Education
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 sport. In our first story, we learn that the DNA of rats in cities and towns might be changing because they live in proximity to humans. You read more about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/new-york-rats-evolve-to-mirror-human-habits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.07.938969v1 In world news we hear a really lovely story about a ring, lost almost 50 years ago in the USA, being found buried in a park in Finland. You can read more about it here: http://tiny.cc/oeoalz https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006375135.html?fbclid=IwAR2DSCiWuDD7_061QkM0aAmPrDfk8UMu5Sc2YHncM_tTzqHUVw13u71PplA (Finnish) And in Sport, we find out what’s going on in the football in Australia. Will games be played? How will Essendon this season? Find out here: https://www.essendonfc.com.au/ https://www.afl.com.au/ Worksheet Answers: 1. D 2. C 3. A