What’s A Fungus Eating Plastic Called?

The question is, “What’s a fungus eating plastic called?”

We generate several tons of waste a day and plastic’s the major pollutant and cannot be broken break down easily or in an environmental friendly way.

However, the answer to rid ourselves of this plastic pollutant may here already, as samples taken from a rubbish dump outside Islamabad in Pakistan showed a soil fungus feeding on plastic.

It’s called ‘Aspergillus Tubingensis.’

A fungus that lives in soil that seems to have a taste for plastic.

This is great news for the planet, but let’s hope it doesn’t get a taste for rubber.

“Great, there goes my wheels.”  (tyres for those who don’t get it)

It makes you wonder what the other funguses eat?

So, what do you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

The Somethingosaur

I read the children’s book called, ‘The Somethingosaur,’ last week.

This children’s picture book was written by Tony Mitton and illustrated by Russell Atto.

This delightful rhyming children’s picture book is about a lonely egg that hatches in a swamp.

What comes out of the egg is an unusual small creature that begins to search for his mum.

He travels high and low, and in the waste and the wild, until he finally finds her.

Now, he knows what type of creature he really is, and it wasn’t a Somethingosaur!

It’s a great book with a lovely story that children will like.

So, to find out what the small creature turned out to be, either read the book or watch it on YouTube. Then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

Is There An Electricity Accelerator On Jupiter?

The question is, “Is there an electricity accelerator on Jupiter?”

When we watch the natural light display of an aurora or northern lights as commonly known on Earth. We understand that they’re caused by electrically charged particles that are colliding with our planet Earth’s magnetic field.

Jupiter also showcases beautiful auroras. However, in September 2017 researchers detected a much a higher voltage in their light displays between 10 to 30 times higher than on Earth.

So, could we be looking at Jupiter all wrong?

Maybe it’s not just a planet.

Could it be a high voltage battery charger in space that can re-charge extra-terrestrial spacecrafts?

As UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects) and USO’s (Unidentified Submerged Objects) come to Earth frequently they must need to re-fuel with energy to continue their flight home.

But hey I’m no scientist, what do you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

The Heart and the Bottle

I read the children’s book called, ‘The Heart and the Bottle,’ yesterday afternoon.

This children’s picture book was written by Oliver Jeffers.

This delightful children’s picture book is about a small girl that’s curious about the world. She also likes finding new things.

A small girl’s curiosity gets the better of her when she finds an empty chair. It makes her sad.

She’s so sad that she puts her heart into a glass bottle and wears it round her neck, but then it changed her.

She wasn’t curious anymore.

That was until she met someone small. Then she decided to get her heart back, but she didn’t know how to remove it from the bottle for she was now grown and could no longer remember.

It’s a beautiful story that encourages us to remain curious to all things even as we get older.

The story has a lovely ending.

Are you curious enough to find out what happens next?

If so, then either read the book or watch it on YouTube. Then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

Do Transformer Robots Exist?

The question is, “Do transform robots exist?”

The answer to that question is yes, but only in a tiny format.

Created by MIT and inspired by Origami.

A tiny robot can change exoskeletons to move about. It can roll, walk, float and even glide.

It’s a great piece of technology, that could be used in space.

I hope that one-day similar technology in implemented in our homes.

Just think how handy it would be to have one piece of equipment in the kitchen that can transform from an oven to washing machine, or the bed transforming into a wardrobe.

Now that would be really neat and space saving.

So, what do you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk

Scaredy-Cat Spat

I read the children’s book called, ‘Scaredy-Cat Spat,’ yesterday.

This children’s picture book was written by Rob Scotton.

This delightful children’s picture book is about a cat called Spat.

Splat the cat is scared of everything, so when he finds a spider he gets very scared indeed.

His mum puts the spider in a jar to keep it safe and to show Splat that the spider’s not at all scary.

No longer afraid, Splat decides on taking the spider to school to show at the Halloween party. All of his friends will be in Halloween costumes and the teacher will be giving out a prize for the scariest cat.

But then, Splat breaks his costume.

Oh no, what’s he going to do?

Can his mum make him a new costume in time?

To find out what happens next, either read the book or watch it on YouTube. Then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

www.charmainingleton.uk