One of the pumps working A company in the Artic is trying to strengthen the sea ice. They pump water up onto the ice on cold days to that the water will freeze then thicken and strengthen the ice at the beginning of summer. This is a test to see if they can do it on a larger scale. The test area was a small patch of sea in the sea near Canada. The test area stayed frozen while the water around melted. It is possible that there will be no sea ice in the summer in the next f

The King and the cliffs of Dover The King (UK) has officially opened a walking path around the entire coast of England. The path is 2,689 miles (4,328km) long. Although many parts of the path were already there, the project took 18 years to complete. 1,000 miles (1,609km) of new paths were created. The whole path. I would love to walk it all but it would probably take several months! Do you want to walk it? coast: 海岸 coastal: 沿岸の officially: 公式には a walking path: 遊歩道 around

The Iranian soccer players 5 Iranian female soccer players have been given visas to stay in Australia. They refused to sing the Iranian national anthem before their match against South Korea. After this they were called "traitors" by some people in Iran. They are in Australia to play in the Women's Asian Cup. There were fears that they wouldn't be safe if they returned to Iran. The other players are worried about their families, so will return to Iran. The Australian home

The hand paintings Hand paintings in a cave in Indonesia have been dated as at least 67,800 years old. In that cave there are many different paintings. Some are of people or animals. Prog Maxime Aubert from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia said “There’s a lot of rock art out there but it’s really difficult to date, [...] when you can date it, it opens up a completely different world.” The researchers believe the people who made these paintings are the ancestors

Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer A painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for $236.4m (￥366億). Six bidders fought to win the auction which went on for 20 minutes. It is now the second most expensive painting ever. The most expensive was Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. It sold for $450.3m in 2017! What would you do with $236.4m? Would you buy just one painting?? painting: 絵画 has sold: 売れました bidder(s): 入札者 went on for ～: ～にかかった、～間続きました

A 13 track record has been made 1000 musicians have recorded silent "songs" and released them as an album. The album is to protest the rise of AI. The artists feel that AI is "learning" from their work and they don't like it. AI can create music in the style of certain musicians. In that case, the artists don't receive any royalties for their work. Royalties are the money that artists receive when their work is used in movies, TV, advertisements, etc. The songs aren't comp

In the UK, who does what at Christmas? In every house it is different. But let me explain who does what in my family in the UK. The person who makes breakfast is my dad. My dad makes a big pile of toast for everyone in the morning. The person who buys presents is,... all of us! We all buy presents for everyone! So, I buy presents for my mum, dad and brothers and sisters! If I had more money I would buy more presents! The person who makes Christmas dinner is my dad. He love