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Animal of the week
Pigs can play video games with a joystick
Pigs have played simple joystick games in research labs, moving a cursor to hit targets — something scientists thought only primates could do.
Plant food of the week
Where it grows: On tall stalks that keep making new leaves, even in frost.
What it gives you: Calcium for bones, vitamin K and a big sparkle of vitamin C.
Try it: Rub the leaves with a little oil and bake them into crispy kale chips.
✨ Kale tastes sweeter after a cold night — the plant makes sugar to protect itself.
Science corner
Protein is made of 20 building blocks called amino acids. Beans are rich in lysine, grains are rich in methionine. Put them together — like beans on toast — and your body has every block it needs.
Pick a food to start building.
Rescue
A sanctuary in Devon welcomed two young calves who now have twelve acres, a mud wallow and a herd of friends. Staff say they nap nose-to-nose every afternoon.
Habitat
Volunteers planted 40,000 trees to reconnect two forests, so elephants, deer and birds can travel between them without crossing farmland.
Law
After reviewing 300 studies, scientists concluded that octopuses, crabs and lobsters feel pain — and several countries updated their animal welfare laws to include them.
Young changemaker spotlight
Wrote and illustrated a mini-book about hens for her local library after visiting a sanctuary.
“People do not know hens have names for things. I wanted to tell them.”
💡 You could try this: Write three animal facts on a card and put it up where your family will see it.
A wobbly new friend turns up at the sanctuary kitchen and nobody knows what he is. Starring Clara, Pip & Toby.
“Wheee! Hello world!”— Toby
A small white cube bounces off the kitchen shelf and lands in the meadow.
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Odd one out
Which food does NOT grow underground?