Cheat sheet

Among the protesters that stormed Brazil’s government buildings were a number of elderly ladies wearing swimming goggles

‘Moment that mattered’ | P016

A school in Afghanistan run by women is funding itself by selling jewellery made from spent AK-47 bullet cases

‘The vanishing women’ | P020

An agritech firm announced that it had grown a 273 acre wheat yield in a ten acre vertical farm in the UK

‘A break in the chain’ | P032

Between March 2021 and September 2022 163 sightings of balloons or “balloon-like entities” over the US were reported to the country’s defence department.

‘Moment that mattered’ | P054

During one month in 1958 the same Burt Bacharach song was a UK hit for four different acts

‘The hit maker’ | P074

In 2022, Airbus flew an A380, the world’s biggest passenger jet, for three hours with one engine powered by fuel made from cooking oil and waste fats

‘Into the black’ | P076

A new virtual reality travel firm is allowing people to experience a kayaking expedition around Antarctica from their own home

‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ | P092

The first athlete to fail an Olympic drug test tested positive for alcohol having had some beer to steady his nerves

‘Dick Fosbury: 1947-2023’ | P106

The bomb shelters under Helsinki can house the entire population of the city with space left over for another 200,000 people

‘On the edge’ | P110

Posted on Thursday, June 27th, 2024 - Categories: #50 – Jan-Mar 2023, App Issues.