When you're not sure whether it's going to be raining or sunny, it makes sense to always have a book to hand! If you need some ideas of what to read, then check out the ones that we read last month in our April recommendations post below.
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🚨NEW SCIENCE ALERT!🚨Our paper, led by Dr. Paul Sereno, is now available in @ScienceMagazine! We describe a new African #dinosaur species with a unique cranial crest—Spinosaurus mirabilis. See beautiful paleoart by @playerDNG on the cover!@NYITCOMResearch
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Due to weather, we now plan to fuel our Artemis II Moon rocket on Monday, Feb. 2, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With this adjustment, the earliest possible launch date is Sunday, Feb. 8. A launch date will be set after teams have reviewed the results of the wet dress rehearsal. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4rrJ9Xc
ALT NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher is seen at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth.
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I'll pick a random winner this Wednesday evening (Dec 10th) and post it out before Christmas. 👍
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It's our final recs post for 2025, so come see what we were reading over the last month! It was Non-Fiction November, so along with some actual non-fiction books, we chose stories that cover animal facts, mythology and more. Perfect seasonal gift ideas!
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Where does our food come from? 🥫 And what’s the impact it has on the environment? 🍃
Our #FeaturedNonFiction book pick, Hungry Planet by @TheClayborg, gives us a look at what goes into feeding the world and how food inequality affects people.
Read now: bit.ly/4n6v0wO
ALT Promotional graphic for the book "Hungry Planet." The cover features a graphic of two hands holding a globe with fruits and vegetables, set against a red and orange background with radial lines. Text next to the book provides details about the book's quiz number, interest level for middle years, ages 9 to 13, and Renaissance Accelerated Reader information.
ALT A spiral galaxy seen face-on. Its centre is a bright glowing yellow. The galaxy’s spiral arms contain sparkling blue stars, pink spots of star formation, and dark threads of dust that follow the arms.
ALT My photo shows a small Proto-Corinthian clay aryballos (perfumed-oil container) in the shape of an owl with a pouring hole in the tail. Height 5 cm, Width 6.4 cm. The owl is perched with its tail to the left and head to the right. It leans slightly forwards with head turned so that its large eyes face the viewer. The owl’s chest is painted black. The eyes and plummage are intricately detailed in black on a yellowy-cream slip. Three rows of feathers in the wing plumage are painted alternately in red and black. Dated c. 640 BC
The Cassini spacecraft captured a shot where Saturn's rings literally cut the image in half. The moons Mimas and Janus glow modestly above, and the graceful crescent of Tethys is below.
This is what order in chaos looks like when viewed from the right angle.
UGC 11105: A spiral galaxy's gentle glow captured by Hubble, nestled in the unimaginable vastness of Hercules constellation.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz)
"Explained through a series of graphic novel sections featuring different breeds of dogs, readers will love the fun comics and easily understandable explanations of sound."
-- Mom Read It, on DOGS DO SCIENCE: SOUND (@TheClayborg, Luke Séguin-Magee)
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