SciShow talks about locusts and how they pretty much have disappeared in North America.

Locusts are a huge agricultural pest…except in North America. What happened to the Rocky Mountain locusts that once swarmed this continent? Researchers think that the colonization of the North American West might have had something to do with their disappearance.

• Today is International Polar Bear Day
  International Polar Bear Day on February 27 raises awareness on the issues facing polar bears and the ways in which we can reduce our carbon … Today is International Polar Bear Day Rod WashingtonRod is a blogger, writer, filmmaker, photographer, daydreamer who likes to cook. Rod produces and directs the web series, CUPIC: Diary of… Read more: Today is International Polar Bear Day
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  Scientists discover what was on the menu of the first dinosaurs
  The earliest dinosaurs included carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species, according to a team of University of Bristol palaeobiologists.
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  NASA Confirms Discovery of Challenger Debris
  According to a NASA press release, NASA leaders recently viewed footage of an underwater dive off the East coast of Florida, and they confirm it depicts an artifact from the space shuttle Challenger.  TNCRod Washington:  Rod is a blogger, writer, filmmaker, photographer, daydreamer who likes to cook. Rod produces and directs the web series, CUPIC: Diary… Read more: NASA Confirms Discovery of Challenger Debris
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  SpaceX lit up the Sky last night with a Starlink Launch from Vandenberg
  SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California… The rocket launch produced a spectacular sight in … SpaceX lit up the Sky last night with a Starlink Launch from Vandenberg Rod WashingtonRod is a blogger, writer, filmmaker, photographer, daydreamer who likes to cook. Rod produces and directs the… Read more: SpaceX lit up the Sky last night with a Starlink Launch from Vandenberg
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  Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?
  Newswise — Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels. Demand-side factors, such as changes in social norms, can also help by creating political pressure… Read more: Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

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