Don’t Squash the Kitty

Meow meowey meow. It’s International Cat Day! Spend some quality time with your kitty. Maybe he can teach you to be stealthy. You’ll need it, to celebrate Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day! Some gardens produce so much squash, that it takes creativity to make sure it doesn’t go to waste!

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Horse and Taxi

A man in Michigan has started a version of Uber, the ride service program. He calls it Amish Uber, and he uses a horse and buggy! Timothy Hochstedler will give you a lift, but you can’t use an app to reach him. You just have to flag him down when you see him!

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Giant Sand Castle in NYC

There’s a new castle in New York City, and it’s made out of sand! The sand castle, created by sculptor Ted Siebert, stands 16 feet high. It’s part of the Rockefeller Center’s “Sand and Surf” installation in the Channel Gardens. You can visit it until September 7th. I wonder who gets to knock it down!

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Tying Light in Knots

Physicists have all the fun. They’ve managed to twist beams of laser light into knots! Researchers used polarization and holograms, to manipulate the vibrating particles of light. They tied many complex knots in order to study the spaces in between, which are known as Seifert surfaces. I wonder if they can tie laser shoelaces?

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