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The kangaroo rat was listed as endangered in Mexico, 24 years ago. No one had spotted one hopping around its desert habitat since 1986. After 30 years with no sightings, scientists thought the kangaroo rat was extinct. But researchers doing a study on other small mammals discovered 4 of them! I guess they were just really good at hiding!
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Making your own breakfast is so boring. What if you had a Lego robot to do it for you? The Brick Wall Team built a Breakfast Machine out of Lego that cooks bacon and eggs and serves it, and even salts and peppers it! The hardest part was making it crack eggs without dropping the shells.
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It’s National Lost Sock Memorial Day! Gather all your socks without mates. Some might make good sock puppets, or maybe you like wearing mismatched socks! But today is the day for paying your respects to those lost socks. Tomorrow’s holiday may help you find them! Finish your memorial with a butterscotch brownie, for Butterscotch Brownie Day!
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Helioseismology is the study of the Sun’s interior based on observing the waves on its surface. Scientists used helioseismology to confirm solar Rossby waves, which are planetary waves that occur in rotating fluids. The Earth’s Rossby waves show up in oceans, while the Sun’s waves take place in the gases and plasma.
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You could say Don Gorske, loves Big Macs. He’s been eating two a day at McDonald’s, for the last 46 years! He hit a milestone last week by eating his 30 thousandth Big Mac, and made it an official world record by submitting all his receipts to Guinness. I don’t think that record will ever be broken!
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Gilligan is a giant Pacific octopus at the Alaska Sea Life Center. She laid thousands of eggs and has been caring for them a whole year, and they are finally starting to hatch! The octopus babies are about the size of a pea, but will grow up to have 14 foot long arms!
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James Longcroft wanted to sell bottles of water in the United Kingdom to raise money to provide clean drinking water in Africa. But the bottle had to be completely biodegradable and non-toxic to ecosystems, and inexpensive. Named Choose Water, the bottles are made of a special paper, and all profits will go to his charity, Water For Africa.
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We’ll be celebrating them all week, but this is the official National Teacher Appreciation Day! Make sure you pay attention; they work hard to plan what to teach you every day! It’s also National Iris Day, Have A Coke Day, Coconut Cream Pie Day, and No Socks Day. Make sure you have clean feet!
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When robotics engineer Milind Raj saw a puppy in trouble on his morning walk, he flew in to help. The puppy was stuck in a drain in Uttar Pradesh India, that would have been too dangerous for a human to enter. Milind got his drone, attached a robotic arm, and piloted a puppy rescue!
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During the ¿Que Pasa? Festival in Richmond Virginia, 1013 piñatas made of tissue paper and papier-mache were hung up along the canal, to set a world record for largest display of piñatas. After an exhibition, the piñatas will be filled with school supplies instead of candy, and donated to local schools.
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