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As our Milky Way galaxy rotates on its axis, does it make noise? Mark Heyer developed a way to express the movement of gases in musical notes. Then he took 20 years of radio telescope data and created the “Milky Way Blues.” Other people have made music from Voyager probes, stars, and gamma ray bursts!
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Buskers are musicians playing on the street for money. One busker, William Boyajian, noticed many homeless people while he played his guitar, in the New York subway tunnels. He put a sign on his case, offering the money to any homeless who needed it. Then he started the charity, Helpful Cases, and other buskers also participate!
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Mr. Chen has a very devoted dog. When he goes to the train station in China each day to go to work, his dog follows. Then Xiongxiong, which is Chinese for bear, waits patiently for 12 hours, accepting occasional pats on the head. He saves all his excitement and tail-wagging for Mr. Chen’s return!
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If you live in the middle of Australia and walk 500 miles in any direction, you’ll still be in Australia. But if you live in Austria, a 500 mile walk could take you to 30 different countries! Just think of all the different languages you’d hear. You could also build an amazing coin and stamp collection!
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May the Fourth be with you! I mean Force. May fourth is Star Wars Day! Star Wars movies are set in space a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It’s actually National Space Day also, so you can celebrate all things outer spacey. Have an out-of-this-world day!
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You can travel nearly 20,000 miles through the ocean in a straight line without hitting land. But what about traveling on land? If you had a magic car with no steering wheel, that could travel over any terrain, and through man-made objects, the longest straight path would take you nearly 7000 miles from China to Portugal!
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The Los Angeles Zoo in California has many new baby animals to visit! There are 2 Chacoan Peccary piglets, that look like hairy pigs; 2 Sichuan takin calves, that are like goat-antelopes; 2 ocelot kittens, which are spotted wildcats; an Eastern bongo calf, which is a striped antelope; and 7 Peninsular pronghorn fawns, which resemble deer. What a baby boom!
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Optical illusions are images that play tricks on your brain. Kokichi Sugihara is a Japanese mathematician and optical illusionist who will astound you with his arrow that always points the same direction, or cylinders that are both round and square. You can see the impossible arrow and other cool stuff at physicsfun on Instagram.
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Do you ever wake up in the middle of a dream and forget what it was about? Scientists have discovered that taking a B6 vitamin before bed helped people remember their dreams. B6 is found in foods like whole grain cereals, bananas, spinach, avocados, legumes and potatoes. See if your dinner helps you remember your dream!
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Today’s going to be fun! It’s Two Different Colored Shoes Day! Walk proudly in your mismatched shoes. No need to be normal; it’s Paranormal Day! Celebrate the strange things that can’t be explained by science by watching Ghostbusters or Harry Potter. Then relax in the garden, because it’s National Garden Meditation Day.
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