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ANNE FRANK BORN This Jewish girl went into hiding with her family when she was 13, to escape from the Nazis during World War II. An aspiring writer, Anne kept a diary during the two years she spent hidden in a secret annex at the back of her dad’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The family were eventually discovered and taken to concentration camps. Sadly, Anne died in one of the camps aged just 15, but her journals are still read today.
Could YOU be in 2014’s winning line-up?
Are YOU the next Junior MasterChef?
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Future faces!
Scientists have reproduced the unique hop of a kangaroo, in a robot!
Ever wondered what you might look like when you get older? Well, a team of researchers from the University of Washington, USA, has created software that can generate images of how a person will age, based on snaps of
The search is on to find 2014’s young culinary champion. So if you’re cracking at cooking and are aged 8 –12, head to bbc.co.uk/CBBC to fill in an application form for Junior MasterChef 2014! Contestants for the series will be chosen from all across the UK, based on their cooking skills and their love of food. But hurry, because the closing date is 13 June!
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Minke whales are the main species being hunted by humans.
Time Machine: Stuart Harrison. Pictures: © Getty Images UK.
The Japanese whaling ban only lasts until 2015, so campaign groups such as Greenpeace are putting pressure on the Japanese government to make whaling ships stay away from Antarctic waters forever. Japan has argued that because they don’t hunt endangered whales, the practice is sustainable. Norway and Iceland still practise commercial whaling, too. Let us know what you think, gang.
3 FAST FACTS It’s World Oceans Day on but how much do you kn 8 June, ow about the world’s salt water? Around 70% of our planet ’s is covered by five intercon surface nec ted oceans. The largest is the Pac covering 30% of the Earth! ific Ocean, The smallest is the Arctic Ocean, which is completely frozen for mo almost st of the year. The deepest part of the oce (that we know of!) is the an Trench. It’s so deep — ab Mariana ou that if Mount Everest we t 11km — re plonked in it, there’d still be over 2,000m of water above it. Woah! The difference between ‘se as’ ‘oceans’ is that seas are usu and ally shallower parts of oceans , loc land. For example, the No ated next to rth of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sea is part re seas in the world. Some are are over 50 landlocked.
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them as a child! To test the technology, researchers used childhood photos of adults, then compared the computer generated images of them aging alongside photos of the actual person in different stages of their life. The results (see above) are uncanny!
Let’s celebrate our oceans, gang!
VICTORY FOR WHALES! We’ve got some good news for whales! The International Court of Justice has ruled that the Japanese government must stop hunting these giant sea mammals in Antarctic waters. In the past, Japan had been allowed to hunt a certain number of whales per year for scientific purposes — such as studying their blubber and diet. However, the court ruled that the scientific studies taking place didn’t justify the number of whales being killed — a staggering 10,000 since 1998. There was also evidence that some of the whales killed in the name of science were actually being used for commercial reasons — such as for their meat.
Childhood photos (far left) of a woman and a teenager were age-progressed by the software (left pic in each pair). Just look how similar they are to the real snaps of them at the same age!
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Meet BionicKangaroo, a bizarre hopping robot developed by German technology group Festo. Inspired by the way real-life ‘roos store energy in their legs when they leap, the amazing robo-roo can recover energy when jumping, store it, and then re-use it to make the next jump. It’s hoped the energy-efficient technology could be used in manufacturing industries, to help make cars or computers. Clever!
Make it a
DATE What can you get up to in June?
5 June
World Environment Day Do your bit for the planet!
3
15 June
Father’s Day
Yay! Let’s celebrate our dads today!
17 June
Eat Your Vegetables Day
Be sure to tuck in to your five-a-day!
14–22 June
Bike Week
Find out more at bikeweek.org.uk and turn to page 35!
21 June
Summer Solstice It’s the first day of summer!
ngkids.co.uk
5
12
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The latest news and f antastic facts from ar ound the globe...
