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Reading While Eating for May 4: A Collection of Countries
Today’s links feature “worldly” affairs.
Google Doodle: Happy Earth Day!
You guys didn’t think Google would forget did you?
On Saturday, Watch out for Surreal ‘Supermoon’
Want to see something amazing this weekend? Just look up at the sky.
Will the Earth Have Two Suns by 2012?
In the Star Wars saga, George Lucas imagined a world where twin suns rose and fell in the horizon. Looks like his vision may not be so far-fetched.
10-Year-Old Discovers Supernova, Wraps Up A+ in Any Future Science Class
When NewsFeed was 10, we were discovering rocks in the backyard we hadn’t noticed before.
What Is the Winter Solstice, Anyway?
Sound like you know what you’re talking about when people ask you why today is the shortest day of the year.
Total Eclipse of the Moon: Winter Solstice Edition
Will you stay up to watch a red moon? No it’s not some freaky holiday movie, but rather a lunar eclipse.
Impending Crisis: Earth to Run Out of Food by 2050?
Is the earth running out of food? That’s what scientists warned if the world leaders don’t act now and negotiate food security policies at this week’s Climate Change talks in Cancun, reports the New Zealand Herald.
Hey, NASA: We Need a New Planet
Get your spacesuits ready. A study conducted by the World Wildlife Fund shows that humans’ demand on our biosphere (using resources like water and trees) has doubled since the 1960s. If we keep going at this rate, we’ll have to …
Wannabe Astronauts Pretend Utah is Mars
Is Utah the new Mars? For Martian lovers who don’t want to wait for NASA to schedule its first Martian envoy, it just might be.
Worried About the Environment? Then You Should Probably Let Your Lawn Die
That’s the conclusion of Laura Vanderkam, who notes that there are 21 million acres of grass in the U.S. that wouldn’t exist without the aid of human labor, water supplies, and pesticides. (Via USA Today)
