Author: Lisa Mungovan

13 elephants living in the United Kingdom, will soon be living free in Africa. Howlett’s Wild Animal Park in Kent, has a Back to the Wild program, that breeds endangered animals, then releases them into their native habitat. The herd of elephants will be flown to Kenya on a 7-4-7-Dumbo jet.

If you don’t eat your broccoli, could you make bricks with it? Maybe! Researchers in Tokyo Japan, created a new way to turn discarded fruits and vegetables, into construction materials. They vacuum-dried food scraps, ground them into powder, mixed it with water, and heat-pressed the mixture into molds. The results were strong and edible.

A new study shows that converting agricultural land into forests, could boost summertime rainfall by more than 7% in Europe. Climate change is causing increasingly dry summers, and higher temperatures. The tricky part is, winter rainfall would be more intense, but more trees capturing carbon from the atmosphere is always a good thing.

Freezer pops are a great summertime treat, and they’re easy to make. For Freezer Pop Day, pour your favorite liquid in a cup, stick a fork in it, and pop it in the freezer! You can add fruit bits to make it even better. Since it’s Great British Pea Week, add a few peas!

Happy Scud Day! Scud stands for Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama. Relax and enjoy the funnier things in life! It’s also Math 2-point-o Day, celebrating the blend of math and technology. Play math games, or try Kahn Academy online, just for fun! Finally, have some chocolate and almonds for Chocolate With Almonds Day!

David Rush has broken over 150 world records. He had previously set a record, for the longest time balancing an object on his head, but someone broke it. He recaptured the record, by balancing a garden hoe on his forehead, for 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 6 seconds. It left a big dent in his head!

A huge tower of flame burned hundreds of feet above the Caspian Sea on Sunday, after an explosion in Azerbaijan. The blast was caused by a mud volcano, in the country’s oil and gas fields. Mud volcanoes erupt watery mud instead of lava, and contain gases that can ignite when flying rocks create sparks.

One of Saturn’s moons, called Enceladus, is spewing out plumes of methane. Enceladus is covered in a thick shell of ice, with a swirling ocean underneath. Scientists think the methane could be coming from vents in the ocean floor. The hydrothermal vents might even be home to microorganisms. They’ll need to gather more data.

Today is going to be delicious. It’s Chocolate Day, Strawberry Sundae Day, and Macaroni Day! Although most people eat macaroni and cheese, I think macaroni and chocolate could be interesting. Did you know a macaroni was also a fashionable man in 18th-century England? That’s why Yankee Doodle, called the feather in his cap, macaroni.

Today is Global Forgiveness Day. Don’t be mad at anyone! Just forgive them. If you did something wrong, apologize and ask for forgiveness. It’s also Tell The Truth Day, which might help you admit what you did wrong. Never be afraid to tell the truth. Lying will only get you in worse trouble!