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The Australian National University needs citizen scientists, to search through pictures taken by the SkyMapper telescope and compare them to old records. If the image is different, it could be evidence of a supernova, which is an exploding star. Go to the Zooniverse website and log into the Supernova Sighting portal to help out!
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An international team of scientists is going to collect environmental DNA from Loch Ness in Scotland. They’ll make a record of all life in the lake from biological samples, and compare it to databases with over 100,000 organisms. If the Loch Ness Monster is in there, they should finally find evidence. Even monsters poop!
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Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck. Today is Lucky Penny Day! Yay for finding money! It’s also World Turtle Day. Remember, if you’re ever trying to help a turtle across the street, take it in the direction it was going. And leave turtles and tortoises in the wild!
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If you were to measure the mass of all living things on Earth, 80% of that biomass would be plants. Bacteria make up about 15%. Fungi, archea, and protists make up nearly 5%. A fraction of a percent contains all the animals, leaving humans as a miniscule .01% of life on Earth. Let’s all try to respect the other 99.99%!
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Matthew and Maria Colonna-Emanuel found a metal box that had been in the underbrush for years in their Staten Island backyard. It was a safe full of money and jewels! It also contained their neighbor’s address. The safe had been reported stolen 6 years ago, so they returned it. It’s nice to have good neighbors!
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This weekend, China launched the Queqiao, a satellite that will orbit the moon. It will relay messages from the Chang’e-4, a lunar lander that China plans on sending to the dark side of the moon. It also carried a radio antenna from the Netherlands and 2 microsatellites, named Longjiang 1 and 2. The moon will be well connected!
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If you’re sick of your bike tires going flat, there’s a new solution coming: 3-D printed airless bicycle tires! The BigRep company in Germany has printed the tire out of Pro FLEX in a 3-layer honeycomb design. They can adjust the design for mountain biking or road racing, as well as for different weather conditions!
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Today is National Buy A Musical Instrument Day! Maybe you’ve been renting an instrument and you’re ready to own your own. Or maybe it would be fun to play the nose flute or the kazoo! It’s also World Goth Day. Celebrate goth music, fashion and art. Listen to Bauhaus, wear black, and play goth nose flute music!
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Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park has babies! There’s Hamish, the adorable polar bear. 3 fluffy northern rockhopper penguin chicks have hatched. A kangaroo joey finally poked its head out of its momma’s pouch. Binturong twins are running around smelling like popcorn. Pamba the pancake tortoise, a Japanese macaque, a Przewalski foal, and gelada baboon babies are also out!
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New Zealand is a country with a sense of humor. Despite the indignity of frequently being left off of world maps, they are making hilarious tourism videos. They focus on the fact that other countries are just jealous! If your world map is missing New Zealand, to the southeast of Australia, report it to the authorities!
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