Learn English - Science and Technology

Abba and Tupac in the metaverse: how digital avatars could be the bankable future of band touring

It was a technological feat that made history, wowed audiences and brought a dead rapper back to life. In April 2012 at the Coachella festival in California.

AI and the Future of Teaching

As technology continues to advance rapidly, AI is poised to play a significant role in the future of teaching. AI-driven tools and platforms have the potential to personalize learning experiences, adapt to individual student needs, and provide valuable insights for educators.

The Mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies, in fact the word “mosquito” is Spanish for “little fly”.

Mosquitoes feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, mainly mammals. However, some mosquitoes also attack invertebrates, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish. Although the loss of blood is seldom of any importance to the victim, the saliva of the mosquito often causes a nasty irritation that we call a bite.

However, it can be much more serious. Many species of mosquitoes act as vectors of diseases. In passing from host to host, some transmit extremely harmful infections such as malaria, yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile virus, dengue fever, filariasis, Zika virus and other arboviruses, rendering it the deadliest animal family in the world.

The Zika Virus

We discussed the Zika outbreak in a couple of sessions, and on the forum: http://learn-english-forum.org/discussion/3481/the-zika-virus This infographic should help to explain the causes of the Zika outbreak and possible symptoms, treatment and prevention.

The Power of a Smile

Smile! It makes people wonder what you’ve been up to.

When I was a child, I always wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to save the world and make everyone happy, but I knew that I’d need superpowers to make my dreams come true. So I used to embark on these imaginary journeys to find intergalactic objects from planet Krypton, which was a lot of fun, but didn’t yield much in the way of results. When I grew up and realised that science fiction was not a good source for superpowers, I decided instead to embark on a journey of real science, to find a more useful truth.