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In the Star Trek Universe in 2063, Zefram Cochrane took his first flight at speeds faster than Warp 1, in the Phoenix. It alerted the Vulcans of Earth’s entrance into the interstellar community. Today is Star Trek First Contact Day. Watch some episodes of Star Trek, learn a little Klingon, and live long and prosper!
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When Keito Kawahara turned 18 last month, she got a haircut. In fact, she got all of them cut, haha! It was the first haircut of her life, and her locks were over 5 feet long! She’d held the world record for longest hair on a teenager until December, when 16 year-old Nilanshi Patel’s hair outgrew hers.
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Kate MacRae is an interior decorator, for birds. She designed a beautiful new living room, inside a bird house! Wildlife Kate has a camera inside the birdbox, to livestream the nest from her garden in Lichfield England. A blue-tit has now carpeted the floor in moss! Watch all Kate’s wildlife cams at WildlifeKate.co.uk!
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Air pollution is a worldwide problem, but it’s not just happening outside. Indoor air can also be polluted with chemicals. IKEA has created a curtain coated with minerals, that break down air pollutants when exposed to light. The air-purifying curtains will be available next year, to help you breathe cleaner!
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Does your school have a library? It’s School Librarian Day, so be sure to thank them. They can help you find research materials, teach you about technology, or introduce you to a new favorite author. They show you how to take care of books, and stock the shelves with new material. School Librarians Rock!
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Today is Vitamin C Day, found in lots of fruits and vegetables, like oranges and spinach. It’s also Carrot Day, a good source of beta-carotene, which your body converts to Vitamin A! Your body can make Vitamin D from sunshine, so go outside and play for Kickball Day. Vitamins are the ABC’s of Health!
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Springtime brings new ducklings, and they can get themselves in trouble. In Alabama, an observant citizen called the police to rescue baby ducks, who were trapped in the sewer. Officers Kosiba and Glass, pried up the manhole cover, climbed down to retrieve the family of ducks, and took them to a wildlife center.
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If you’ve ever seen an observatory on the horizon, you may have noticed it’s shaped like R2-D2. The Zweibruck Observatory, in Germany, took it one step further, and painted it to look like the famous Star Wars droid. Goodsell Obsevatory, in Minnesota, also got the R2-D2 treatment, as well as others through the years.
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When planning to climb a mountain like Everest or Denali, you have to think about poop. Guide companies at Denali, in Alaska, give hikers a Clean Mountain Can, which holds about 15 pounds of poo. People used to go in holes in the ice, but melting glaciers are now exposing decades of bacteria-laden excrement. Yuck!
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2 year-old Cillian Jackson has impaired mobility, and needed a motorized wheelchair to get around on his own, but they cost thousands of dollars. Cillian’s dad asked the Rogue Robotics team, at his old high school in Minnesota, for a solution. The teens modified a Power Wheels toy, and gave a happy Cillian his independence!
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