Innholdsfortegnelse for 211/212 i The Week Junior

The first photo ever taken of a black hole In April, astronomers (people who study things in space) released the first image of a black hole. Black holes are mysterious objects that have gravity that is so strong nothing can escape them – not even light. Gravity is a force that pulls any two objects with mass (weight) towards each other. The image shows a bright ring around the black hole. This is formed as the immense object literally bends light around it. The black hole in the picture is around 25 billion miles wide, which is larger than our entire solar system. More than 200 scientists were involved in processing the data collected by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) – a network of eight telescopes in Antarctica, Chile, Japan,…

Each week, the editorial team have just five working days to create an issue of The Week Junior. They must get all the stories written, photos selected, pages designed and everything checked and ready to go to the printer by 4pm every Wednesday afternoon. To get everything done in time requires hard work, quick thinking and collaboration (working together). Find out how we do it with this sneaky peek behind the scenes of a week in The Week Junior office. WOW! Five of the The Week Junior team – Anna, Felicity, Dave, Vanessa and Stevie – have worked on every single issue.…

Luigi’s Mansion 3 Luigi may not be quite as famous as his brother Mario, but when it comes to hunting ghosts, he’ss top dog. Released for Switch, this spooky adventure has you guiding Luigi round a haunted hotel, sucking up spirits using his special vacuum-cleaner, solving puzzles and collecting coins. He’s also got a ”Gooigi” clone, who can be used for a two-player cooperative mode and complete special tasks. Dragon Quest Builders 2 Minecraft enjoyed a comeback in 2019, but there was other excellent block-building game too. Dragon Quest Builders 2, for PS4 and Switch, has you playing as a builder washed up on a mysterious island, who has to build a village, defend it from monsters and explore the world around you. The four-player multiplayer mode is really good…

What you need ● One cup of milk (full fat works best) ● A plate ● Food colouring in different colours – ideally at least three ● Washing-up liquid Instructions Pour the milk onto the plate. Add a drop of each of the food colourings to the milk – spread the drops out so they’re not touching. Squeeze a drop of washing-up liquid onto your fingertip, then dip it into the milk and food colouring. Swirl the liquid around with your finger to create multicoloured patterns. Why does this happen? Food colouring does not mix easily with milk – it just sits on top of it. This is because food colouring is water-based, but milk contains fats and oils. When washing-up liquid is added, the two liquids start to mingle,…

JANUARY New US lawmakers arrive in Congress On 3 January 2019, more women than ever before were elected to the US Congress – which is similar to the UK’s Parliament. A record number of 127 women joined Congress, up from 110 in the previous Congress. There were also more members from different backgrounds. Congress is the part of the US political system that creates new laws. Members are voted for by the public during elections. There are two different parts to Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. New laws must be approved by a majority of members of both the House and the Senate. Among the most notable new members were 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is the youngest congresswoman ever elected, and Ilhan Omar, the first US congresswoman…

Environmental protests go global Throughout 2019, young people added their voices to protests held around the world to encourage global leaders to do more to tackle climate change. Climate change is the long-term change in the world’s weather patterns, mostly caused by human activities. The first major event of the year kicked off on 15 February, when pupils across the UK joined Greta Thunberg’s school strike. As part of the strike, students from at least 60 towns in the country walked out of their classrooms to put pressure on their leaders to do more to tackle climate change. Thunberg created the campaign in August 2018 and it has spread around the world. It is thought that more than 10,000 students were involved. A second strike was held on 15 March,…

Matt Aitken, who works for a company called Weta Digital in New Zealand, was a visual-effects supervisor on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Visual effects are images created by computer programmes, which are added to a film after it has been shot. Aitken tells The Week Junior that the biggest challenge on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame was the character of Thanos. “He’s an entirely digital character, but based on the performance of an actor called Josh Brolin,” explains Aitken. The Weta visual effects team had to take the body and facial movements of Brolin from the film shoot and apply them to their digital creation on the computer, which, Aitken says, was “very time-consuming”.…

This simple scene is built by creating what’s known as a box-fold pop-up. It’s really easy to do, and once you’ve made one you’ll be able to use the same technique to create multiple pop-ups in one picture. What you’ll need ● A4 sheet of thin blue card ● A4 sheet of thin white card ● Drawing materials ● Ruler ● Scissors ● Glue stick 1 To make a very simple skyline with a single box-fold pop-up, start by taking the A4 piece of blue card and folding it in half. 2 Create a tab by making two cuts in the folded edge, 3cm deep and 2cm apart, at an equal distance from the sides. 3 Fold the tab backwards and forwards and press flat to create a sharp fold…

Say a prayer Hindus pray at a temple during the Kartik Brati festival in Bangladesh. Running water Athletes make a splash during a race at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Qatar. Red skies at night A tightrope walker enjoys a fireworks display in Switzerland. Mother love A baby white Bengal tiger cub at the White Zoo in Austria. Redwood forest An award-winning infrared image of Banff National Park in Canada. Anty venom An ant hitches a lift on a green pit viper’s head in Bangka, Indonesia.…

1 Philip Clough Sub-editor As a sub-editor, I check a lot of facts and make sure all the articles make sense. Then I go home and listen to jazz, while cooking dishes with hot chillies in them. There are chickens in my garden that provide fresh eggs. What did you want to be when you were at school? I quite fancied being an astronaut. I still want to go to Mars. My name is an anagram of... Chili hog pulp 2 Ciaran Sneddon Staff writer I write news and features and I spend a lot of time trying to fit puns into That’s Unbelievable and Photos of the Week pages. I like sewing things or going to the theatre. What did you want to be when you were at school?…

The Avengers assembled for the first time on 10 September 1963. That was when Marvel Comics released the very first issue of the Avengers comic. Marvel created the Avengers as a response to the Justice League of America. The Justice League of America brought together superheroes such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, who were created by Marvel’s main rival, DC (which stands for Detective Comics). Inspired by their competitor’s success, Marvel wanted to put together its own superhero team, using the characters that writer Stan Lee had created. In his time working for Marvel Comics, Lee came up with characters such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and X-Men, as well as the Avengers. He was helped by illustrator Jack Kirby, who drew the comics and decided what the characters…

What you need ● Cardboard shoebox ● Scissors ● Tape ● Tracing paper or tissue ● Pencil ● Stiff card ● Wooden stick or skewer ● A source of light, such as a lamp Shadow puppetry involves flat, cut-out figures being placed between a source of light and a translucent screen. If something is translucent, it means it lets some light pass through it. ● The first thing that your shadow puppets will need is a stage. To make this, take a cardboard shoebox and cut a rectangle out of the bottom, leaving a small border around the edge to frame the theatre. Tape some tracing paper or tissue to the back of the border, to form your screen. The shadow puppets will perform between this screen and the source…

1 What is Yutu 2? a) A droid from Star Wars b) A rocket that went to Mars c) A robot on the Moon a □ b □ c □ 2 In which city would you find Notre-Dame cathedral? 3 What is the name of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s child? 4 Who crossed the Channel on a flyboard? 5 Which animal do scientists think the Loch Ness monster might be? 6 Which Italian city was flooded in November? a) Rome b) Venice c) Milan a □ b □ c □ 7 Who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? 8 What sport does Megan Rapinoe play? a) Football b) Tennis c) Quidditch a □ b □ c □ 9 True or false? This year scientists took the first ever photo…