B1 English reading
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An Ancient Stone Stands Again in Dorset
The Bride Stone is a 5-foot sarsen rock at the Valley of Stones National Nature Reserve in Dorset.
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From Fireballs to a Light-Day Milestone: November's Skywatching Highlights
NASA has shared its skywatching guide for November 2026.
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Rare Fairy Terns Seen at Ruakākā Nesting Site After 37 Years
The Tara iti is the rare New Zealand fairy tern.
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From 13 Acres to Nearly 750: The Return of Morro Bay's Eelgrass
Between 2007 and 2017, damaged habitat and poor water quality hurt the eelgrass meadows of California's Morro Bay.
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First Egg of the Season Laid on Albatross Livestream
An adult female Toroa, or northern royal albatross, is known as L. She laid the first egg of the new breeding season.
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Sewn Fabric Mold Cuts Concrete and Steel in Beam Test
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University have built a 3-meter concrete beam.
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UK Blocks Export of Bust of Edward the Black Prince
The United Kingdom Government has put a temporary export ban on an 18th-century marble bust of Edward the Black Prince.
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The Changing Face of Antarctica's Skull-Shaped Vega Island
Vega Island is located in the Weddell Sea east of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Reported Dog Attacks on New Zealand's Smallest Penguins Rise
Data from New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) shows a rise in reported dog attacks on kororā.
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How Pacific Storms Speed Up the Spread of Invasive Species
In October 2026, an episode of the BioScience Talks podcast examined large storms in the Pacific region.
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A Long-Standing Division in Yellowstone's Volcanic Record Questioned
Since the 1960s, geologists have divided the Lava Creek Tuff into two separate units.
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Study Estimates 18.7 Million Bat Deaths at U.S. Wind Sites
In October 2026, a study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Satellite Tags Follow Recovered Green Sea Turtles Around New Zealand
The Team Turtle study in New Zealand has tracked 11 recovered green sea turtles since 2025.
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NASA Asks Companies for Ideas to Service the Hubble Space Telescope
On 29 October 2026, NASA published a Request for Information.
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Why Burmese Pythons in Southern Florida Climb Trees
Scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners have studied Burmese pythons in southern Florida.
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Seven New Bridges Await Summer Visitors on the Mangapurua Track
The Mangapurua Track in Whanganui National Park has reopened for summer visitors.
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A Double Ring Around a Dead Star
Astronomers have discovered a rare double disc of broken planet pieces around a dead star called J1328−1450.
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Social.Wiki Lets Users Build and Edit Social Apps
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Aarhus University have created Social.Wiki.
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Send Your Name to Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA has invited the public to send their names to Saturn's moon Titan on the Dragonfly mission.
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Curiosity Rover Prepares to Drill at Mars's Nazca Block
After the Basque Lakes drill campaign, the Curiosity rover moved a few meters from the Chiu Chiu block.
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Two Space Telescopes Observe the Cat's Head Nebula
About 7,500 light-years from Earth sits a star-forming region inside the Carina Nebula.
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A Snake-Inspired Robot Built for the Small Intestine
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a soft robot.
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Twenty-Five Years of the Dragonfly Festival at Bitter Lake
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Roswell, New Mexico, celebrates 25 years of its annual fall Dragonfly Festival.
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Checking the Cays for Rats and Iguanas in Virgin Islands National Park
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Caribbean Coastal Program has teamed up with the nonprofit group Island Conservation.
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Chiricahua Becomes the Newest National Park in the United States
In October 2026, Chiricahua in southeastern Arizona became Chiricahua National Park.
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Mapping the Fastest Warming States in the US
A study by the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) has found the fastest-warming US states.
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The Long Mission of the Mars Rover Opportunity
The NASA rover Opportunity was nicknamed Oppy.
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Tiny Magnets Track Muscle Movement to Guide Prosthetics
On 29 October 2026, a study in Nature Sensors showed a new way to read muscle movement.
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Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day from the Sun, 49 Years After Launch
On 18 November 2026, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected to be one light-day from the Sun.
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New Software Helps 3D Print Objects That Feel Movement
Researchers at CSAIL, an MIT computer research lab, and Tianjin University in China have created design software called X-Hinges.
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