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1. Underground houses
Underground houses have many advantages over conventional housing. Unlike conventional homes, they can be built on  surfaces and can maximize space in small areas by going below the surface. In addition, the materials excavated in construction can be used in the building process. Underground houses have less surface area so fewer building materials are used, and  costs are lower. They are also wind, fire, and earthquake resistant, providing a secure and safe environment in extreme weather. One of the greatest benefits of underground living is energy efficiency. The earth's subsurface temperature remains stable, so underground dwellings benefit from geothermal mass and heat exchange, staying cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This saves around 80 percent in energy costs. By solar design this energy bill can be  to zero, providing hot water and heat to the home all year round.
Ans 1. Underground houses
Underground houses have many advantages over conventional housing. Unlike conventional homes, they can be built on steep surfaces and can maximize space in small areas by going below the surface. In addition, the materials excavated in construction can be used in the building process. Underground houses have less surface area so fewer building materials are used, and maintenance costs are lower. They are also wind, fire, and earthquake resistant, providing a secure and safe environment in extreme weather. One of the greatest benefits of underground living is energy efficiency. The earth's subsurface temperature remains stable, so underground dwellings benefit from geothermal mass and heat exchange, staying cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This saves around 80 percent in energy costs. By incorporating solar design this energy bill can be reduced to zero, providing hot water and heat to the home all year round.

2. Renewable energy
Recently, due to concerns over pollution and the possibility that some sources of fuel might eventually run out or become  to obtain, there has been much greater support for renewable sources of power, such as wind or solar energy. Renewable energy sources  25 percent of the electricity we use. Unlike  fuels, they tend not to produce any waste or significantly add to global warming by producing gases.
Ans 2. Renewable energy
 Recently, due to concerns over pollution and the possibility that some sources of fuel might eventually run out or become uneconomic to obtain, there has been much greater support for renewable sources of power, such as wind or solar energy. Renewable energy sources constitute 25 percent of the electricity we use. Unlike fossil fuels, they tend not to produce any waste or significantly add to global warming by producing gases.

3.Lucy  
Lucy was a single hominid skeleton found in Ethopia. First, she was a bunch of broken fragments lying in Ethopia. She was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, who headed out to the area looking for rocks, and then drove back.  that return journey, Johanson spotted a forearm bone, identified it — and then kept looking, where the two found a huge set of bones that would eventually  40 per cent of the entire skeleton. The discovery was so important because it entirely  our understanding of the process of evolution. She showed that people had been wrong to think that we became intelligent before we stood up — Lucy and her contemporaries were better suited for walking  than we were, but appear to have been much less  advanced. That was important because it changed our understanding of the story of evolution, implying that walking was one of the most important things in moving us towards our current state, and that brainpower might not have been the most important thing.
Ans 3. Lucy
Lucy was a single hominid skeleton found in Ethopia. First, she was a bunch of broken fragments lying in Ethopia. She was found by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, who headed out to the area looking for rocks, and then drove back. During that return journey, Johanson spotted a forearm bone, identified it — and then kept looking, where the two found a huge set of bones that would eventually represent 40 per cent of the entire skeleton. The discovery was so important because it entirely upset our understanding of the process of evolution. She showed that people had been wrong to think that we became intelligent before we stood up — Lucy and her contemporaries were better suited for walking upright than we were, but appear to have been much less intellectually advanced. That was important because it changed our understanding of the story of evolution, implying that walking was one of the most important things in moving us towards our current state, and that brainpower might not have been the most important thing.

4.Interdisciplinary Centre 
A new interdisciplinary centre for the study of the frontiers of 
the universe, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the largest chain of galaxies, has been formed at The University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Cosmology Centre will be a way for the university's departments of Astronomy and Physics to  on research that concerns them both “This centre will bring the two departments together in an area where they  in the physics of the very early universe,” said Dr. Neal Evans, Astronomy Department chair. Astronomical observations have  the presence of dark matter and dark energy, discoveries that challenge our knowledge of fundamental physics. And today's leading theories in physics involve energies so high that no Earth-bound particle accelerator can test them. They need the universe as their  Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the university, called the Centre's  “a very exciting development” for that department.
Ans 4. Interdisciplinary Centre
A new interdisciplinary centre for the study of the frontiers of the universe, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the largest chain of galaxies, has been formed at The University of Texas at Austin. The Texas Cosmology Centre will be a way for the university's departments of Astronomy and Physics to collaborate on research that concerns them both “This centre will bring the two departments together in an area where they overlap in the physics of the very early universe,” said Dr. Neal Evans, Astronomy Department chair. Astronomical observations have revealed the presence of dark matter and dark energy, discoveries that challenge our knowledge of fundamental physics. And today's leading theories in physics involve energies so high that no Earth-bound particle accelerator can test them. They need the universe as their laboratory Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the university, called the Centre's advent “a very exciting development” for that department.

