Friday, 12th October, 2012

Hello, here's what's been happening in the news today.

Photograph: Jonothan Ross

Scientists in the UK tested 74 different sounds and found that he harshest sound to humans was the screech of a kinfe being scraped against a glass bottle.

Clearly, the sound of me singing wasn't used in that experiment.

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Source: NASA

Scientists today have annoucned the discovery of a planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Cancer that is twice the size of Earth and is largely made out of diamonds.

 

You just know that all the other stars in the constellation are jealous of the star's wedding ring.

 

 

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Photograph: Lukas Coch

 

The new Parliamentary Speaker of the House Anna Burke, has urged federal MPs today to move on from the highly charged week in politics, and "to get on with what the Parliament does".

 

In other words, federal MPs will still be randomly shouting at each other and calling one another names.

 

 

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Source: slate.com

An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that there is a strong, positive correlation between the amount of chocolate a country consumes per capita and the amount of Nobel Prize winners that they have.

 

So if you hear someone from your country won a Nobel Prize, it's probably time to have that dentist appointment that you keep postponing.

 

 

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Photograph: Greg Higgs

South Australian MP Tammy Franks has apologised, after being found guilty of not paying her taxes between the years 2001 and 2010, claiming that she was simply disorganised and not being dishonest.

 

So understand if she ever breaks an election promise, it's because she's disorganised, and not because she was being dishonest.

 

 

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And that's the news for tonight! See you all next time!