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ROBOTS ON MARS

TRUNDLING across the surface of Mars one day in 2005, NASA’s geologist-robot. Opportunity, came across a rock composed mainly of iron and nickel. It was a meteorite, the first ever discovered on a planet other than Earth. Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, went on to discover many more meteorites and other curiosities on Mars, including…

WHIZ QUIZ

1. What is the official name of Jordan? 2. Which of these countries does not share a border with Jordan? a. Iraq b. Turkey c. Syria 3. What is the currency of Jordan? 4. What is the capital of Jordan? 5. In which city is Jebel Musa or the Mountain of Moses? Answers: 1. The…

JUDO

JUDO is a material art performed without the use of weapons. The Japanese sport of Jude was the first martial art to be introduced at the Olympics, fittingly at the Tokyo Games of 1964. The hand-to-hand combat sport has its origins in the 3rd century BC martial art of jujutsu. Jujutsu was popular during feudal…