Test 1
Stepwells
A millennium ago, stepwells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of India.
European Transport Systems 1990-2010
What have been the trends and what are the prospects for European transport systems?
The psychology of innovation
Why are so few companies truly innovative?
Test 2
Tea and the industrial revolution
A Cambridge professor says that a change in drinking babits was the reason for the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
Gifted children and learning
Internationally, ‘giftedness’ is most frequently determined by a score on a general intelligence test, known as an IQ test, which is above a chosen cutoff point, usually at around the top 2-5%.
Museums of fine art and their public
The fact that people go to the Louvre Museum in Paris to see the original painting Mona Lisa when they can see a reproduction anywhere leads us to question some assumptions about the role of museums ...
Test 3
The Context, Meaning and Scope of Tourism
Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival.
Autumn leaves
Canadian writer Jay Ingram investigates the mystery of why leaves turn red in the fall A One of the most captivating natural events of the year in many areas throughout North America is the turning ...
Beyond the blue horizon
Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Test 4
The megafires of California
Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires in the western United States. Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States, with ...
Second nature
Your personality isn't necessarily set in stone.
When evolution runs backwards
Evolution isn’t supposed to run backwards - yet an increasing number of examples show that it does and that it can sometimes represent the future of a species.