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Sharks use Earth’s magnetic fields to find their way home by Malini Giridhar
Florida, May 7: Bryan Keller, a marine biologist at the University of
Florida, found that bonnethead sharks swam in the direction of their
home waters when they were placed in a tank charged with an
electromagnetic field.

Earth’s molten core has iron and other metals in it. These metals
produce electric currents which create a magnetic field that
surrounds the earth. The North and South Poles have magnetic
signs and invisible lines of magnetism between them. Earth’s
Image of a bonnethead shark
magnetism is strongest near the poles. Hence, Earth’s magnetism Image from wikipedia
is not evenly distributed.

Sharks have special receptors called Ampullae of Lorenzini in clusters around the nose. These
receptors can sense changes in voltage in the surrounding environment. These electroreceptors help
sharks perceive and react to magnetic fields.

To test whether sharks can use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate themselves, researchers caught
twenty bonnethead sharks from a spot off the Gulf of Mexico on the coast of Florida. (continued on
page 4)

New species of frog discovered in the Philippines by Hima Sutha

Kansas, May 7: A team of researchers from the University of
Kansas discovered a new frog species in the Philippines. The frog
species found was the Mindoro fanged frog (Limnonectes beloncioi)
on the island of Palawan. Fanged frogs are frogs with large teeth.
Teeth are not very long or are absent in other frogs. These two
species were almost indistinguishable. For over 100 years, they
were considered to be part of the Acanthi fanged frog species
(Limnonectes acanthi). However, the Mindoro fanged frog has
different properties in its mating calls from the Acanthi fanged frog.
The Mindoro fanged frog
Mating calls are calls used to attract or give signals to the other frogs
Image Credits: Scott Travers
of the same species. The scientists stated that these species looked
identically similar but were genetically quite different.

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Languages in India: Urdu (‫)اُردُو‬

By Pravar Mukkala
Urdu (‫)اُردُو‬
Modern Standard Urdu is a Central Indo-Aryan
language. It is a scheduled language of India and the
official language and lingua franca of Pakistan. A lingua
franca, also called a trade language, is a language
different groups of people who use different languages
use to communicate with each other. Urdu, like Hindi,
evolved from the Shauraseni Prakrit and and
Shauraseni Apabhraṃśa.
Hindi and Urdu have a close, intertwining history. When
Muslims arrived in India, they brought their own
language, Persian (also called Farsi), with them. The
Mughals, a major Muslim empire in India, made their
national language Persian. This meant Persian was
spoken and used in official settings and many educated
people knew how to speak it. Persian and Arabic words
slowly made their way into the Hindavi language, as it
was known then, and the language, then written using
the Perso-Arabic script, began to be standardized as a
courtly, poetic language known as Urdu. Urdu, along
with English, was made the national language of British
India in 1850. The language spoken near Delhi, known
as Khari Boli, was standardized using the Devanagari
script. This new dialect, now known as the official
language Hindi, gained pace around 1880. Each
dialect continued to be standardized with words from
Persian being added to Urdu and words from Sanskrit
being added to Hindi.
Urdu is written using the Perso-Arabic script, a
script that is used by Arabic, Persian, and other
languages spoken in the Middle East. The Perso-
Arabic script is an abjad that is written from right to left,
which is not a very common feature of a writing script.
An abjad is a type of script that has minimal vowel
representation while writing, and usually only the
consonants in words are written. This may make
reading and understanding words difficult.
Urdu has 70 million native speakers and 230 million
total speakers.

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Grandma’s Corner by Kiran aunty Know the States of India

By Amey Haldankar
It was a cloudy afternoon. You dozed off while
Madhya Pradesh
watching TV. Suddenly, you woke up because of
Madhya Pradesh is a landlocked state
a thundering sound. You noticed the clock in the bordered by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
mirror. Strangely enough, it was not dark Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
outside even though the time was 7:10. You
realized the reason why. Can you tell why?

Last Week’s Answer!!!!!

