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This egg-eater might have the biggest gulp of any snake its size

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This egg-eater might have the biggest gulp of any snake its size

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Newsela | Instructional Content Platform

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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Here are the top selling and most searched Halloween costumes of 2023

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Barbie, Mario, Wednesday Addams and more

Still haven't figured out what to wear for Halloween?

With so many options and ideas, it's hard to know WITCH one to GHOUL with.

Don't worry though, CBC Kids News has got you covered.

Whether you're looking to be on trend or are trying to avoid wearing the same thing as everyone else, here's what costume stores and Google said were the most sought-after costumes of 2023.

Top searches on Google

According to Google, searches for Barbie costumes have been on the rise.

Recently in Ontario, the number of searches for "Taylor Swift costume" increased by a lot (5,000 per cent) in a short period of time.

With the release of the Barbie movie back in July and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour making its rounds, it's not surprising to see these searches on the list.

Here's what Google said were the top searches under "kids Halloween costume" in the last 90 days:

Ghost costume.

Witch costume.

Skeleton costume.

Cat costume.

Bowser costume.

Amazon bestsellers

We took a look at Amazon's bestsellers in costumes, cosplay and accessories for 2023.

The page was full of all kinds of Super Mario costumes, which again isn't surprising considering the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie back in April.

Here's what turned up under bestsellers:

Super Mario and Luigi costume.

Inflatable dinosaur costume.

Grim Reaper costume.

Ash Ketchum costume.

Spiderman costume.

Where's Waldo costume.

Bestsellers according to Halloweencostumes.com

According to the Halloween costume retailer Halloweencostumes.com, the bestselling and most trending kids' costumes for 2023 are:

Now go out and get some candy!

We hope these lists have given you enough inspiration to throw together your own costume for trick-or-treating.

That is, if you trick-or-treat at all. Check out these streeters to see what some kids in Toronto, Ontario, thought:

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French Authorities Battle Bed Bug Infestation In Paris

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On Sunday, Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia shocked the running world by smashing the women’s world record for the marathon by over two minutes. Assefa finished the Berlin Marathon in just 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 53 seconds.

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Power Words
More About Power Words

behavior: The way something, often a person or other organism, acts towards others, or conducts itself.

canine: Members of the biological family of canids. These are carnivores and omnivores. The family includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals and coyotes.

context: The setting or circumstances that help explain an event, some statement or some conclusion.

data: Facts and/or statistics collected together for analysis but not necessarily organized in a way that gives them meaning. For digital information (the type stored by computers), those data typically are numbers stored in a binary code, portrayed as strings of zeros and ones.

social: (adj.) Relating to gatherings of people; a term for animals (or people) that prefer to exist in groups. (noun) A gathering of people, for instance those who belong to a club or other organization, for the purpose of enjoying each other's company.

Carolyn Wilke is a former staff writer at Science News Explores. She has a Ph.D. in environmental engineering. Carolyn enjoys writing about chemistry, microbes and the environment. She also loves playing with her cat.

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Analyze This: Some dogs quickly learn new words

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Two dogs picked up new words after hearing them a few times during play, but 20 other pets didn't fare so well at learning the names of new toys.

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Four researchers on Earth are spending a year on ‘Mars’

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A crew of four entered Mars Dune Alpha in Houston, Texas. They will remain isolated inside for a year, living and working as if on the Red Planet.

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The state of California is suing five of the world's biggest oil companies.

On September 15, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the civil lawsuit against Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and ExxonMobil.

The case accuses the companies of deceiving the public about fossil fuels' impact on climate, despite being aware of such risks for decades.

Let's take a closer look.

Undermining Climate Science

The lawsuit's defendants (oil companies) have a long history of publicly denying the effects of climate change. In 1959, oil executives were warned about the potential long-term impacts of fossil fuels on global warming.

Just three years later, however, Humble Oil, the company now known as ExxonMobil, deliberately cast doubt on this finding. One advertisement proclaimed: "Each day Humble supplies enough energy to melt 7 million tons of glacier!"

Since then, ExxonMobil conducted internal studies and obtained scientific evidence of climate change as early as 1979. Exxon's climate models were sometimes even more accurate than contemporary ones developed by scientists! Read more in this Youngzine article.

The other defendants in the lawsuit have continued to question the scientific consensus as well. They have suggested that Earth is cooling down rather than heating up. BP, in particular, first coined the concept of a carbon footprint in a marketing campaign that ran from 2003 to 2006. This displaced blame from oil executives onto consumers themselves, who were made to feel as if their lifestyles contributed more to global warming.

In addition, these companies have emphasized threats to the economy while downplaying global warming. Such marketing has even swayed prominent politicians.

Greenwashing Tactics

Contrary to what its name suggests, the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) is a representative for oil and gas companies along with other extractive industries.

