News articles in simplified English for language learners
Klaus Rosmanitz Archaeologists have discovered a nine meter long hidden tunnel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza near Cairo. The two meter wide tunnel was found above the main entrance of the pyramid. The discovery was made by a team of the Scan Pyramids project, experts who have been scanning the pyramid with high-tech instruments to study … Read more
Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons moving around Jupiter. The solar system‘s largest planet now has a total of 92 moons. Up to the discovery, Saturn was the planet with the most known moons (83) . The discovery was made while astronomers were looking for new planets beyond the solar system. The new moons are … Read more
According to a new survey, Japan has discovered that it has 7,000 additional islands that nobody knew about. Since the last of the mapping of the country in the late 1980s Japan has been known to have 6,800 islands. A new digital mapping now shows that there are over 14,000 islands that belong to the … Read more
Canada, Australia, the US and European Union countries have banned TikTok from official phones and tablets. Colleges, universities and schools in other countries have also banned TikTok from their WiFi networks. TikTok is a popular video-sharing app, where people can create and share short videos on various topics. The Chinese company has over a billion … Read more
Scientists have discovered that the core of the earth is moving more slowly than the outer parts. This has happened several times in the past and geologists say there is no reason for panic. Information that has been gathered for the last few decades shows that the earth moves through a 70-year cycle. For 35 … Read more
Hong Kong’s government is planning to give away 500,000 airplane tickets in the next few months in an attempt to attract more tourists into the city. After the coronavirus pandemic, tourism has returned very slowly to Hong Kong. Because the city followed China’s zero-COVID policy, there were strict quarantine laws in place. Last year restrictions … Read more
The number of people in the US who speak a second language has tripled in the last 40 years, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. About 68 million Americans speak a second language at home – 1 in 5 citizens. Spanish, spoken by 41 million people, is by far the most spoken … Read more
According to a new study, Neanderthals, who lived between 500,000 and 40,000 years ago, hunted giant elephants and butchered them for food. The straight-tusked elephants were the largest land mammals of the Ice Age. They were more than 4 metres tall and weighed 13 tons. The research is based on the skeleton remains of a … Read more