May 2015
Sports
May 29 2015
World Cup Win for Canada?
The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off June 6. It’s a month of the best women’s soccer, and Canada gets a front row seat.
We’re hosting the tournament. Canada and 23 other countries compete in six cities, from coast to coast.
Host countries play…
Health
![Woodcut showing a physician at the patient's bedside, taking his pulse and examining urine. [M. Silvaticus, Opus pandectarum medicine, Pavia, B. de Garaldis, 1521, title page verso. Image via Wikimedia Commons.]](https://currents4kids.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_teaser/public/images/article/Woodcut%3B_physician_at_patient%27s_bedside._Wellcome_L0000392.jpg?itok=9IvZqT5G "Woodcut showing a physician at the patient's bedside, taking his pulse and examining urine. [M. Silvaticus, Opus pandectarum medicine, Pavia, B. de Garaldis, 1521, title page verso. Image via Wikimedia Commons.]")
May 22 2015
Medieval Superbug Killer
In the Middle Ages, germs were deadly. An infected finger could mean losing your hand. Strep throat could kill you. The life-saving discovery of penicillin was a millennium away.
But scientists believe a medieval healer brewed a remedy that kills more germs than…
News
May 15 2015
What a Princess!
A brand-new princess joined the Royal Family May 2. The world heard it first on Twitter.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34 am. The baby weighs 8lbs 3oz. #WelcomeToTheFamily
Two palace footmen posted the royal birth…
Environment
May 08 2015
Earthquake!
It was a nightmare waiting to happen. Nepal was overdue for a big earthquake. Two pieces of the Earth’s crust were on a collision course. No one could predict exactly when the earthquake would strike the small South Asian nation.
It happened April 25, a few minutes…
News
May 01 2015
Dying to Get There
On April 19, 850 migrants left Libya on a fishing ship bound for Italy. They were seeking a new life in Europe. Instead, they found disaster.
Off the coast of Libya, the fishing trawler ran into trouble. The captain sent a distress call. A Portuguese merchant ship sped…