Big moon
People in Australia saw the supermoon. The supermoon was closer to earth so it was bigger and brighter than normal. People can see it every year.
The supermoon is a name for the moon for people. NASA invented it. They wanted something interesting for people. But the right name is the "perigee moon".
People say the bad things happen when there's the supermoon. These things are things like the moving of the ground. But scientists say that it's not true.
Interesting words: bright (it sends a lot of light), invent (make something new), scientist (clever person who is an expert in something).
Robots play football
There was a football competition in the Netherlands. But something was different. People didn't play the football. Robots did.
The teams were from different countries. The robots had different bodies and sizes. People didn't help the robots. The robots already knew how to play.
The robo-football is useful for scientists. Scientists put new technologies into the robots. They tested the technologies during the football and then they put it into other robots. Robots that help people for example.
Interesting words: competition (situation when you try to be better than others), scientist (clever person who is an expert in something).
Bad weather in India
The situation in India is bad. There is a lot of water and a lot of bad weather. It is hard to save the people there.
A helicopter is flying but it crashes. It hits the side of a mountain. Eight people die. Other planes cannot fly.
Soldiers helped 90,000 people. These people are OK now. But 5,000 people are waiting for help. 800 people die in the big water. Leaders don't want any more dead people.
Interesting words: crash (accident), soldier (man who fight in wars but can also help), leaders (bosses).
The ugliest dog
Some dogs are beautiful and some dogs are ugly. Which dog is the ugliest? People want to know that. There is a show all about it in California.
There are 29 ugly dogs. A four-year-old dog wins. He is the ugliest. He is a mix of four kinds of dogs. He has got a big head and a bad back.
They gave his owner $1,500. She buys something for the dog. She is going to New York too.
Interesting words: kinds (type), owner (person who has got something).
Plane crashed in Ohio
There is an accident in Ohio. It is at an air show. They show dangerous things with planes there.
A plane crashes. One woman and one man die. The man is a pilot of this plane. The woman does dangerous things to show people. She can walk on the plane.
People want to know why the accident happened.
Interesting words: dangerous (not safe), crash (hit and break), pilot (plane driver).
Robots play rock music
How does music look in the future? Maybe robots will play it. There is a concert in Tokyo. Three robots played there.
There are people who play too. They sing with the robots. They like the robots because their music is good.
A professor from Tokyo University makes these robots. He has a dream. He wants the robots to play in space. The robots may play on the moon or Mars. They can also maybe leave our solar system.
Interesting words: professor (very clever teacher), solar system (sun, our planet and other 7 planets).