This week, we learned …
… that Nicaraguan sign language has fundamentally changed how linguists think. Read of the week!
What other nations have unique sign languages?
… Mary McLeod Bethune will be the first African American represented in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection.

Photograph by Gordon Parks, courtesy Library of Congress
… citizen scientists are collecting feathers to help researchers track Australia’s disappearing wetlands.

Photograph by Sam Abell, National Geographic
Find a birdy citizen science project of your own!
… OK Go has a teacher fanbase bringing their videos to class.
How do you use music in your classroom?
… most of the gold in the universe is the result of colliding neutron stars.

Photograph by Swiss Banker, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain!
How did astronomers discover these neutron-neutron collisions?
… conservationists are working to create a new national park in war-torn Iraq.

Photograph courtesy Max Pixel. CC-0
How did conservationists work to create a new national park in China?
… a city in Venezuela has launched its own currency.

Photograph by Jorge Andrés Paparoni Bruzual, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-2.0
What other nations have experienced skyrocketing inflation?
… kids’ doodles of scientists are revealing changing gender stereotypes.

Photograph courtesy Shutterstock
Here are six women in science your students should know!
… climate change is personal for Alaskan women.

Photograph by Erika Larsen, National Geographic
How well do you know your climate change vocabulary? Take our quick quiz to find out.
… sprinkles of salt could help cool the planet.

Image courtesy NASA/GSFC
How might salts interact with gases in Earth’s atmosphere?
… how to navigate the new Silk Roads.
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
Follow Paul Salopek as he traverses the old Silk Roads of Central Asia on the Out of Eden Walk.
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