brain: What the Evidence Shows

A student at a sunlit desk holds a pen and a doughnut, with a glowing brain outline above the notebook

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading Few foods carry as many beliefs about the mind as sugar does. Some people insist that a sweet snack sharpens concentration before an exam. … Read more

3I/ATLAS and Online Speculation: Science and Rumor

A woman on a hilltop at sunrise looking through a small telescope at a comet with a faint tail, holding a phone

Level: C1 Reading | Vocabulary | Activities | Speed Challenge | Questions | AI Prompts | Discussion | Language Focus | Resources Printable: Student handout (PDF) | Teacher’s key (PDF) Reading On July 1, 2025, the ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, reported a faint, fast-moving speck. Its path showed that it had arrived … Read more