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ENGLISH - ARTICLE - "Will Practicing A Skill In Your Head Make You Better At It?"

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Health Will Practicing A Skill In Your Head Make You Better At It? Short answer: Only if you’re already good By Daniel Engber Posted October 5, 2015       Jason Schneider When Carson Palmer, the two-time Pro Bowl quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, hurt his elbow a few years ago, he took a week off from throwing the football. But in his head, Palmer practiced every day. “You stand right behind the center, and you see the coverage unfold as you would if you had the ball in your hands,” he told ESPN. It seemed to do the job. The following weekend, Palmer had the best game of his career. . - Pro - Bowl: the National Football League: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pro_Bowl . - a Quarterback: US American football position: mariscal de campo : http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dictionary/english/ quarterback . - a Coverage: Breadth: alcance , cobertura : http://www.collinsdictionary. com/dictionary/english/ coverage . - the Breadth: wi

ENGLISH - ARTICLE - Scientists Create Electronic Eggs That Can Spy On Vultures -

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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

ENGLISH - ARTICLE - "Hacker makes his Amazon Echo a car starter" -

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    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

ENGLISH - ARTICLE - "How the world's forest are changing (Interactive)"

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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

ENGLISH - ARTICLE - "North Korea Test - Launched Two Missiles last Night"

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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