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A house was just 3D-printed in Texas in less than 24 hours! It has a living room, bathroom and porch and was printed from mortar. ICON and New Story are the organizations that built the home as an example of the communities they hope to create for the poor in El Salvador and Haiti.
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Sinead Kane is blind, so it’s not easy for her to run 81 miles just anywhere. But she did it on a treadmill in a hotel gym, setting a world record for distance run by a female on a treadmill in 12 hours! The Irish runner has also run marathons on every continent!
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A Malayan Tapir calf was born to Mom Bertie at the Minnesota Zoo. The baby looks like a furry black and white striped watermelon with legs! Malayan tapirs are endangered partly due to habitat loss in Southeast Asia from deforestation for oil palm plantations. Tapirs look kind of like a pig with a trunk!
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It’s Absolutely Incredible Kids Day! You know one kid who’s incredible? Nathaniel! Happy Birthday Awesome Kid! You know another kid who’s incredible? You! It’s also Dumbstruck Day. Try to make someone so surprised they can’t say anything! But beware the Ides of March if you’re Julius Caesar. That’s when he was assassinated in ancient Rome.
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Math and pastry fans unite: it’s pi day! March 14th represents the first 3 digits of pi, an irrational number that never ends. Here let me show you while you eat some pie to celebrate! 3 point 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5 1 0 5 8 2 0 9 7 4 9 4 4 5 9 2 3 0 7 8 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 6 2 0 8 9 9 8 6 2 8 0 3 4 8 2 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 0 6 7 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 8 6 5 1 3 2 8 2 3 0 6 6 4 7 0 9 3 8 4 4 6 0….
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Stephen Hawking, author of “A Brief History of Time” and one of the most brilliant minds of our time, passed away today, 55 years later than his doctors said he would. Fittingly, it’s Albert Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day. The physicist and cosmologist expanded our knowledge of black holes, the Big Bang theory, the universe, and beyond.
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New research by Dennis Voeten and his colleagues suggests that the feathered dinosaur named Archaeopteryx flew, but unlike any bird we’ve ever seen. It would have used its shoulders more, and looked something like the butterfly stroke in swimming. The bone thickness is similar to burst fliers like pheasants and turkeys.
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There’s A Better Way is a program in Albuquerque New Mexico that employs homeless people to clean up the city. When 16 year-old Kevin Barber heard about the project, he launched a similar program in San Diego California. Wheels of Change transports homeless people to jobs, beautifying the city and giving them dignity.
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Not excited about Pi Day? Don’t worry, it’s also National Potato Chip Day! Do butterflies like chips? Research it. It’s National Learn About Butterflies Day! National Tell Your Story Day is the day to write about your life. Illustrate it with something crafty because it’s National Children’s Craft Day too! Get celebrating!
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Diu, a district in India with 56,000 people, is powered by 100% solar energy, generating more electricity than the district even needs! California’s solar farms have also been producing record amounts of energy. They sometimes send electricity to Arizona and other states so their power lines aren’t overloaded. Sunshine power is amazing!
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