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COULD YOU READ A MESSAGE FROM ALIENS?

In late May 2023, three radio astronomy observatories detected a strange signal which was apparently coming from somewhere around Mars. The mysterious transmission seemed to be a message from intelligent life trying to contact Earth. 5.1. D Apart from being an artist, she works as a licensed radio operator at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute and the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, USA. De Paulis’ message, which is part of a project called A Sign in Space, is a test run of what it might be like for humans to receive – and try to decipher – an extraterrestrial message. This kind of experiment should have been carried out a long time ago. 5.2. B Isn’t it strange that they’ve never really investigated what receiving and trying to decipher such a message would be like? In order to turn this idea into reality, de Paulis worked with a group that included – among others – astronomers and anthropologists. They met on a monthly basis, brainstorming ideas on what an alien civilization might send us. 5.3. A This measure was taken to prevent the details of the plan from being leaked, thus endangering the whole project. Finally, after much preparation, de Paulis decided to transmit the encoded message. On May 24, 2023, a spacecraft orbiting Mars sent the message to Earth, where it was received by astronomers in northern California, West Virginia, and Italy. 5.4. F Their theories about what the message might contain are plentiful, with speculation about possible connections to chemistry, DNA structure and numerical systems. Anyone can join the discussion on the project’s dedicated website. So far, the content of the message has been kept strictly confidential. 5.5. E She definitely won’t be doing it too soon. Decoding the message must take time because it requires people with different skills to collaborate. “An extraterrestrial message would belong to all humanity, so we should all have the possibility to contribute to its interpretation,” she says.

WORDLE IS A LOVE STORY

Wordle is a word game which went from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in just a few months. Players have six 7.1. D to guess a five-letter word, and after each try they get some feedback about the letters included in the word. The game was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for his girlfriend Palak Shah. Josh knew she loved doing crosswords. So he came up with a new word-guessing game that the two of them could play together. He called it Wordle as a play on his surname. Soon he introduced the game to his friends and relatives. 7.2. B how quickly Wordle became an obsession for the members of his family, Josh decided to release it online for others to play. Two months later, 300,000 people were playing his game each day. “I think people 7.3. A Wordle because it’s fun,” explained Josh. “And there are no ads, because I don’t want to profit from it.” A clever move was limiting players to one game per day. Josh knew that 7.4. A you restrict something, people tend to desire it more. Josh’s girlfriend played a key role in getting Wordle ready for a worldwide audience. An initial list of all the 12,000 or so five-letter words in the English language compiled by Josh contained a lot of little-known words. If all of these words had been used in the game, it 7.5. B guessing them nearly impossible for the majority of players. Palak helped him narrow the list down to 2,500 words. 7.6. C Wordle is now enjoyed around the world, she is proud that it was originally created only for her. “It’s really sweet how Josh showed his love,” she said.

THE WOODEN CITY OF THE FUTURE

A Swedish company is building a new estate in an old 8.1. (INDUSTRY) industrial zone in Stockholm, which is currently filled with former factory buildings and car parks. This isn’t an uncommon enterprise. There’s one peculiarity, though. Everything’s built out of a special kind of wood, called “mass timber.” Mass timber is made of compressed wooden layers stacked together, which gives this building material extra 8.2. (STRONG) strength. It also avoids the massive carbon footprint of standard construction materials like concrete and steel. The new estate will include 7,000 new offices and 2,000 housing units, along with restaurants, shops, and fitness centres. By adding more facilities to the immediate 8.3. (NEIGHBOUR) neighbourhood, the project aims to support the idea of the 15-minute city, where it’s possible to get everywhere you need to go on a typical day on foot or by bicycle. Building with wood has more advantages than just environmental ones, including the fact that the construction process itself can be both faster and quieter. And there’s evidence that living and working in wooden buildings contributes to well-being – studies have found that it 8.5. (GRADUAL) gradually reduces stress and improves focus. Will the project be a success? We’re soon going to find out because the first buildings are to be completed in 2027.