It's a Boy!

Meghan and Prince Harry have had a baby son! The news came out this morning, and you can read all about it in this report from the Daily Mail, you can also watch a short video where Prince Harry announces the birth of their first child.
Both the report and the video can be accessible to B2 students.

Six Weird Ways Nature Loves or Hates Music

Scientists have carried out research to find out how different animals can be positively or negatively influenced by music:  from cheese bacteria, to sharks, mosquitoes or cows, they all have proven to show preferences for some music genres over others. 
This BBC text can be read by B2 students and above.

In the video below, you can watch Snowball, a cockatoo, dancing to the music of Backstreet Boys.

Belinda Gates, a Female Philantropist

Belinda Gates, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, has published a book where she talks about how empowering women can bring about positive changes in society all over the world.  In this NPR interview, she talks about gender equality in the US and in her own relationship with Bill Gates, about philantropy and a fair tax system within the capitalist society and more.

This short interview (6':52'') with a script can be accessible to B2 students.