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It’s Groundhog Day! The official weather-predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow, which means 6 more weeks of winter. But Martinsburg Maxwell, a groundhog with a degree in meteorology, said, “Phil’s only right 20% of the time; it’s impossible to accurately predict weather that way!”
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Cave-dwelling crocodiles could be evolving into a new species. The dwarf crocodiles living in caves in Gabon have developed a specialized diet of bats and crickets. They’ve adapted to living in bat-guano filled water which turns their skin orange. Their DNA shows a unique haplotype, meaning they could deserve their own species distinction!
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Researchers are messing with the laws of physics. Light travels at one speed as long as nothing stands in its way. But if you put enough atoms in its path, light will slow down as it bends around them. It can even come to a standstill if light waves are woven together just right!
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A tiger shark in a South Korean aquarium might have anger issues. When a banded hound shark bumped into her, she ate him. Aquarium officials said, “Sharks have their own territories. Sometimes when they bump into each other, they bite out of astonishment.” I think the tiger shark overreacted a little!
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Erica is a robot that can hold a conversation with humans. She’s scheduled to become a TV news anchor in Japan as soon as April. Her creator, Hiroshi Ishiguro, designed her to be incredibly lifelike and charismatic. Just don’t be offended when she doesn’t shake your hand; Erica can’t move her arms yet!
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Today is National Serpent Day, which celebratessss snakessss. There are more than 3000 species of snakes, of which only 1/8th are venomous. The longest species, the reticulated python, can grow to over 30 feet. The tiny Barbados threadsnake is like a 4-inch long spaghetti noodle. Snakes smell the air with their tongue. Can you do that?
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A robotics company called Robochamps and 1200 students in northern India just broke a world record! They were part of the world’s biggest robotics class. Students in Panchkula made robots with the help of Kautilya Pandit, the child prodigy known as Google boy. Too bad they didn’t get to take the robots home!
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The Voynich Manuscript has been called the world’s most mysterious book. Written in the 15th century in an unknown language with strange illustrations and fold-out pages, it has baffled scholars for 600 years. Now, artificial intelligence is taking a crack at it. So far, feedback is that the script may be encrypted ancient Hebrew.
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Crows are clever birds. They like to solve problems and some can even talk. Australian crows have figured out how to eat poisonous cane toads! They learned that the poison oozes from the toad’s back, so they flip them over carefully and eat from the belly. With 200 million toads around, they’ll get their fill!
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Don’t forget about the super blue blood moon today! Not everyone will be able to see the lunar eclipse, but it may be happening this morning for some parts of the world. Scientists will be watching temperature changes on the moon to find a good location to land a rover.
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