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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 13h

🐢🌊 Ancient mariners that shared the planet with dinosaurs, sea #turtles have navigated our oceans for 100 million years. All 7 species now face threats from fishing nets, plastic pollution, and climate change, but #conservation efforts show hope for recovery.

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Leatherback sea turtle on a sandy beach at sunset, with spotted dark skin pattern and large flippers, ocean waves and forested coastline in background.

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 17h

👸📄 What happens when a princess has nothing left but a paper bag and her prince needs rescuing? Elizabeth uses cleverness instead of force to outsmart a dragon in this classic tale that flips fairy tale expectations. #literature #books

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Book cover of "The Paper Bag Princess" by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko, showing Princess Elizabeth in a paper bag dress at a yellow castle entrance, facing a large green dragon with smoke and flames.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 18h

🧲💧 Scientists developed magnetic powders that attach to tiny plastic particles in #water and can be pulled out with strong magnets. The method removes 92-96% of microplastics from drinking water and wastewater, and costs about $41 to treat 1,000 liters. #science

👉 phys.org/news/2025-10-specia...

We tested if a specialized magnetic powder could remove microplastics from drinking water: The answer is yes

Microplastics are the crumbs of our plastic world, tiny pieces that come from bigger items breaking apart or from products like synthetic clothing and packaging. They're now everywhere. Scientists estimate ...

phys.org

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 19h

🐵🌍 Scientists in the UK discovered that #chimpanzees acted as "proto-gardeners" helping African rainforests recover from a major collapse 2,500 years ago. #climate

👉 theconversation.com/when-chi...

When chimps helped cool the planet

What chimpanzees can teach us about climate change

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 20h

🦇🐦 Researchers at Aarhus University equipped greater noctule #bats with biologgers containing accelerometers, microphones, and altimeters to study their hunting behavior. #nature

👉 www.sciencenews.org/article/...

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

www.sciencenews.org

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 21h

🏛️🪦 A Tulane anthropologist discovered a Latin-inscribed stone in their New Orleans backyard that experts identified as a 1,900-year-old Roman gravestone for sailor Sextus Congenius Verus. #archaeology #history

👉 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...

A Married Couple in New Orleans Found a Stone in Their Backyard. It Turned Out to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Gravestone

The piece bears a Latin inscription describing the legionary’s service aboard a warship

www.smithsonianmag.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 22h

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐝🏔️ The world's largest honeybee species builds nests on vertical Himalayan cliffs. When hornets approach, guard bees lift their abdomens in a synchronized wave that ripples through the colony, making it difficult for predators to target individual #bees. #nature

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A massive colony of Himalayan giant honey bees covers a vertical cliff face beneath a rock overhang, with thousands of bees forming a dark, densely packed nest against the grey stone and surrounding vegetation.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 23h

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 📐🎵 What does a point have in common with a line, a plane, and a solid? New Zealand musician Peter Weatherall breaks down dimensions zero through three with original songs from his album "Numb 'n' Number." #math #music

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Animated cartoon characters representing geometric shapes: a blue triangle with glasses and shaggy hair gestures toward a colorful dodecahedron, while an orange rectangle with a friendly expression looks on.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

🧬🦠 Stanford University researchers found that pieces of ancient virus DNA, leftover from infections 5 million years ago, are still necessary for human babies to develop properly. #evolution #science

👉 www.popularmechanics.com/sci...

A Virus From 5 Million Years Ago Is Still Building Every Human Ever Born

It turns out that a gene called LTR5Hs activates a gene that affects the growth of an embryo and the proliferation of stem cells.

www.popularmechanics.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

🐝🏔️ The world's largest honeybee species builds nests on vertical Himalayan cliffs. When hornets approach, guard bees lift their abdomens in a synchronized wave that ripples through the colony, making it difficult for predators to target individual #bees. #nature

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/67Cpd

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

📜🦁 The University of Aberdeen has digitized the 13th-century Aberdeen Bestiary, one of the most lavish #medieval illuminated manuscripts featuring real and mythological #animals with moral teachings.

