Unit 1 Pet Vacations 8
Unit 2 Salmon Jump and Bears Lunch 10
Unit 3 Gopher Tortoises 12
Unit 4 How Animals Communicate 14
Unit 5 Another Remedy to World Hunger? 16
Unit 6 Man-­Eating Myths 18
Unit 7 Housebreaking a Puppy 20
Unit 8 How Man''s Fiercest Rival Became Man''s Best Friend 22
Unit 9 Wings—when Birds Can Only Flap, Not Fly 24
Unit 10 Are Animals Able to Trick Each Other? 26
Unit 11 Honoring Mothers 28
Unit 12 The Camel Library 30
Unit 13 From Chaturanga to Chess 32
Unit 14 Tea Culture 34
Unit 15 Living in Harmony with Your Environment 36
Unit 16 Blowing Hot Air—Origins of the Filibuster 38
Unit 17 The Pet Rock Craze 40
Unit 18 The Crisis of European Refugees 42
Unit 19 Leonardo da Vinci—the Renaissance Man 44
Unit 20 The History of Coffee 46
Unit 21 No More Inky Mess 48
Unit 22 The Kitchens of Tomorrow 50
Unit 23 The Colonial Houses 52
Unit 24 Google—the Best Search Engine in the World 54
Unit 25 Ads Add Pounds 56
Unit 26 Self­-Driving Cars of the Future 58
Unit 27 Will Digital Currencies Take Over the World? 60
Unit 28 Too Much Complaining Can Do You Harm 62
Unit 29 The Life and Death of Stars 64
Unit 30 Rise of the Thinking Machines 66
Unit 31 Don''t Toss That Phone! 68
Unit 32 The Magical Amazon River 70
Unit 33 The Cause of Floods and Droughts 72
Unit 34 A Supermoon in the Sky 74
Unit 35 Noise Pollution No More! 76
Unit 36 You Can Lead a Zero Waste Lifestyle, Too 78
Unit 37 Preserving Natural Areas 80
Unit 38 The Rise of the Superweeds 82
Unit 39 Climate Change and Our Mental Health 84
Unit 40 Fighting Food Waste 86
Unit 41 Globesity 88
Unit 42 Small Puff, Big Problem 90
Unit 43 Pain in the Back 92
Unit 44 Sugar or Not? 94
Unit 45 Fighting Fatigue 96
Unit 46 Fever Helps Us Fight Diseases 98
Unit 47 What Happens when We Become Angry? 100
Unit 48 Keeping Our Blood Supplies Safe 102
Unit 49 Should You Be Afraid of Your Food? 104
Unit 50 Too Busy to Be Healthy 106


 

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