The Coldest City In The World!

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you may currently be experiencing cold winter temperatures. But, can you imagine living in a city where the average temperature is -58℉, and it’s night for 21 hours a day? Well the residents of Oymyakon, Siberia do just that! The town was named after the Oymyakon River and is now known as the world’s coldest permanently inhabited place, with five hundred permanent residents. It is built on permafrost, which means the ground is permanently frozen. During World War 2, an airfield was built over a patch of land to send American aircrafts to the Eastern...

In France, A Fight Over Nutella!

Last week, there were literally riots in French supermarkets as people jostled each other to get their hands on a jar of Nutella! It turns out that the retail store had announced very steep discounts on this chocolate-hazelnut delicacy loved by the French. The French government is investigating the incident and may put legal restrictions on how much food can be discounted. Meanwhile, we look at the history of Nutella. In Piedmont, Italy, after World War Two, a pastry maker ingeniously made a creamy and decadent paste out of hazelnuts, sugar, and cocoa. Pietro Ferrero molded this creation into...

China Goes Crazy Over A Frog Game

A new game is taking China by storm! You can find many people waiting anxiously for a frog to return from his travel or even just drop a postcard from the city he is visiting! The mobile phone game called Tabi Kaeru, or Traveling Frog by Hit-Point, was developed by the same company that also released the incredibly popular game Neko-Atsume in 2014. In fact, in the Apple App Store in China, the app has risen to the top of the free simulation game category! How is the game played? A frog sits in a stone hut, eating and reading while you collect clovers from the front yard. The clover is used to...

Musk Ox Face An Uncertain Future

Which animals come to mind when you think of the Arctic? Perhaps whales, polar bears, arctic fox, or reindeer... But there is one oft-overlooked animal -- the musk ox considered one of the largest land mammals of the Arctic. In fact, these animals roamed our planet at the same time as the mammoths and managed to survive the Ice Age. But now the animals are facing a new danger. Researchers have recently reported an alarming decline in musk ox population, a species currently classified as “least concern.” They have also discovered that musk ox calves are getting smaller, as their habitats...

Women March Across The US

January 21st, 2017 was the day it all began. Over 400,000 citizens of all races, backgrounds, sexualities, and genders came together to march their rights. The streets of Washington D.C. were packed with vivacious citizens for the first ever “Women’s March.” This event turned out to be the largest single-day protest in United States history. Since then, cities all over the country have joined in the march. Millions of daughters, mothers, sisters, and friends have been brought together to fight for their rights. The first rally was aimed towards President Trump and his standings but as of...

Keep The Noise Down; Save Birds!

2018 is a big year for the birds – not only is it the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, but National Geographic has also marked it as the Year of the Bird. To begin with, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone to use birds, or their nests, or eggs for profit. However, birds face other dangers to their population, such as noise pollution. A group of researchers at California Polytechnic State University have found a correlation between the birthing rates of western bluebirds and how close they are to areas with strong sources of noise pollution. Western...

Bats Drop Dead In Australian Heat

While the Northern Hemisphere is snowed in this winter, Australia faces a scorching summer coming out of its third-hottest year on record. With highs above 47 degrees Celsius, or 117 degrees Fahrenheit, plants and animals are dying off in droves. A myriad of factors is contributing to abnormal weather patterns in Australia, among them a particularly late La Niña (a climate pattern involving the cooling of Pacific waters) developing in late November. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology attributes the temperature rises in recent years to global climate change. And once the heatwave passes, the...

Oh My - This Deserves A Caption!

Recently, a plane in Turkey skidded off the runway, and came down a cliff. Literally a cliff hanger! But miraculously, the plane did not plunge into the sea, and noone was hurt badly. Now that everyone;s safe, the challenge for you is to create a funny or creative caption that describes this. The 3 most creative captions will be declared winners

 

There were many great captions, and the 3 best were:

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