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A great year for launches There have been some ground-breaking missions to space this year, but the US space agency NASA’s mission to the Sun and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission to Mercury may be the most important. On 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the US, on a daring mission to travel closer to the Sun than any spacecraft has ever attempted. The Parker Solar Probe will dip in and out of the Sun’s atmosphere, orbiting the star 24 times over the course of seven years. NASA scientists hope this mission will help them answer questions that have puzzled them for decades, such as how do solar winds occur and why is the Sun’s outermost layer, the corona, which is…

Cricket World Cup Cricket fans are in for a treat in 2019. The World Cup takes place in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July, with matches in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester-le-Street, Leeds, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Southampton and Taunton. England are one of the 10 teams playing, and current champions Australia (pictured below) are hoping for a record sixth victory. Road World Championships Head to Yorkshire in September to catch the world’s elite cyclists on the roads. It’s the first time the competition has been in the UK since 1982, when it was held in West Sussex. It will also be the first time men and women race against each other, in a new event called the team time-trial mixed relay. The world championships are free to watch.…

Dispose of your Christmas tree What you need ● A real Christmas tree ● Permission ● Some help with transporting it Instructions Christmas is almost over for another year and many people will be taking down decorations on Twelfth Night (6 January), but what are you planning to do with the tree? Instead of throwing it away with the normal rubbish and sending it to a landfill site, real ones can be recycled. Many councils will collect them, or have drop-off points. The Christmas trees will be shredded to be used in your local woodland area or parks. To find out where you’ll be able to recycle your Christmas tree, visit tinyurl.com/TWJ-recycledtree. Artificial trees are made to be used year after year,, so you won’t throw them away each January.…

1Where in the world does the Bayeux Tapestry live? a) Finland b) France c) Fiji 2With which storm did the Beast from the East combine, triggering blizzards and heavy snowfall? 3In which month was a sugar tax introduced in the UK? 4Who married Prince Harry in May? 5Which two countries’ leaders held a historic meeting in Singapore? 6Where did 12 boys and their football coach get stuck in July? a) A flooded cave b) An active volcano c) A hot-air balloon 7Where did the Windrush generation come from? 8What did eight-year-old Saga Vanecek find in a Swedish lake? a) A swordfish b) A sword c) A Swedish princess cake 9True or false? The EU is currently made up of 50 countries. 10True or false? Roald Dahl’s book Matildawas turned into…

JANUARY Historic tapestry bound for the UK On 18 January, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced that France would lend the world-famous Bayeux Tapestry to the UK. Due to arrive in 2022, this will be the first time the tapestry has left its home town of Bayeux in 950 years. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidery on a piece of linen cloth 70 metres long and 50 centimetres high, which dates back to the 11th century. In a sequence of scenes a bit like a comic strip, it tells the story of one of the most famous battles in English history, the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which saw the victory of William the Conqueror over the English king Harold II. Probably the most famous part of the tapestry is…

A robot named Flippy started its first job as a burger chef at CaliBurger in Pasadena in the US in March 2018. It is the first of many bots designed by a company called Miso Robotics to replace human workers at the Californian burger chain. Flippy uses cameras and sensors to time how long the burgers cook, and then flips them over when they’re ready. It can handle around 12 patties at any one time. Flippy won’t be stealing human jobs any time soon – after just one day at work, Flippy was fired because it couldn’t work smoothly with its human colleagues.…

Toy Story 4 It’s been nine years since Andy, the toys’ original owner, went off to university and left his favourite playthings in the care of the imaginative young Bonnie. In the fourth instalment, Sheriff Woody and Star Command’s Buzz Lightyear are on a mission to find the cowboy’s long-lost love, Miss Bo Peep. The sweet shepherdess was missing from the last film after being sold. It’s no doubt set to be another emotional ride for the world’s favourite group of toys. The Lion King This remake of the Disney classic has an all-star cast, featuring Beyoncé, James Earl Jones (who also voiced Mufasa in the 1994 animation). Although a lot of the film is still a secret, the opening sequence will be very like that of the original. Popular…

Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking was one of the world’s most famous scientists. His research helped us to understand how the universe works and how the world was created. At 21 years old, Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, an illness that affects the brain and nerves. He was given just a few years to live. Although he used a wheelchair and couldn’t speak with his own voice, he became one of the most important scientists since Albert Einstein. Hawking died on 14 March 2018, aged 76. “My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” Mamoudou Gassama On 26 May, when 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama spotted a young boy dangling from a fourth-floor balcony in…

Firing on all cylinders This plane dropped fire-extinguishing powder on a California wildfire. Winter panda-monium Lumi the panda has fun at a zoo in Finland. The scent of spring A mouse in France has a good sniff of a daffodil. Tee time Even the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano didn’t put off these golfers. Fire and fury A fiery anti-government protest in Manila, Philippines. It’s a small world An artist in Taiwan looks in on a scene he created using miniature models.…

That is snot nice from a whale Back in January, whale-watchers in Canada experienced a close encounter with a humpback whale, which resulted in a rather sticky end. The 40-tonne mammal sprayed tourists with a 300mph snot rocket when it exhaled from its blowhole. Gary Sutton, who runs the whale-watching trips, explained that the curious whale had come to investigate the boat. He said that some of the passengers on board were pretty wet, but the worst part about it is the “very fishy” smell that tends to stick with people. Yuck! Could a sauce slice be nice? Tomato ketchup is one of the world’s most popular sauces. In March, Emily Williams created Slice of Sauce – a dried version of ketchup that is ready-sliced. It comes in packets of…