This is a podcast which picks up a few interesting things that have appeared in the news in recent weeks. In this episode we have stories from science, world news, and the environment.

In our first story, we hear that there may be life on the moon! You can learn more about it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/06/tardigrades-may-have-survived-spacecraft-crashing-on-moon

https://www.newsweek.com/tardigrade-living-moon-israel-spaceship-crash-1452728

In world news, we learn that a researcher from Australia has a new theory which explain why there are so many old people in the world’s so called ‘blue zones’. You can read more about it here:

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/8/20758813/secrets-ultra-elderly-supercentenarians-fraud-error

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v1

And finally, in the environment, we hear about a low-tech, ancient solution to problem in dealing with water in areas with erratic rainfall. You can find about it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/aug/15/the-rain-in-spain-how-an-ancient-arabic-technique-saves-alicante-from-floods

Worksheet Answers:

1. A 2. D 3. C