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Ben Lecomte was the first person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean 30 years ago. Now he plans to be the first to swim 5500 miles across the Pacific Ocean! He wants to draw attention to the problem of pollution in the ocean. He will swim for 8 hours a day and sleep on a following boat.
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Ugh, I hate putting sunblock on my face! But when you spend time in the sun, sunblock can protect your skin from getting burned. Just putting lotion on in the morning is not enough. Dermatologists, or skin doctors, say you should reapply at least every 2 hours for the best protection! Keep your skin healthy!
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Scientists can grow tissue in a lab, and are working on growing organs to use as transplants and save lives. Now they can use 3-D printers to print a scaffold out of sugar! The sugar structure serves as a base for tissue to grow on, and it later dissolves, leaving pathways for blood vessels. Sweet!
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Hannah Spiegelman is an ice cream maker and historian who writes a blog called, “A Sweet History”. She researches historical figures and events to create her ice cream flavors. Charcoal ice cream with pomegranate swirl represents the underworld and Persephone from Greek mythology. Stonehenge inspired a vanilla flavor with honey, oats and hazelnuts. Now I’m hungry!
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Today is National Cellophane Tape Day. Artist Mark Jenkins makes sculptures out of tape, and teaches you how on the website TapeSculpture.org. It’s also National Grape Popsicle Day. 11 year-old Frank Epperson invented them in 1905, when he left a stick in his grape soda and it froze. Popsicles were originally called Eppsicles!
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Pastors Joan Maruskin and Ramona Kinard of Pennsylvania are planning a big dinner party. You have to earn a place at the table, by performing an act of kindness. In hopes of “Celebrating York’s Unity Through 10,000 Acts of Kindness,” they want to fill 1000 tables over a mile and a half long, and break the world record!
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Solar powered robots are starting to help farmers by getting rid of weeds. The current method to kill weeds is to spray the entire crop with herbicidal chemicals. The robots use cameras to identify weeds, then spray herbicide directly onto them. It uses 20 times less chemicals, and keeps it off the food we eat!
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The Kilauea volcano that has been erupting in Hawaii has destroyed over 45 homes and buildings and caused thousands of people to evacuate. But volcanologists are getting the chance of a lifetime to study the volcano, its lava flow patterns, and how to make better predictions about future eruptions. Learning the warning signs could save many lives!
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is better known as NASA. It pays for tons of research, and all that research is free for the public to see. You can search their online database, called PubSpace, for information on Mars, asteroids, Voyager missions, or alien life, or just look up amazing photos. PubSpace is fun to explore!
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Today is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, Dracula Day, and World Lindy Hop Day. The Lindy Hop is a dance from the 19 twenties. If you don’t know anyone that can teach you, look it up and try it! Dress as everyone’s favorite vampire, Dracula, and eat some cheesecake while you dance!
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