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Diamonds are beautiful, but mining them can be dangerous and occur in war zones. But it takes scientists only 10 weeks to grow diamonds in a microwave! They start with a tiny piece of diamond, called a carbon seed. A plasma ball forms when the seed is heated with methane gas in a microwave, and a diamond grows!
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Don’t call me Alexa today. Call me Malecksahchakahowie. It’s Name Yourself Day! Make a name tag with your new name on it so everyone else will know what to call you, too! It’s also National Unicorn Day! Maybe your unicorn will name itself Frank instead of Princess Rainbow Sparkle-toes. Have a fun day!
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There’s a great new hotel opening in 2022. For less than $10,000,000 you can take a 12 day trip to the Aurora Station space hotel! Orion Span will launch you after a 3-month training course. You’ll experience zero-gravity flying, see your hometown from space, participate in scientific research, and make everyone jealous by posting photos from space!
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Archaeologists are excavating an exciting site in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It appears to be the remains of a massive party thrown 1700 years ago during the Iron Age! They have discovered 11,000 animal bone fragments and broken beverage pots from a huge feast, and bronze pins and brooches used as party favors!
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Kids in Colombia got tired of waiting for adults to protect the Amazon. Children worked with the human rights group Dejusticia in Bogota to sue the government for failing to protect the rainforest. The Supreme Court agreed, and told the Columbian government they must create laws to stop deforestation within 5 months. Kids made a difference!
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Ancient Vikings didn’t have magnetic compasses to navigate the seas. They used the sun’s shadows on a sun compass, similar to a sun dial. But what did they do on cloudy days? Researchers think they used sunstones, mentioned in Viking legends. The sun’s rays are polarized; calcite crystals glow brighter when the light is aligned.
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Today is National Zoo Lovers Day, so there’s a good chance there are special events happening at a zoo near you. Many zoos are home to animals that are extinct or endangered in the wild. Make sure you visit the birds also, because it’s Draw A Picture Of A Bird Day. See how many you can draw!
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There’s a new mobile app that can help people living in areas where earthquakes are common. Quake Alert is linked to seismic sensors that detect P-waves, the first energy waves produced by an earthquake. The 30 seconds advance warning could be enough to take cover, stop your car, or stop drinking that glass of water!
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Space 10 is a “future living lab” set up to work with IKEA, the Danish furniture store, to test what sustainable living might look like in the future. They’ve developed recipes for meatballs that use mealworms and burgers that use beetles. People all over the world already eat insects, but IKEA’s not changing their menu anytime soon!
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The University of Arkansas has opened an exhibit of artist Jason Mecier’s collages. He can make a portrait of anybody out of anything: like Judge Judy out of Hot Tamales, Kevin Bacon out of bacon, and Willie Nelson out of stuff from the junk drawer! Mecier recycles trash into amazing art!
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