In the 1990s, the GCC's marketing campaign appealed to America's future and criticized the ongoing Kyoto Protocol Negotiations. This pushed then-president George W. Bush to reject the Kyoto Protocol, which established an international treaty on reducing emissions.

More recently, oil companies have adopted flashy campaigns that point to greenwashing -- where the companies showcase a veneer of change while continuing their destructive practices. For instance, Shell claimed to have made major contributions to the development of clean energy sources. One ad shows an executive amidst solar and wind farms. In truth, from 2010 to 2018, 98.7% of Shell's investments have remained in oil and gas!

Meanwhile, BP's rebrand from "British Petroleum" to "Beyond Petroleum" masks deliberate disinformation and its claims that methane and natural gas are "clean" energy sources. These false claims hurt the credibility of real climate science and mislead policy discussions.

What Does the Lawsuit Entail?

In recent years, California has been hit especially hard by natural disasters -- from heatwaves to droughts and wildfires. Climate change has played a likely role in exacerbating these catastrophic events.

The lawsuit demands that the five companies foot the bill. Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta are seeking the creation of a recovery fund based on the companies' profits. Proceedings from this fund would go towards damages incurred by these natural disasters and the billions of dollars in government losses. Furthermore, they are looking to penalize oil companies for their long-standing deception of the public for their financial gain.

The case, which was filed in San Francisco Superior Court, is a sign that climate awareness is spurring influential institutions to action. The trials and the outcomes will be watched closely and could set a precedent for more such lawsuits.

Sources: NY Times, KQED, Guardian, NPR, Reuters, CA.gov

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Joanne Chang opened the first Flour bakery in 2000. Now there are nine locations, all in and around Boston, Massachusetts. TFK Kid Reporter Harper Carroll, who lives there, met Chang at Flour's original location to discuss the pastry chef's career.

KRISTIN TEIG

Tell us about your career path.

I studied math and economics at Harvard, then spent two years as a management consultant. I was baking and bringing stuff into the office, and I thought, "I wonder if there's a way I could work in food?" So I got a job in a restaurant. It was busy, it was hectic, it was intense. It was fulfilling: fun, stressful, but also rewarding. I continued to work in a restaurant, then a bakery. Eventually, I decided to open my own place.

How do you balance being a business owner and a chef?

I have a team that does the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts the basic tasks (noun) Our visit to the set gave us an idea of the nuts and bolts of making a movie. of the pastry chefing, so to speak. The balance is in trying to give them direction and guidance, then letting them show me what they can produce for the bakeries. The business part outweighs the pastry chef part, at this point.

KRISTIN TEIG

What's a typical workday like?

I try to get to two bakeries a day if possible, sometimes three. When I go in, I look at the counter. I talk to the staff, and ask the managers if there are any issues. I like to sit in the dining room and watch the team as I get caught up on work.

What do you look for in employees?

They have to be eager to work with the team. They have to love pastry or great hospitality hospitality serving guests; making guests feel welcome (noun) The hotel was known for its hospitality. or creating a great environment.

KRISTIN TEIG

Were you ever worried that Flour might not succeed?

The first year of Flour, I wasn't sure we'd be successful. We weren't losing money, but we weren't really making any money. It just felt like every day was a struggle, but, slowly, things started to click.

What is your proudest accomplishment?

That we are here in this bakery. It's 23 years old. The pastry counter is beautiful, and the guests are still getting a really warm greeting.

BRIAN SAMUELS

What advice would you give to kids who want a career in food?

Spend time in the kitchen at home. If you go out to eat, observe the jobs there are, not just in the kitchen. In hospitality, there are jobs in front service, in marketing, in accounting. There are many ways to be involved.

Do you prefer sweet or savory?

I definitely prefer sweet over savory, but I don't like things too sweet.
The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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On today's show, we'll learn about the one of the biggest animals to have ever existed. Then we'll meet an Indigenous teenager helping her community access swimming lessons. Staying in the water, we'll meet some deep-sea diving seals making scientific discoveries, before coming up for air to hear about Australia's first ever blind women's cricket team.

The fossils of an ancient whale have been unearthed in Peru, a country in South America. The creature is called Perucetus colossus, and it lived about 40 million years ago. It does look a bit strange - more like a manatee or seal than a whale, but it was absolutely ginormous. Scientists think that the colossal Perucetus whale was 20 metres long - that's almost as long as a tennis court... And weighed up to 340 tonnes. That's as heavy as two whole houses! It's not for sure just yet, but scientists say that would make it the heaviest animal in all of history - heavier than any dinosaurs, mammoths, blue whales, you name it! Because of its size, scientists think Perucetus would have moved really, really slowly. Some of the bones of the colossal Peruvian whale were dug up by palaeontologists in a coastal desert in the south of Peru. They were very excited about the discovery; They found 13 vertebrae, the back of its back bone, four ribs and one hip bone. Among the big mysteries that remain, though, is that they haven't yet found any teeth! Which means they're not sure what this giant of the seas ate and survived on. It seems there's still more work to be done for scientists to confirm their findings, and learn more about this ancient giant.

