Unit 1 Cybersecurity 1
Text A BioVault Locks Up Biometrics 1
Text B New Chip Brings Military Security to Commercial Processors[Abridged] 9
Unit 2 Science Mystery 17
Text A The Great Ketchup Mystery 17
Text B The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle 26
Unit 3 Biometrics 32
Text A How will Increasingly Sophisticated Biometric Teehnologies Affect You? 32
Text B Financial Institutions Evaluate Biometrics 39
Unit 4 Psychology 46
Text A Gene plus Stress Equals Depression Debate 46
Text B Work:Kindness and Corporation 54
Unit 5 Energy 60
Text A Nuclear Fusion:Energy for the Future? 60
Text B Energy Independence and Climate Change:Linked But Separate 69
Unit 6 Ecology 76
Text A Extinction Crisis Looms in Oceania 76
Text B Bio-Invaders 86
Unit 7 Agriculture 96
Text A Optimistic Future for Agriculture Predicted 96
Text B Sustainable Agriculture:Perennial Plants Produce More;Landscape Diversity Creates Habitat for Pest Enemies 106
Unit 8 Arctic and Antarctic 112
Text A The Last Unexplored Place on Earth(Extracted) 112
Text B Arctic Land Grabs could cause Eco-Disaster 122
Unit 9 Endangered Species 130
Text A Willdife Conservation 2.0 130
Text B 10 Studies that Revealed the Great Global Amphibian Die-Offand Some Possible Solutions 140
Unit 10 Genetic Engineering 147
Text A Evolution by Intelligent Design 147
Text B Building Better Humans 156
Unit 11 Disease and Treatment 164
Text A Mosquito and Cucumber Salad Anyone? 164
Text B Is Hypnosis Moving Closer to Mainstream Medicine? 174
Unit 12 Nuclear Power 180
Text A Oil Is Out;Is Nuclear In? 180
Text B The Necessity of Nuclear Power 190
Unit 13 Material Science 196
Text A The Kilogram Isn't What It Used to Be—It's Lighter 196
Text B How to Build an Invisibility Cloak 207
Unit 14 Mars 214
Text A Terraforming Mars 214
Text B The Truth about Water on Mars:5 New Findings 225
Unit 15 Space Travel 231
Text A Russia's Dark Horse Plan to Get to Mars 231
Text B Solar Sailing 241
Unit 16 Mind and Brain 248
Text A The Big Similarities and Quirky Differences between Our Left and Right Brains 248
Text B Is Patriotism a Subconscious Way for Humans to Avoid Disease? 258
Keys to Exercises 266