Cement work is to be done 14 times to fix 15
stones. So, the time required is
14 x 2 = 28 minutes.
Madhya Pradesh has 51 districts. Bhopal is the
Did you know? capital of Madhya Pradesh.
The state is made up of the Malwa Plateau,
There are one million ants for every human in Bundelkhand, Bhander Plateau, Baghelkhand,
the world. and the Vindhya and Satpura Ranges.
A snail can sleep for three years at a time. The Narmada, the Tapti and the tributaries of
An octopus has three hearts. the Ganga are major rivers flowing in Madhya
Pradesh.
Polar bears have black skin and see-through
Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state
fur.
with an area of 308,245 sq. km and has a
population of 72.63 million. Thus, its population
Saturday Champions density is 236 persons per sq. km.
Champs who made out last week’s Close-Up The literacy rate of Madhya Pradesh is 69.3%.
Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Sagar,
(grated carrot) are: Shabana Begum
Gwalior, Rewa, and Satna are some of the
major cities in Madhya Pradesh.
Quote of the Day Hindi is the most spoken language, followed by
its various dialects. Bhili and Marathi are also
commonly spoken.
He who has health, Khajuraho, Gwalior, Bhopal, Dhuandar Falls,
has hope; Panchmarhi, Bandhavgarh National Park,
and he who has hope, Kanha National Park and Sanchi are some of
has everything. the best tourist spots in Madhya Pradesh.

~Thomas Carlyle Fun fact: Nagpur was the capital of Madhya

Pradesh until 1966 when Bhopal was
introduced as Madhya Pradesh's capital.

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Editorial
Hello miracle machines,
There are a couple of special days observed
today.
The UNEP (United Nations Environmental
Programme) declared the second weekend of
May as World Migratory Birds Day to raise
awareness about migratory birds, their
habitats, and the need for conservation of
migratory birds. It aims to draw attention in
order to achieve international cooperation to
conserve birds against threats faced by them.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is
May 8, and is a time to recognize the work of
around thirteen million Red Cross and Red
Crescent volunteers and staff around the world
who are dedicated to the humanitarian causes
with selflessness, bravery, and kindness.
Poornima aunty
tcpedit@gmail.com
News from page 1 continued…
Keller, the study’s lead author, chose
bonnethead sharks for their experiment as
these are a small species of sharks. Every year,
these sharks swim hundreds of miles and
return to the same estuaries where they were
born in for breeding.
Keller and his co-researchers built a large tank-
like structure that can produce electromagnetic
fields and mimic the conditions of the three
magnetic locations which the sharks were
exposed to: the place where they were caught
and the places north and south of that location.
The research provides new support for a long-
standing hypothesis that sharks use Earth’s
magnetic field to navigate.
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Countries of
the World
Praneeth Udathu
Sao Tome and Principe is made up of two
islands and is located in the Gulf of Guinea on
the western coast of Africa.
The islands were uninhabited until 1470 when
they were discovered by Portuguese explorers.
In the 15th century, the country became a large
sugar producer once slaves were shipped in
from mainland Africa. There were many slave
revolutions in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Competition from countries in the Western
Hemisphere for the sale of sugar led to the
introduction of cocoa and other cash crops in the
18th century. The country gained independence
from Portugal in 1975.
The capital of Sao Tome and Principe is Sao
Tome.
The national language is the Portuguese but
Forro, Angolar, and Principense are also
recognized languages.
The official currency is the dobra.
Fun fact: 95% of the country’s exports are cocoa
beans.
Famous people include Nuno Espírito Santo and
the current president Manuel Pinto da Costa.
The current national population is 220,000.
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Sports: Football - Chelsea Beat Real Madrid to Reach Finals by Anirudh Bhargava
London, May 6: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 2-0 to reach the
finals of the UEFA Champions League. They won the league
only once in 2012, while Real Madrid has so far won thirteen
times. Chelsea’s Mason Mount and Timo Werner scored a
goal apiece. Werner hit a header into the empty net 28
minutes into the match. Mason Mount tapped the ball into the
goal just five minutes from time. That was enough to seal
Chelsea’s victory.
Chelsea and Manchester City will play in the finals in Istanbul
on 30th May as they both won in their second leg.

Artist Corner: Ameya

Make-up the Close-up

Look at the close–up picture of a larger object

below and tell us what that object is 
Hint: This is just one face of me, your luck in
a game depends on which face shows up, what
am I? 
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Credits and Answers

Sao Tome and Principe flag from Wikipedia.org

Sports image from Twitter handle of @ChelseaFC
This edition has been reviewed by Gunjan Sharma and
Pravar Mukkala.

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