All B1 articles
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Increased use of influencers in advertising
Learn why big companies are using social media influencers more and more to market their products.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Brain Overload: How Multitasking Hijacks Your Focus and Increases Anxiety
Learn why multitasking is not an effective solution to work pressure.
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LessonAustralian women are doing 50% more housework than men. It’s creating ‘volcanic levels of resentment’
Read about how women in Australia do the majority of unpaid domestic work and the possible ways to address the problem.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Fewer people = lower living standards
What is the impact of declining birth rates on the world’s most prosperous economies?
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Legal aid for businesses using AI
Read about how law firms are adding departments that help companies with issues caused by their use of AI.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Humans vs. self-driving cars?
Read about some problems associated with automated vehicles and an author’s opinion of self-driving cars at the current level of technology.
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LessonAustralia is connected to the world by cables no thicker than a garden hose – and at risk from sharks, accidents and sabotage
Explore how much the internet in Australia relies on underwater cables and how vulnerable they are.
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LessonSome people with ADHD succeed in periods of stress, new study shows
Read about how people with ADHD perform best under stress.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Gimme some green
Why is there a need to reshape markets, and not just companies, in the effort to go greener?
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Learning to say no at work
Read about the experiences of four academics who collectively say no to a hundred professional requests.
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LessonHard-hitting warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners
Read about a proposal to put warning labels on food products.
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LessonHigh tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
Farmers in Kenya are using artificial intelligence to get advice to help them improve their crops.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: What sport can teach us about business
Read about what social scientists have learned from studying sport and real-life (and business) applications.
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Lesson‘A shell of the place it used to be’: the importance of libraries – and their fragile future
Are libraries in danger of becoming extinct?
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Lesson‘It made him an A-lister’: John Ford’s breakthrough film The Iron Horse at 100
Read about the film career of film director John Ford on the centenary of his silent classic, The Iron Horse.
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LessonBusiness News: Remote Work—Drawing the line between home and office
What are the biggest challenges of separating work and domestic responsibilities when working from home?
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LessonSummer sun in Finland? Åland isles try to attract tourists to cooler climate
Is Finland the best-kept secret of summer holiday spots?
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LessonWhy scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading
Are there real benefits to having a glass of wine with dinner?
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LessonBusiness News: Keeping up with your inbox – the evolution of the email signoff
Has the email signoff become too standardized?
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LessonI’m constantly told to worry about my child’s screen time – but I’m more concerned about my own
Should adults be more worried about their screen times than their children’s?