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Upside Foods stillneeds approval from the U.S.Department of Agriculture beforeits lab-grown chicken can make itto your plate. This past November,the FDA gave the green lightto lab-grown chicken made bythe California-based companyUpside Foods. --Kassidy Jack THE POWER OF PEE This bar graph shows the number of seagrass shoots that grew in eachset of study plots after 60 days. For the firsttime, the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) has decidedthat a lab-grown meat product issafe to eat. [Extracted from the article]

Researchers recently completed a series of experiments onthe International Space Station (ISS) exploring how theserounded flames behave in a near-weightless microgravityenvironment. These experiments canalso help scientists improve the efficiency of processeson Earth that rely on combustion--like furnaces and powerplants. Space Balls of FIRE When you light a candle on Earth, its flame rises intothe shape of a teardrop. [Extracted from the article]

2Types of skin-damagingultraviolet (UV) rays emitted bythe sun: UVA rays causewrinkles, and UVB rayscause sunburn and skin can 4,000 YEARS AGO:Earliest known useof sunglasses. Last year,the spacecraft officially crossed intothe sun's corona--the outermost layerof the star's atmosphere. TOUCHING THE SUN In April 2021, NASA's Parker SolarProbe became the first human-madeobject to "touch" the sun. [Extracted from the article]

SCIENCE NEWS BIOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY This past summer, archaeologists uncovered a troveof artifacts at an ancient burial site in northern Egypt. Therinds included more than 250 sarcophagi--ancient woodor stone coffins--containing well preserved mummies. [Extracted from the article]

From Gum to Wheels Designers Hugo Maupetit and Vivian Fischerhave transformed used gum into skateboardwheels in four sizes and three hardnesslevels. Maupetit and Fischer hope their project will encourageskateboard and chewing gum companies to create wheelsfrom waste on a bigger scale! French design students HugoMaupetit and Vivian Fischer wanted to keep used gum offsidewalks. [Extracted from the article]

Some wood lizards use their coloring tocommunicate", says Omar Torres-Carvajal,a reptile expert involved in the discovery. Newsblast LIFE SCIENCE Researchers in Peru recently discovered astriking species of wood lizard. The Feiruz wood lizards live in rainforests nearcroplands and cattle pastures. [Extracted from the article]

The map at right showsthe most commonmisspelling of everystate by its residents;the ones misspelled themost are shown in darkgreen. News & Trends GEOGRAPHY Ever struggle to spellthe name of your state? To come up withthe data, researchersanalyzed Google trendsto find out how manylocals searched for "Howto spell" and the state'sname in the past year. [Extracted from the article]

SOURCE: UFI 1 in 2 millionODDS of twins being born in separate yearsin the U.S. A California woman gave birth toone twin at 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2021,and the other at midnight on January 1, 2022.SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES $490,000AMOUNT a rare copy of thefirst Incredible Hulk comic,from 1962, sold for in January.In it, the superhero is depictedin his original gray, instead ofhis now-signature green. News & Trends 76 yearsAGE of a World War II soldier's letterthat was finally delivered to his widow inMassachusetts this winter. The letter was sentfrom Germany in 1945. [Extracted from the article]

For the first time, visitors from around the world canvirtually visit the birthplace of democracy, the ancient siteof Olympia, and experience history firsthand." Microsoftand the Greek government have partnered to digitallypreserve the city of Olympia--the original home of theOlympic Games--so anyone can virtually experience howit looked in its heyday more than 2,000 years ago. Usingexhaustive archaeological research and thousands ofcurrent photos, experts were able to re-create 27 ancientmonuments in painstaking detail, including the OlympicStadium and the temples of Zeus and Hera. [Extracted from the article]

Scientists willthen measure how the asteroid's trajectory changes. News & Trends SPACE Despite the Hollywood doomsday scenarios,the odds of an asteroid hitting Earthand doing major damage anytime soon areslim, experts say. In November, NASAlaunched a refrigerator-sized spacecraft that willslam into a small asteroid called Dimorphos at15,000 miles per hour this fall. [Extracted from the article]

Newsblast PHYSICAL SCIENCE Most paintings are made byapplying paint to canvas or wood. The researchers use computer programs andmirrors to direct the laser. Scientists used alaser to create amini metal versionof Vincent vanGogh's paintingThe Starry Night. laser paintingactual size:3 cm by 2 cm original paintingactual size:92.1 cm by 73.7 cm. [Extracted from the article]

The mitochondriain sea otters' muscle cells leak out excess energyin the form of heat, keeping the animals warm. Newsblast LIFE SCIENCE Sea otters spend most of their lives in waterthat can be as cold as 0°C (32°F). But sea otters don't have blubber. [Extracted from the article]

PHOTO (COLOR): ROBO-SHRIMP: This robot models the punch of the mantis shrimp. When its latch is released, a spring-loaded arm whips out at 93 kilometers (60 miles) per hour--nearly the same speed as the mantis shrimp's club. The peacock mantis shrimp delivers one of the strongest and fastest punches in the natural world. [Extracted from the article]

PHOTO (COLOR): ROLE MODELS: (top to bottom) The collection also Includes nurse Amy O'Sullivan, vaccinologlst Sarah Gilbert, Dr. Kirby White, Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz, and Dr. Jaqueline Goes de Jesus. This past summer, the Mattel toy company created six Barbie dolls to honor a group of women who worked tirelessly to help their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO (COLOR): MINI-ME: Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, a psychiatry resident from Toronto, Canada, poses with her one-of-a-kind doll. [Extracted from the article]

To keep used gum off sidewalks, French design students Hugo Maupetit and Vivian Fischer created a method to recycle it--into skateboard wheels! GUM-MADE WHEELS Hugo Maupetit and Vivian Fischer have transformed used gum into skateboard wheels in four sizes and three different levels of hardness. When people spit out globs of chewing gum, the gooey stuff tends to stick around. [Extracted from the article]

If you're afraid of heights, this restaurant isn't for you. But after Covid-19 caused a temporary closure, the restaurant created several four-person tables. Guests at Dinner in the Sky feast on meals made by top chefs 164 feet above the city of Brussels, Belgium. [Extracted from the article]