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SANDPAPERGATE
Things are getting a bit heated in the cricket world this week, with fresh calls to investigate a big ball tampering scandal that happened eight years ago. It's 2018. It's the final test of the Aussie team's series with South Africa. And Aussie player Cameron Bancroft has just been caught on camera rubbing the ball with a piece of sandpaper. It's the moment that was dubbed "Sandpapergate". The idea was to rough up one side of the ball to make it harder for the batsman to hit, but the use of sandpaper to do that, made it an illegal move. At the time, it was a huge deal. It caused a massive stir across the country, and it led to a 12 month ban from playing international and domestic cricket for Steve Smith and David Warner, and a 9 month ban for Cameron Bancroft. But now, "sandpapergate" is back in the headlines. While other players on the team have denied they knew about the tampering, former Australian Test batter Usman Khawaja has just claimed that the entire team knew it was happening. And his claim has been backed by David Warner. Now, it's got some people calling for a new investigation into what happened, and while Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg says that's not going to happen. The debate it's caused is likely far from over.
FRIDGE HACK UPDATE
France has accused Iran of being behind a big supermarket fridge hack! You may remember last month, a bunch of fridges and freezers in supermarkets across France were hit by a cyber attack. Hackers tampered with the refrigeration systems, turning temps up really high, spoiling tens of millions of dollars of food! Now, France has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of being behind those attacks.
INSECT OF THE YEAR
The 2026 ABC Australian Insect of the year has just been crowned. See, for the past few years, the ABC has asked the public to vote on their favourite insects, as part of Australian Pollinator Week, which is all about recognising the important roles that insects play in our everyday lives. Insects make up about 90% of all animals on Earth. And there are around 10 quintillion of them. That's a 1 with 19 zeros. About 75% of flowering plants need insects to spread their pollen so they can reproduce, which includes lots of our food sources. So, with all that in mind, let's meet the runners-up for this year's awards, as nominated by the CSIRO. The Mallee Bronze Azure butterfly, the Orchard swallowtail butterfly, the Otway glow-worm, the Stalk-eyed signal fly, the Tortoise-shelled ladybird, and the winner of the golden insect is a golden insect. It's the gold Christmas beetle! Experts reckon the population of these beetles has been declining, but they hope the win will put them in the spotlight, so more people will help protect them.
HUMAN CATAPULT
First up, to a human catapult which has just broken a world record. These daredevil base jumpers were launched out of the tallest chimney in Europe. Which is at this old power station in Slovenia. They set a new record for the greatest combined height by human catapult, at 151.72 metres.
ROBOT MARATHON
Now to Antartica, where the Antarctic Ice Ultra had an unusual competitor this year: a robot. According to organisers, it's the first humanoid robot ever to take part in the marathon. Donning a coat to keep it warm, it managed to run a total of about 3 kilometres before its battery ran flat.
DAY OF THE DOGS
And finally, to dogs in Nepal. Police put flower petals and garlands around their necks to celebrate a Hindu festival called Kukur Tihar, where dogs are worshipped. They also did some training exercises with them, including jumping through this ring of fire.
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