Monthly Archives: June 2021

5 Fab Facts Quiz (Episode 52)

On Episode 52 a major Hollywood movie is in the works about the Canadian “tree talk” pioneer, there’s a new bamboo bat for cricket, a Spanish shepherdess school is calling all Bo-Peeps and a Swedish city embraces its rain. Dive...

Jun 23, 2021

5 Fab Facts Quiz (Episode 51)

On Episode 51 of Newsy Pooloozi British scientists discover fruit flies get hangry (who knew!), a New Delhi teen creates affordable air purifiers, Spain’s robot chef creates a stir and London’s sky-pool gives onlookers the...

Jun 16, 2021

5 Fab Facts Quiz (Episode 50)

On Episode 50 of Newsy Pooloozi there was mega space news – from new missions to Venus, a fly-by of Jupiter’s moon, worming head to space and kites on Mars. Plus we reported on a fire on a cargo ship off the coast of Sri Lanka leads...

Jun 9, 2021

The once-in-17-year cicadas are here!

Yes, those amazing Periodical Brood X Cicadas that we’ve all been waiting for have arrived in swarms. The insects, native to the US’s eastern states, spend 17 years of their life underground. They suck sap from the roots of trees...

Jun 3, 2021

5 Fab Facts Quiz (Episode 49)

This week on Episode 49 we had a special on-location report from the island nation, most at risk, of “falling off the map” because of climate change – the Maldives. It’s come up with a clever plan of building a floating city. But...

Jun 2, 2021