It is super important for people to know how to swim, especially in Australia where lots of us like to spend time splashing about in the water. One day, Gulidjan girl Piper Stewart was at swimming lessons at her local pool in the New South Wales town of Griffith, when she noticed that there weren't many other Indigenous kids at the pool. Piper's mum explained that swimming lessons can be expensive, and some of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander kids in the area couldn't afford them. So, Piper decided she had to do something. She created a charity called Bambigi - that's a Wiradjuri word that means 'to swim'. Through her charity, Piper raises money to help pay for swimming lessons for Indigenous kids. Since she started the charity five years ago, Bambigi has raised $40, 000 and helped more than 300 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children attend swimming lessons. Piper's efforts earned her an award - she was recently named Royal Lifesaving Australia's Young innovator of the Year. Piper says she's only just getting started and wants to expand the program to more places. Some of the Bambigi swimmers have gone on to compete in big competitions, and others have joined squads - a special extra swimming lesson for speedy swimmers. Most importantly, though, more Indigenous kids have the skills to splash about safely in the water.

The waters around Antarctica are icy cold and hard to explore. They're dark, deep, and covered by large sheets of ice that expand and shrink with the seasons. The big ice sheets have made it difficult for humans to map the waters below, because until recently it couldn't be done without breaking up the ice with large boats. So, some scientists have enlisted the help of some blubbery locals - seals. For the past 20 years, scientists have been attaching satellite tags to the seal's heads, so when the seals dive underwater to hunt or explore, the tags keep track of where they swim, and then send the information back to the scientists waiting above the surface. The seals were the perfect choice for the project! the scientists kept track of more than 500,000 seal dives, which helped paint a vivid picture of the places the seals were exploring. The scientists discovered that the seals were diving more than a kilometre deeper than where we thought the ocean floor was. It sure is. Using the information from the seals dives, scientists can now keep track of how the shape of the ice underwater changes over time. This information will be vital in understand the effects of climate change, and our changing world. Seals and scientists working together to map underwater worlds? I give this experiment my seal of approval.

Australia is celebrating the achievements of our first ever Women's blind cricket team! Cricket is a sport where one team bowls a ball at a wicket, and the other team hits it away with a bat. For blind cricket, a couple of changes are made to the rules so that people who have a vision-impairment can play. In blind cricket, the ball has little things called ball bearings in it that sounds a bit like this... [sound of ball rattling] That's so that it makes noise as it travels towards the batter, so that it's easier for people with low vision to keep track of where it is so they can give it a good whack. Blind cricket teams are made of athletes with different levels of vision impairment. Some players have low vision, and others are completely blind, so they have to communicate well with each other and develop a lot of trust as a team. Until recently, if a female person who was blind or vision impaired wanted to play cricket at a high level, they would have had to play on a men's team, but now Australia finally has a blind cricket team for women. The Aussie Women's Blind Cricket team recently competed at the International Blind Sports Federation games, and they came second! It was a great result for their first ever competition, and they say this is just the beginning. The players hope their success will inspire more people to give the sport a go.

Here's a not-so-fun fact for you: every piece of plastic ever made still exists on earth today, occasionally reused or repurposed into something else... but mostly sitting at a rubbish dump or, as litter in the natural environment. The plastic we use today takes hundreds, if not thousands of years to break down in the environment. But scientists are constantly working on ways to make plastic that is biodegradable. Biodegradable plastic means we could make it, use it, and then it would break down into nutrients for the soil so that new things could grow. And the latest things scientists are experimenting with to make biodegradable plastic is... dead flies! Flies have something in them called chitin. It's a type of sugar found in the shells and exoskeletons of some insects and crustaceans. Recently, scientists have been turning some chitin, taken from dead flies, into something called hydrogel, a plasticky substance that helps capture moisture in soil. Scientists think that it might be a way to make more sustainable plastics into the future!

Quiz Questions

1. 1.In which country did they find the fossils of Perucetus Colossus?

2. 2.What does the charity name 'bambigi' mean in Wiradjuri language?

3. 3.Is the ocean floor in Antarctica deeper or shallower than we thought?

4. 4.Did the Australian Blind Women's Cricket team come first, second or third at the competition?

5. 5.What's the word for something, like this plastic, that can break down in the environment?

Bonus Tricky Question

What's the special thing in flies that's being turned into plastic?

Answers

Bonus Tricky Answer

Chitin

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Music Takeover from Taylor Swift to Indigenous Artists

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Today on The Ten News
🤩 Ten'ers Naomi & Niah are talking all-things Taylor Swift from the Eras tour to the blockbuster Eras movie
🏈 Plus, a look at the Taylor Swift Effect & how her support for NFL star Travis Kelce is impacting his success
🎵 A Playlist Play off of Indigenous Music Artists with Corinne Catibayan
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