5.Agrarian parties 
Agrarian parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The extent to  they are important, or  they even exist, depends mainly  two factors.One, obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size of the rural relative  the urban population. The other is a matter of social integration:  agrarian parties to be important, the representation of countryside or peasantry must not be integrated  the other major sections of society.  a country might possess a sizeable rural population, but have an economic system in which the interests of the voters were predominantly related to their incomes,  than their occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would be unlikely to include an important agrarian party.
Ans 5. Agrarian parties  
Agrarian parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The extent to which they are important, or whether they even exist, depends mainly on two factors.One, obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size of the rural relative to the urban population. The other is a matter of social integration: for agrarian parties to be important, the representation of countryside or peasantry must not be integrated with the other major sections of society.Thus a country might possess a size able rural population, but have an economic system in which the interests of the voters were predominantly related to their incomes,rather than their occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would be unlikely to include an important agrarian party.



6.Treat students 
In reality, however, the causes of truancy and non-attendance are diverse and multifaceted. There are as many  of non-attendance as there are non-attenders. Each child has her own  story, and whilst there may often be certain identifiable factors in common, each non-attending child demands and  an individual response, tailored to meet her individual needs. This applies  to the 14-year-old who fails to attend school because a parent is terminally ill, the overweight 11 -year-old who fails to attend because he is  about changing for PE in front of peers, the 15-year-old who is 'bored' by lessons, and to the seven-year-old who is teased in the playground because she does not wear the latest designer-label clothes.
Ans 6. Treat students 
In reality, however, the causes of truancy and non-attendance are diverse and multifaceted. There are as many causes of non-attendance as there are non-attenders. Each child has her own unique story, and whilst there may often be certain identifiable factors in common, each non-attending child demands and deserves an individual response, tailored to meet her individual needs. This applies equally to the 14-year-old who fails to attend school because a parent is terminally ill, the overweight 11 -year-old who fails to attend because he is embarrassed about changing for PE in front of peers, the 15-year-old who is 'bored' by lessons, and to the seven-year-old who is teased in the playground because she does not wear the latest designer-label clothes.

7.Population change 
Populations can change through three processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. Fertility  the number of children that women have and is to be contrasted with fecundity (a woman's childbearing potential). Mortality is the study of the causes, consequences, and measurement of processes affecting death to members of the population. Demographers most commonly study mortality using the Life Table, a statistical  that provides information about the mortality conditions (most notably the life expectancy) in the population. Migration refers to the movement of persons from a locality of origin to a destination place across some predefined, political boundary. Migration researchers do not designate movements 'migrations'  they are somewhat permanent. Thus demographers do not consider tourists and travellers to be migrating. While demographers who study migration typically do so through census data on place of  , indirect sources of data including tax forms, and labour force surveys are also important. Demography is today widely taught in many universities across the world,  students with initial training in social sciences, statistics or health studies.
Ans 7. Population change 
Populations can change through three processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. Fertility involves the number of children that women have and is to be contrasted with fecundity (a woman's childbearing potential). Mortality is the study of the causes, consequences, and measurement of processes affecting death to members of the population. Demographers most commonly study mortality using the Life Table, a statistical device that provides information about the mortality conditions (most notably the life expectancy) in the population. Migration refers to the movement of persons from a locality of origin to a destination place across some predefined, political boundary. Migration researchers do not designate movements 'migrations' unless they are somewhat permanent. Thus demographers do not consider tourists and travellers to be migrating. While demographers who study migration typically do so through census data on place of residence , indirect sources of data including tax forms, and labour force surveys are also important. Demography is today widely taught in many universities across the world, attracting students with initial training in social sciences, statistics or health studies.

