18/03/2014 Newsround


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It's Tuesday, I'm Ayshah, and we've got the biggest stories you need to

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know this afternoon. On the way: Big news on how scientists think the

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universe started. Great Britain's Paralympic team meet the Prime

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Minister. This is Newsround. First up, how did the universe start? It's

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a huge question and one that scientists have spent years trying

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to answer. Now, a group of American scientists think they have found

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evidence that could help us find out how it all began. Nel's got more.

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It's one of the biggest questions ever, how did the universe begin?

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Well, one idea is the Big Bang theory, a massive explosion occurred

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almost 14 billion years ago creating the universe. Some scientists think

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this bang was so big that the universe expanded very quickly,

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stretching and squeezing space as it grew and putting a twist on the

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light created at that moment. Scientists in America used a

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telescope based in the South Pole where the skies are crystal clear.

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It's the left over light from the Big Bang itself. By looking at it

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carefully, they have been able to see the pattern in it that gives

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away with a was happening in the universe a trillionth a trillionth

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of a secretary after the universe began after the Big Bang. What does

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it mean for scientists like yourself? It is the first bit of

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evidence to show we really do understand where the Big Bang came

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from. The Big Bang theory is just one of many ideas about how the

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universe came into being. There are still loads of questions to be

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answered about this one, but scientists hope it could be a step

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in answering one of the biggest questions of all time. Next, Great

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Britain's Winter Paralympic team have spent the day showing off their

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medals to Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street. The

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athletes returned home yesterday bringing with them six medals in

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total, including their first Gold. Now for more than 300 years Scotland

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has been part of the UK and in six months' time, on September 18th,

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Scotland will hold a vote where people will be asked the simple

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question - should Scotland be an independent country? They'll have to

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decide Yes or No. It'll be a huge moment for the country and for the

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teenagers who get to vote for the first time. Here's Ricky. They the

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same age, have similar interests and live only 20 minutes apart. There is

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one thing that these two teenagers massively disagree on. My name is

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Lewis, in September I will vote No. I'm Sarah, I'm 16-year-olds, I will

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vote Yes in the referendum. On September 18th voters will be asked,

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should Scotland be an independent country and will have to choose Yes

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or No. This is the first time the voting age has been lowered so 16

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and 17-year-olds will get a chance to say how their country will be

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run. When it did first come out I didn't know much about it. I had to

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go and look at the two sides to make up my mind. Then I got quite into it

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and quite excited about it. It's something that I don't think many

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people my age are ever going to get an opportunity to do, no matter what

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country they are in. To be handed that opportunity just makes me feel

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so excited. Unbelievable. My name is anable, I'm 10-year-olds. I am Alex

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Sandra, I'm nine years old. Sarah and Lewis will decide what country

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their younger brothers and sisters will be growing up in. Sarah, why

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are you voting yes? I'm voting Yes, I think if we have independence for

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Scotland we will have more of a voice and do what we want and

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control our own things that we need and our own money. Lewis, why are

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you voting No? I don't think Scotland has the money to give

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people the life they deserve. The question may be a simple one, the

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choices made by people like Lewis and Sarah will shape Scotland's

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future for generations to come. Just enough time to show you some amazing

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snaps from the Sony World Photographers Award. 13 pictures

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taken by amateur photographers were chosen as winners. This cute pony in

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the snow was taken in the Netherlands, while the starry night

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sky was captured in Italy. Here's my favourite, taken in southern China

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showing people travelling in the rain. Finally, we know you love

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them, so Newsround's off to meet The Vamps. Head over to the Newsround

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website and tell us what you want us to ask them. Goodbye.

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