Threads of Warning

Engineers from Tufts University, have created threads that change color when exposed to harmful gases. The dyed threads can be woven into clothes, to easily warn workers of dangerous environments. The threads are washable, and even work underwater, so they can be used over and over again!

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Map Your Walk

Using a map app on your phone is handy. It tells you exactly where to turn. But today, on Read A Road Map Day, unfold a paper map, to get a bigger picture and see exactly where everything is. Use it to plan your route, because it’s also Walk To Work Day!

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Practice Your Vulcan Salute

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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Hairy Birthday Treat

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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Redecorating for the Birds

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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Did You Eat Your Alphabet?

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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Police Rescue Sewer Ducks

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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R2-D2 Keeps an Eye on the Stars

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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