– Manuscript – In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Carnival is back. The Carnival is a week-long celebration marking the beginning of the Easter season in the Catholic church. Brazil’s federal government expects 46 million people to join the festivities that officially begin Friday and run through Feb. 22. It features many parades filled with music and samba dancing. Among … [Read more...] about First All-female Samba School to Compete in Brazil’s Carnival
Watch Young Children around These Houseplants
– Manuscript – Indoor plants are a beautiful way to brighten up your home, especially in the gray months of winter. But there can be a dark side to houseplants if you have children or if children visit your home. It is important that you know which plants are toxic to young, curious humans. Gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently wrote about the issue for The … [Read more...] about Watch Young Children around These Houseplants
Tunnel Vision (Idioms)
– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! Tunnels are along and dark. If you drive a car through one, you have to keep your headlights on to see. So, is this what tunnel vision means? Speaker A: Dan, I heard that you're supporting that awful local official who's involved in two…no, wait, three scandals?!Speaker B: Well, That awful local official fixed the sidewalk … [Read more...] about Tunnel Vision (Idioms)
Webb Telescope Discovers Huge Galaxies Dating Back 600 Million Years
– Manuscript – Astronomers have discovered what appear to be huge galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang. The findings suggest the early universe may have quickly produced these extremely large galaxies. The new James Webb Space Telescope has seen even older galaxies, dating to within 300 million years of the beginning of the universe. But it is … [Read more...] about Webb Telescope Discovers Huge Galaxies Dating Back 600 Million Years
Scientists Study Brown Bear Frozen for 3,500 Years
– Manuscript – A team of Russian scientists recently examined something extremely unusual: the frozen body of a brown bear that lived thousands of years ago. The cold preserved the body almost perfectly in the frozen lands of eastern Siberia for almost 3,500 years. Maxim Cheprasov is the laboratory chief at the Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory at the North-Eastern … [Read more...] about Scientists Study Brown Bear Frozen for 3,500 Years
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