👉 www.openculture.com/2025/10/...

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate and survive nature. Open Culture, openculture.com

www.openculture.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

📐🎵 What does a point have in common with a line, a plane, and a solid? New Zealand musician Peter Weatherall breaks down dimensions zero through three with original songs from his album "Numb 'n' Number." #math #music

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐊🥚 American alligator hatchlings slice their way out of eggs in Mississippi bayous. The nest temperature determines their sex. These tiny reptiles instinctively find water and their protective mother for their first year of life. #science #nature

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An adult American alligator floats in dark water with several small baby alligators riding on its back and head, surrounded by reflected trees in a natural wetland setting.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐉🪰 Dragonfly vs Damselfly: Who's your pick? These ancient cousins evolved different hunting strategies in the same pond. #science #nature

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Two microscopic close-up images showing insect compound eyes - one blue-tinted eye with spiky features on the left and one orange-tinted rounded compound eye on the right, both displaying the intricate hexagonal patterns of their visual structures.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

🌌💥 New research suggests Andromeda-Milky Way collision may not happen after all. #science #space

👉 zurl.co/7mRh3

It turns out our Galaxy might not be doomed after all. We asked a scientist to explain why | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

A study suggests the Andromeda-Milky Way collision might not happen after all. We spoke to one of the scientists to explain why.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 1d

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏗️🌊 Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines Crown Heights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond buildings? #art

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A digital collage showing an urban street intersection transformed into a lush, green wetland environment with floating structures, vegetation-covered buildings, and futuristic transportation elements integrated into the landscape.

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🐦⚔️ The Aztecs called #hummingbirds "huitzillin" and viewed them as fierce warriors despite their tiny size, associating them with their supreme god Huitzilopochtli whose name means "hummingbird of the south." #history

👉 www.worldhistory.org/article...

Hummingbirds in Aztec Culture: Warriors, Survivors, & the Namesakes of Gods & Kings

Hummingbirds, called huitzillin ("wee-TZEEL-een") in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, are one of the most recognizable and striking species in the avian world. While these pollinators are known in...

www.worldhistory.org

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

☔️📊 Scientists at the University of Michigan and NASA used machine learning to identify nine distinct precipitation types instead of the traditional three. #weather #science

👉 www.popsci.com/environment/p...

There are actually 9 types of precipitation

It’s more complicated than just rain, sleet, and snow.

www.popsci.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🌌⚫ The James Webb telescope finds most galaxies rotate preferentially, suggesting universe may exist inside black hole. #space #science

👉 www.space.com/space-explorat...

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind

"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole."

www.space.com

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🐊🥚 American alligator hatchlings slice their way out of eggs in Mississippi bayous. The nest temperature determines their sex. These tiny reptiles instinctively find water and their protective mother for their first year of life. #science #nature

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🐉🪰 Dragonfly vs Damselfly: Who's your pick? These ancient cousins evolved different hunting strategies in the same pond. #science #nature

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🏗️🌊 Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines Crown Heights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond buildings? #art

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/K6UaX

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🎋♻️ Scientists created bamboo-based plastic that matches traditional plastic strength while biodegrading in soil within 50 days. #science #innovation

👉 newatlas.com/materials/bambo...

Bamboo-derived biodegradable plastic is as durable as the real thing

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired.

newatlas.com

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🗿⚖️ Scientists confirmed Easter Island statues were moved upright using coordinated rope-pulling in zig-zag motion. #archaeology #physics

👉 phys.org/news/2025-10-easter...

Easter Island's statues actually 'walked,' and physics backs it up

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground ...

phys.org

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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social · 2d

🌊🔵 Atmospheric molecules scatter blue light more than other colors, creating our blue sky and ocean reflections. #science #physics

👉 discoverwildscience.com/the-...

The Sky Isn’t Blue Because of the Ocean — It’s the Other Way Around - discoverwildscience

The sky isn’t blue because of the ocean—it's the other way around. Discover why light scattering makes the sky appear blue.

discoverwildscience.com