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I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, February 26th, 2025.
And we begin with a lunar lander with a spooky name zeroing in on the moon.
As of this morning, Blue Ghost is in low orbit taking amazing photos of craters as it gets ready for touchdown near an ancient volcano on Sunday.
The spacecraft belongs to the private company Firefly Aeronautics, which is helping NASA with its Artemis plans.
After landing, Blue Ghost will carry out 10 experiments to collect samples, measure electric and magnetic fields, and pave the way for the eventual arrival of astronauts.
The mission, known as Space Riders in the Sky, will last a total of one lunar day, which is the same as 14 Earth days.
Before lunar night on March 16th, when it'll be too cold for the lander to continue functioning, engineers hope to capture sunset on the moon and verify the dust levitation phenomenon which happens when lunar dust appears to float just above the surface.
The phenomenon was first observed by astronauts in the Apollo era.
Football's Tush Push, the play made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles now has a formal challenge.
It's been the subject of scrutiny for a while, but yesterday the Green Bay Packers filed official paperwork with the league to get it banned.
For those unfamiliar with it, the push is a short -yardage quarterback sneak with other players shoving him forward from behind.
The Super Bowl -winning Eagles use it the most, followed by Buffalo and, with a twist, the Ravens.
The earliest the proposal could come to a vote is next month when NFL owners have their annual meeting.
24 of the 32 owners would have to agree to ban it.
An amazing story from the animal kingdom.
Researchers at USC and Southern California have documented mice acting as caregivers to their comrades.
For the purposes of the study, scientists gave some rodents anesthesia, then watched as alert mice tried to revive them.
The concerned mice start by pawing and gently biting at the face of the immobilized mouse, then move on to pulling out its tongue, just like humans do when they're trying to clear another person's airway during CPR.
The mice took their first aid to that extent over 50 % of the time.
Interestingly, mice spent more time attending to their mice friends than they did to mice strangers.
That record -breaking measles outbreak in Texas is now up to at least 124 cases, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, more than double what it was a week ago and may have jumped the border into New Mexico.
Most of the sick are between five and 17 years old and almost all are unvaccinated.
The outbreak is reportedly the worst in the state's history in almost 30 years and has forced some schools to close.
Measles is highly contagious, spreads through coughing, sneezing, and breathing the same air as someone infected, can linger in air or on surfaces for up to two hours, and one person can infect 9 out of 10 close contacts if those contacts are unvaccinated.
And that has experts worried, as one advocate for immunization believes this is the tip of the iceberg.
I think this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
New evidence that the key to being more happy is less internet.
According to researchers, participants who surfed at school or work but used an internet blocker on their phones for two weeks reported a significant boost to their mental health and well -being.
Lead author Adrian Ward said his big question was, with the introduction of smartphones, have we psychologically adapted to deal with constant connection to everything all the time?
The data suggests that we are not.
Interestingly, many of the participants couldn't even make it through the study.
Of the 467 who committed to blocking mobile internet for two weeks, only 119 kept it active for at least 10 days.
Still to come, a surprising message found inside a vintage eagle's jacket.
But first, today's Kid News quiz.
One day on the moon is equal to how many on Earth?
14. The Green Bay Packers want which controversial football play banned?
The Tush Push, made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles.
USC researchers have documented mice doing what?
trying to revive other mice according to the texas department of state health services how many people are infected in texas's measles outbreak at least 124 in today's kid news kicker philadelphia fans are paying it forward When Amy Rannebarger was leaving the Super Bowl victory parade earlier this month,
she saw an original vintage Eagles jacket hanging on a light post, the owner nowhere to be found.
Taped inside a note, if found, do not return.
This jacket belongs to you.
The anonymous message then continued, I found this jacket on the night of the Super Bowl in 2018, and it only felt right to release back into the city when the Eagles won again.
Enjoy the jacket. I hope you get the opportunity to release it back into the world with another Super Bowl win soon.
Go Birds! Amy posted the jacket and note on Facebook and says she intends to do exactly as instructed.
Before we go, we want to celebrate our teachers.
Mrs. Pishos and her Missals at Chadwick Milledgeville in Milledgeville, Illinois.
Mrs. Dye and her STS Knights at St.
Timothy Catholic School in Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Green's Wildcats at Columbia Falls Junior High in Columbia Falls, Montana.
And Ms. Casey, who's Mountain Lions Roar at McGee in Lewiston, Idaho.
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