This week, the 267 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church was elected. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become Pope Leo XIV. History was made with this selection as Pope Leo XIV is the very first American born Cardinal to become Pope. Pope Leo can speak FIVE languages and is said to like the puzzle game, Wordle. He also watched the recent movie, Conclave,about selecting a Pope.

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A new Disney park is to be build in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It will be built on Las Island and will open in a couple of years. In addition to the United States, you can walk around with Mickey Mouse at Disney theme parks in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and France!

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Scientist has discovered a new color but don't look for it in any crayon boxes as you can only see it using a laser. That is because the color is beyond the normal range of the human eye. Called "olo" , only five people has yet to see the blue-green color, similar to the color, teal. The new color was discovered at the University of California Berkeley, using a technique called OZ(from the Wizard of Oz). Interestingly, scientists say that the human eye can see almost 10 million shades of colors!

Photograph from Scientific American

An unusual marathon took place in Beijing, China, this week. In addition to humans, robots participated! It was called the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon. Instead of needing water stations, the robots had stations where they could get technical help and batteries. The over 10,000 humans did not race in the same area as the 21 robots, they had their own running track. None of the robots crossed the finish line before the human participants but Tiangong Ultra did well for his group of robots crossing the finish line in about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Photograph from Asia Times

>For the first time, a colossal squid was not only spotted but photographed! Colossal squids are very rare and are named because they can grow up to 23 ft. in length! They also can be as much as 1100 pounds! Found near the South Sandwich Islands, at the tip of South America and Antarctica, in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists believe the squid to be very young. It wasn't very large, just about one foot in length. Colossal squid are amazingly transparent but as they age, they lose some of the their see-through appearance.

Photograph from USA Today

Scientists at King's College In London, Great Britain, have grown a TOOTH in a lab. Using stem cells, it is the first time a human tooth has been grown. It is thought that one day, there will be no need for fillings or crowns, you just will have a "custom" grown tooth created for your mouth. The question for scientists is WHERE would you grow a new tooth, in your mouth or in a lab?

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About Gail:

I retired from teaching after 33 1/2 years in the classroom. Of that time, I taught Grade 6 Social Studies teacher for 31 1/2 years.I earned my BA in early secondary education with a concentration in social studies from SUNY Oneonta, New York, and my MST in social studies education from Binghamton University in New York. In 1988, I was awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from the New York State Council for the Social Studies. Additionally, in 1988, I was also awarded the Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award by the National Council for the Social Studies. I am the author of 8 books for teachers and over 35 books for children(Purple Turtle Series by Aadarsh Publishing and Odd History Series by Red Chair Press).

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