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Today is World Emoji Day! If you send a text message, don’t use words. Just use pictures! There are over 1800 emoji, and the smiley faces and their friends even have their own movie! If you prefer pictures on your body, it’s also National Tattoo Day. Time to plaster your arms with fake tattoos!
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The North Carolina Zoo welcomed a baby southern white rhinoceros on July 3rd. 10 days later, a 2nd rhino calf was born! After 41 years with no rhino births, the zoo now has 2 adorable babies to keep their 7 adult rhinos company! Southern white rhinos are threatened in the wild, but thriving in this zoo!
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If it seemed like that tennis game going on in Ireland lasted forever, you were right! James Cluskey and David Mullins played against Luke Maguire and Danil O’Neill for over 60 hours straight! They set a new world record and raised money for the “Enjoy Tennis” program, which teaches tennis to people with disabilities.
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You probably know oranges are good for you. They’re full of flavonoids, the chemicals that give fruits and vegetables such nice bright colors. Researchers found that eating oranges reduces the risk of macular degeneration, an eye disease that causes vision loss. Eat at least one orange a week. Your eyes will thamk you!
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A giant 64-dish telescope is revealing the clearest images ever, of the center ofour galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is 25,000 light years away. It looks like a swirling mass of fireballs through the MeerKat radio telescope, which is located in South Africa. Amazing!
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Look at that cute little guinea pig! He’s so soft and cuddly! Give him a treat, because it’s Guinea Pig Appreciation Day! He’d love some spinach, and what a coincidence: it’s Fresh Spinach Day! But it’s also World Snake Day, so make sure your guinea pig doesn’t become a treat for your snake!
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Krill are tiny crustaceans that are essential to the ocean’s food chain. They eat algae that produces greenhouse gas, and they’re eaten by animals such as whales, penguins, and seals. In a positive step to protect the Antarctic ecosystem, the Association of Responsible Krill harvesting has agreed to stop fishing around Antarctica. It’s a start!
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Tianqui Sun has a Hexa robot, which is a small, crab-like robot that you can buy and modify. Tianqui modified his Hexa to care for a plant! The plant sits on top of the robot, so the robot can move it from shade to sun. It also stomps its feet when the plant needs water!
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In Ohio, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed a baby Masai giraffe! He was Lulu’s first baby, and they are both doing well. Imara, at the Phoenix Zoo, also had a new giraffe calf! Masai giraffes can grow to be close to 20 feet tall. They are found mainly in Kenya and Tanzania.
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The major planets in our solar system orbit the sun on the same plane, called an ecliptic. That means all their orbits line up. But the dwarf planet Pluto, orbits on a different plane, at an angle. For the first time since 1931, Pluto’s orbit lined up with the other planets! It’ll happen next in 2179.
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