Reading & writing

Basketball players often seem more likely to score after consecutive shots due to the 'hot hand' phenomenon, but stats show players ____ to become overconfident; their shooting percentage drops after a basket.

In an experiment, bees flew across the Atlantic and US, suffering from jet ____ leading to the conclusion that they can perceive time.

Following the WHO's approval of the first malaria vaccine in 2021, researchers progressed, ____ a second malaria vaccine more effective than the first. This breakthrough may save millions in low-income African countries.

The Inca preserved info in knotted textiles called khipu. Harvard student Manny Medrano tried to decipher khipu by comparing them with Spanish documents, discovering they contained Incan stories and histories. ____

Spanish colonists were thought to have introduced horses to Native Americans. However, horse remains indicate that some Native American groups in Kansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming ____ horses before encountering Europeans.

Tibetans dispose of the dead through sky burials, believing vultures carry the soul to the heavens where it ____ until reincarnation.

Spanish painter Remedios Varo was trained by her engineer father, who insisted she duplicate his technical drawings. She later joined the Surrealist movement, moving away from her initial realism.

The Taíno people lived in the Caribbean before Columbus in 1492. Their culture is evident in art, such as ____ on Mona Island's cave walls.

A 2023 study found a variation in the ABCC9 gene linked to differences in human voice. This gene affects collagen and elastin, which help tissues stretch. The correct completion is: