by Supernova | Aug 5, 2020 | South Africa, Survey
Tell us and you could get featured in the next issue of Supernova magazine! We have been under lockdown in South Africa because of the coronavirus pandemic. We could not go to school, see our friends and family or even go outside. The reason for the lockdown was to...
by Supernova | Jul 28, 2020 | Nature
It’s everywhere and it doesn’t go away. It is a great advantage to us, but it’s also become a curse. It’s plastic, of course. It’s an invention that has only been around for about 60 years, but now comes in so many useful forms. If it is so useful, then why is it a...
by Supernova | Jul 15, 2020 | Activity, Animals, Nature
You don’t need to be fast to be a world racing champion. Just ask Herbie 2. He is the current world champion and a snail! Herbie 2, owned by Colin Voss from Histon in Cambridgeshire, won the World Snail Racing Championships on 16 July 2016. Herbie 2 covered the 33cm...
by Supernova | Jul 7, 2020 | Culture, Language, Uncategorised
Proverbs are short sayings that give advice or warnings. Here are some well-known proverbs and phrases, their meanings and where they come from. You may be surprised by what you learn! A bad hair day This is a day when everything seems to go wrong. It was first used...
by Supernova | Jul 2, 2020 | Culture, History, Uncategorised
Have you ever wondered how a friend was doing and then they phoned you seconds later? Maybe you made a new friend with whom you happen to share a birthday. Perhaps you have gone on vacation to a faraway place and bumped into someone you know from home. Coincidences...
by Supernova | Jun 16, 2020 | History, Science, Technology
Trains! It wasn’t too long ago that most children wanted to be train drivers. In the days of huge steam engines, there was a great attraction to standing on the footplate, driving the few thousand horsepower of thundering, steaming, smoking, whistling and...
