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http://www.popsci.com/ scientists-create-eggs-that- can-spy-on-vultures Animals Scientists Create Electronic Eggs That Can Spy On Vultures .- to Spy on Sth/Sb: to observe secretly. http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dictionary/english/spy Eggcellent   By Mary Beth Griggs Posted March 22, 2016         Stefan van Bremen CC by ND 2.0 Vulture   Despite their reputation, vultures are a valuable part of the ecosystem. The image of vultures circling might be disconcerting, but these feathered scavengers are a valuable part of the ecosystem. Unfortunately, in many places around the world, vultures' numbers are declining as they face threats from habitat loss and a drop in edible food sources. Knowing more about vultures could help scientists save them from extinction. .- a Scavenger: un carroñero: http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dictionary/english/ scavenger .- Edible: can be eaten: comestible: http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dic

    http://www.popsci.com/hacker- makes-his-amazon-echo-car- starter CARS HACKER MAKES HIS AMAZON ECHO A CAR STARTER THIS IS A FEATURE AMAZON SHOULD OFFER By   Kelsey D. Atherton   Posted  March 30, 2016       Screenshot by author, from  YouTube Echo In Passenger Seat Not a recommended copilot. Amazon Echo is an interface in search of a use. When it was first released, the web-connected, voice-activated tower was a lot like a telephone with just the local operator on the other side. As more web-connected household devices have worked with Echo, the tool transformed from a curiosity to the central node in an online house. In a five-part blog series, YouTuber jryanishere explains how he made it so his Echo could remotely start his car. .- a Household: casa, doméstico; todo lo relacionado con ello: http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dictionary/english/ household .-. a Node:  a tissue,mass; intersection, centre point: http://w

ENVIRONMENT HOW THE WORLD'S FORESTS ARE CHANGING [INTERACTIVE] THE FUTURE OF TREES IS LOOKING UP .- to Look up: figurative, informal, situation; improve: mejorar:  http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/look-up By   Breanna Draxler   Posted  March 18, 2016 Kim Daniel In September, the Food and Agriculture Organization released a rare bit of good news: The global rate of forest loss has dropped 50 percent in five years. In northern regions, commercial planting has even expanded forests. “The only way to supply things like  Amazon . com  packages and toilet paper is tree plantations,” says Kenneth MacDicken, a former FAO senior forestry officer, who led the report. Not all countries are sighing with relief, though. In the southern tropics, where forest clearing can be a matter of human survival, the practice continues. .- a S ighing: un suspiro:  http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sighing .- to Sigh: e

MILITARY http://www.popsci.com/north-korea-fired-two-missiles-last-night NORTH KOREA TEST-LAUNCHED TWO MISSILES LAST NIGHT MAD, RED, NOT QUITE NUCLEAR. By   Kelsey D. Atherton   Posted  March 18, 2016     Nicor, via Wikimedia Commons  CC BY-SA 3.0 Sculpture at Juche Tower in Pyongyang Cold stone, cold warriors. It’s not easy being mean. Kim Jong-un, the young dictator of international pariah state North Korea, started the year with a  nuclear weapon test . In February, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (it is none of those things)  launched a satellite . Earlier this month, Jong-un posed with a metal sphere that looks like  a nuclear warhead . And last night, in a desperate bid for international attention, he fired a  pair of missiles  into the ocean. .- Mean: malicious, unkind: mezquino, tacaño, miserable:  http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mean .- a Dictator: absolute ruler, despot, tyrant:  http://w