Author: Lisa Mungovan

Mammals produce milk for their babies. Baby humans drink their mama’s milk, but older humans drink cow’s milk or goat’s milk. Milk can also be made from plants. For World Plant Milk Day, try some soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, or coconut milk. They’re delicious, and also great for people with dairy allergies.

3,00,000,000 years ago, Mars had water on the surface, and scientists think they know where it all went. The Red Planet’s mantle has deep cracks, through which the water may have disappeared. Enough water to cover the surface with a 1-mile-deep ocean, might be hidden 12 miles below the surface, perhaps containing undersea life!

A project by the Med Sea Foundation, is planting 1,000,000 seagrass seedlings, off the coast of Sardinia. Covering 19 square miles of the ocean floor, the plants will provide a habitat that also anchors sediment, regulates acidity, and traps more carbon-per-inch than rainforests. Other coastal areas are following suit, helping the environment.

Who is your favorite poet? Right now, it might be Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein. As you get older and explore other poets, maybe it will be Maya Angelou, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, or Shakespeare. Maybe you’ll become, your own favorite poet! Spend the day reading or writing poems, in honor of Poet’s Day.

Today is Spumoni Day. Even though it’s often hard to find, it’s my favorite ice cream flavor! It has cherry, pistachio, and chocolate layers with candied fruits and nuts. It’s also Senior Citizens Day. Seniors can tell you awesome stories about the olden days before cell phones. Just ask!

Dean Stokes is on a quest, to ride every roller coaster in Britain and Ireland. He’s off to a good start, after riding 55 coasters in a week! He also set an inaugural world record for most roller coasters in one week. That will be a fun record, for people to try and break.

Light pollution has a real impact on the ecosystem, from confusing migratory birds, to disrupting communication between fireflies. Scientists found that in cities, where the lights are always on, plants have tougher leaves, making it harder for insects to eat. The trees might like it, but the rest of the food chain suffers.

National Lemonade Day, helps kids become entrepreneurs. Set up a lemonade stand, to start your business. If you really want to impress people, butterfly pea flower, can make your lemonade turn purple, pink, or indigo. First make a tea with the flowers, then pour it into a glass of lemonade, for a colorful show!

Turn off the TV and put down your screens today. It’s National Radio Day! The radio was invented in the late 18 hundreds. Before television, people gathered around the radio to listen to shows, like Dragnet or Gunsmoke. It’s also World Mosquito Day. Mosquitoes spread malaria and other diseases. But they’re great food for bats!

Scientists in South Korea, developed a new way, to help purify a room. They coated the inside of a lampshade with a special substance, that pulls harmful chemicals out of the air. The heat from the lightbulb, activates a thermocatalyst, that turns volatile organic compounds into harmless carbon dioxide.