Newsademic nr 275 - British and American English edition (with activities)

As huge wildfires are finally brought under control in Alberta, in Canada, we focus on the Transit of Mercury. How this celestial event helped us to begin to understand our place in the Solar System and beyond is also explained.

The Philippines has voted for a new president. He is likely to be very different to all who have gone before him. The USA now has a national mammal and the builders of tens of thousands of earth mounds in a remote part of South America are introduced.

Issue 275 - 12-05-2016

In this issue
Captain Cook’s ship found?
May Day
Freedom of the press
Leopard survey
New president elected in Philippines
Strange marine creature
Runestone alternative translation
Charlemagne Prize
Canada’s Alberta wildfire
America’s new national mammal
Kew’s plant assesment
First Hyperloop demonstration
Eradicating carp in Australia
Mariana Trench investigation
New mayor of London
Sleep pattern surprise
Russia’s new spaceport
Mystery landscape solved
Glossary Crossword and Wordsearch Puzzle