29
INE
TIM
E MACH
N E 19
ANNE FRANK BORN This Jewish girl went into hiding with her family when she was 13, to escape from the Nazis during World War II. An aspiring writer, Anne kept a diary during the two years she spent hidden in a secret annex at the back of her dad’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The family were eventually discovered and taken to concentration camps. Sadly, Anne died in one of the camps aged just 15, but her journals are still read today.
Could YOU be in 2014’s winning line-up?
Are YOU the next Junior MasterChef?
Age 4
Age 9
Age 6
Age 8
Age 10
Age 16
Future faces!
Scientists have reproduced the unique hop of a kangaroo, in a robot!
Ever wondered what you might look like when you get older? Well, a team of researchers from the University of Washington, USA, has created software that can generate images of how a person will age, based on snaps of
The search is on to find 2014’s young culinary champion. So if you’re cracking at cooking and are aged 8 –12, head to bbc.co.uk/CBBC to fill in an application form for Junior MasterChef 2014! Contestants for the series will be chosen from all across the UK, based on their cooking skills and their love of food. But hurry, because the closing date is 13 June!
OCEANS!
1
ROBOT!
Minke whales are the main species being hunted by humans.
Time Machine: Stuart Harrison. Pictures: © Getty Images UK.
The Japanese whaling ban only lasts until 2015, so campaign groups such as Greenpeace are putting pressure on the Japanese government to make whaling ships stay away from Antarctic waters forever. Japan has argued that because they don’t hunt endangered whales, the practice is sustainable. Norway and Iceland still practise commercial whaling, too. Let us know what you think, gang.
3 FAST FACTS It’s World Oceans Day on but how much do you kn 8 June, ow about the world’s salt water? Around 70% of our planet ’s is covered by five intercon surface nec ted oceans. The largest is the Pac covering 30% of the Earth! ific Ocean, The smallest is the Arctic Ocean, which is completely frozen for mo almost st of the year. The deepest part of the oce (that we know of!) is the an Trench. It’s so deep — ab Mariana ou that if Mount Everest we t 11km — re plonked in it, there’d still be over 2,000m of water above it. Woah! The difference between ‘se as’ ‘oceans’ is that seas are usu and ally shallower parts of oceans , loc land. For example, the No ated next to rth of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sea is part re seas in the world. Some are are over 50 landlocked.
KANGA-
The campaign continues...
them as a child! To test the technology, researchers used childhood photos of adults, then compared the computer generated images of them aging alongside photos of the actual person in different stages of their life. The results (see above) are uncanny!
Let’s celebrate our oceans, gang!
VICTORY FOR WHALES! We’ve got some good news for whales! The International Court of Justice has ruled that the Japanese government must stop hunting these giant sea mammals in Antarctic waters. In the past, Japan had been allowed to hunt a certain number of whales per year for scientific purposes — such as studying their blubber and diet. However, the court ruled that the scientific studies taking place didn’t justify the number of whales being killed — a staggering 10,000 since 1998. There was also evidence that some of the whales killed in the name of science were actually being used for commercial reasons — such as for their meat.
Childhood photos (far left) of a woman and a teenager were age-progressed by the software (left pic in each pair). Just look how similar they are to the real snaps of them at the same age!
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Meet BionicKangaroo, a bizarre hopping robot developed by German technology group Festo. Inspired by the way real-life ‘roos store energy in their legs when they leap, the amazing robo-roo can recover energy when jumping, store it, and then re-use it to make the next jump. It’s hoped the energy-efficient technology could be used in manufacturing industries, to help make cars or computers. Clever!
Make it a
DATE What can you get up to in June?
5 June
World Environment Day Do your bit for the planet!
3
15 June
Father’s Day
Yay! Let’s celebrate our dads today!
17 June
Eat Your Vegetables Day
Be sure to tuck in to your five-a-day!
14–22 June
Bike Week
Find out more at bikeweek.org.uk and turn to page 35!
21 June
Summer Solstice It’s the first day of summer!
ngkids.co.uk
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