Two pieces of news about animals and one word: lifespan.

Today, among many other stories, The Times published two pieces of news about animals, one about genetic manipulation and how it might help developments on ageing research. The other is about sexual abstinence and how it makes some birds more attractive.

In both of them, the word "lifespan" is used. Read the articles to see how and to find which of them was done by a Spanish University. Can you guess?

The Urban Dictionary: defo.

This is an interesting dictionary where you can find terms used by people everyday which are not easily found in more formal dictionaries. It works like Wikipedia and I find the definitions very helpful.

Try with these words: defo, oi or uber. I have heard them and seen them written very often, in the last case in articles and reviews in magazines.

I will add a link for easy access under the Vocabulary and Grammar entry in the column on the right.