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Alan Tennyson found prehistoric giant penguin fossils encased in a boulder on a New Zealand beach. The penguin stood five and a half feet tall and lived in the late Paleocene epoch 60-56 million years ago. The new species, named Waimanu Biceae, is not the largest ever found, but it is the oldest!
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A volcano in Italy is spewing lava into the sea! The Stromboli volcano had a major explosion in early December which started a new flow of lava. Nicknamed the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean, it’s been extremely active for the last 2000 years, erupting almost non-stop since 1932. Stromboli is an Aeolian Island near Sicily.
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Glaucoma is a condition that causes pressure to build up in the eye and damage the optic nerve. It can cause vision loss or even blindness. Researchers found that people who drink a daily cup of caffeinated hot tea could have a 74% less chance of developing glaucoma! Pour me a cup of tea, please!
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Everyone thought the tiny crest-tailed mulgara was extinct in New South Wales Australia. But the marsupial was just hiding out for 100 years! Non-native rabbits, cats and foxes first ate its cover in the desert and then ate the mulgara. The rabbit population declined massively, allowing the small carnivore to make a comeback.
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Will you be traveling over the holidays? So are the astronauts who blasted off yesterday! The Soyuz capsule launched from Kazakhstan carrying Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, Norishige Kanai from Japan and Scott Tingle from the United States. They are headed for the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above Earth.
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Uh-oh, parents have a new argument for not getting you that new toy. Researchers found that having too many toys can stifle creativity. When kids in their study were given only a few toys, they played with them longer, created new uses for the toys and had more fun overall!
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The Action Hunger and Friary charity groups in the United Kingdom have developed a vending machine for homeless people. The machine will have fresh fruit, sandwiches, socks, books, toothpaste, and other essentials. The homeless population in Nottingham will get keycards to access the machine 3 times a day.
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Kalispell and Sekele are proud parents of Forest, a baby okapi born in the Denver Zoo! The okapi is the only relative to the giraffe. They have long necks, zebra-striped legs, reddish bodies, and prehensile tongues. The endangered species lives in the Ituri Forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Six Flags Great Adventure theme park had a giant snowball fight scheduled, but had to cancel it because of snow! They wanted to gather 9000 people for a fight using fake pluff snowballs to set a world record. Saskatoon Canada holds the true snowball fight record with 7681 people hurling real snowballs! DUCK!
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The Great Barrier Reef is an ecosystem of coral reefs over 1400 miles long off the coast of Australia. It’s the largest living thing on Earth. But pollution, climate change and coral bleaching are killing the reef. Scientists have been able to transplant healthy coral to help nurse the reef back to health.
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