8. A giant turtle 
A giant turtle made from discarded plastic trash will greet visitors to the British Science Festival this week. The plastic containers, bottles and cups were collected locally in Hull, where the event is taking place at the city's university. Standing 3.5m tall, 11.5ft, the art installation  commissioned by the University of Hull with the aim of raising awareness of plastic waste, Professor Dan Parsons, director of the university's Energy and Environment Institute, said: "Marine pollution is a mounting global challenge, which is  having devastating consequences. "We have a duty to protect these fragile environments and the marine life and ecosystems which we  home. The university has commissioned this installation as a physical  of what is ending up in the oceans, but also ask visitors to campus to stop and think what they could do to try to reduce their own waste."
Ans 8. A giant turtle 
A giant turtle made from discarded plastic trash will greet visitors to the British Science Festival this week. The plastic containers, bottles and cups were collected locally in Hull, where the event is taking place at the city's university. Standing 3.5m tall, 11.5ft, the art installation was commissioned by the University of Hull with the aim of raising awareness of plastic waste, Professor Dan Parsons, director of the university's Energy and Environment Institute, said: "Marine pollution is a mounting global challenge, which is already having devastating consequences. "We have a duty to protect these fragile environments and the marine life and ecosystems which we call home. The university has commissioned this installation as a physical reminder of what is ending up in the oceans, but also ask visitors to campus to stop and think what they could do to try to reduce their own waste."

9. Mike’s Research 
In 2001 he received the SIUC Outstanding Scholar Award. In 2003 he received the Carski Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching from the American Society for Microbiology. Mike’s research is focused on bacteria that inhabit extreme environments, and for the past 12 years he has studied the microbiology of permanently ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In addition to his research papers, he has edited a major  on phototrophic bacteria and served for over a decade as chief editor of the  Archives of Microbiology. He currently serves on the editorial board of Environmental Microbiology. Mike’s non-scientific  include forestry, reading, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives  a peaceful and quiet lake with his wife, Nancy, five shelter dogs (Gaino, Snuffy, Pepto, Peanut, and Merry), and four horses (Springer, Feivel, Gwen, and Festus).
Ans 9. Mike’s Research 
In 2001 he received the SIUC Outstanding Scholar Award. In 2003 he received the Carski Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching from the American Society for Microbiology. Mike’s research is focused on bacteria that inhabit extreme environments, and for the past 12 years he has studied the microbiology of permanently ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In addition to his research papers, he has edited a major treatise on phototrophic bacteria and served for over a decade as chief editor of the journal Archives of Microbiology. He currently serves on the editorial board of Environmental Microbiology. Mike’s non-scientific interests include forestry, reading, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives beside a peaceful and quiet lake with his wife, Nancy, five shelter dogs (Gaino, Snuffy, Pepto, Peanut, and Merry), and four horses (Springer, Feivel, Gwen, and Festus).

10. History Books
What history books tell us about the past is not everything that happened, but what historians . They cannot put in everything: choices  to be made. Choices must similarly be made about which aspects of the past should be formally taught to the next generation in the shape of school history lessons. So, , when a national school curriculum for England and Wales was first discussed at the end of the 1980s, the history curriculum was the subject of considerable public and media . Politicians argued about it; people wrote letters to the press about it; the Prime Minister of the time, Margaret Thatcher,  in the debate. Let us think first about the question of content. There were two main camps on this issue – those who thought the history of Britain should take  of place, and those who favored what was referred to as 'world history'.

Ans 10. History Books
What history books tell us about the past is not everything that happened, but what historians have selected. They cannot put in everything: choices have to be made. Choices must similarly be made about which aspects of the past should be formally taught to the next generation in the shape of school history lessons. So, for example, when a national school curriculum for England and Wales was first discussed at the end of the 1980s, the history curriculum was the subject of considerable public and media interest. Politicians argued about it; people wrote letters to the press about it; the Prime Minister of the time, Margaret Thatcher, intervened in the debate. Let us think first about the question of content. There were two main camps on this issue – those who thought the history of Britain should take pride of place, and those who favored what was referred to as 'world history'.


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