The wedding day is one of the most exciting days in a couple’s life, but it can also be stressful. The bride and groom have to decide what to wear. 

Queen Victoria of England started the tradition of wearing a white dress more than 170 years ago. She wasn’t the first to wear a white wedding dress, but she made it more popular than the typical red dress of the time.

While wearing white is traditional in most English-speaking countries, in Ireland the bride should wear blue because it is considered good luck. In Scotland it’s often the men who wear more colourful clothes called ‘kilts’, which are worn to represent their family. Some of the most common colours are red, blue and green.

Across the world, weddings are a rainbow of colour. Chinese couples often choose red because it represents joy and luck. In India red and white are worn because it’s believed that these colours bring wealth and a large family. Weddings in Africa are colourful celebrations. Nigerian men and women wear bright clothes called aso-ebi, meaning ‘family cloth.’ In Morocco the tradition is to wear yellow and green. There, yellow warns away evil spirits, and green brings good luck.

From white to red and all the colours of the rainbow in between, couples all over the world choose different but colourful clothes for their wedding day.

Changing School Days for Adolescents
For most adolescents, getting up in the morning is difficult; they feel tired, they move slowly, and they act like zombies. At school they often fall asleep. This makes the teachers angry and the teens embarrassed.

According to scientists, adolescents need eight to ten hours of sleep every night to feel rested and perform effectively. But getting enough sleep isn’t easy for adolescents. Their body clocks are changing, which affects their natural sleep cycle. They usually stay up late at night. In the morning, they have to get up early to go to school. As a result, they rarely get a good night’s sleep.

What can schools do to help? A school in London, England, changed the schedule for 16–18-year-olds. Students started and finished the school day an hour later than before. As a result, students slept more and got better grades. More sleep made students more sociable and more confident. They even enjoyed going to school.

Researchers from Oxford University will conduct a Teensleep Study with a hundred schools across Britain. In the study, teenagers will start school later, have classes about sleep, and learn how some changes in their bedrooms can improve their sleep. So, who knows? After the results of this study, students might go from being zombies to being model students!

Goddio’s Discovery

In 2000 underwater archaeologist Dr. Franck Goddio set off on an expedition. He was looking for shipwrecks off the coast of Egypt, near Alexandria. In his attempt to find shipwrecks, he discovered something much more important– remains of the lost city of Heracleion.

Until this discovery, many people didn’t believe the city existed at all. Yet Dr. Franck Goddio’s expedition found ships, gold coins, statues, stone carvings, and even a temple that disappeared 1,200 years ago.

Also, the many underwater canals at the site proved that the city used to be a very important place for trade. Experts think that Heracleion used to control all the shipping through Egypt.

Remarkable Water Creatures
Animals come in all shapes and sizes. Those that live in or near water make up some of the most remarkable creatures. Here are three of them:

Mudskipper fish
The mudskipper is one of the few fish that thrives out of water. They spend most of their time in mud. They have adapted their fins so they can walk, jump, and climb trees. Mudskipper fish breathe oxygen through water that they store in their mouth and skin so they can live out of the water. They’re quite athletic out of the water. To attract a female, the male can jump as high as 50 cm. (20 in.).

Basilisk lizard
The basilisk lizard typically lives in trees near water. When a snake or bird tries to kill it, the basilisk drops from the tree into the water and runs away. It can run on the water’s surface at a speed of 1.5 m. (5 ft.) per second.

Horned frog
Horned frogs live in rivers and ponds in the rain forests. The frog gets its name from its appearance. The position of its eyes makes it look like it has horns. This, however, isn’t its most remarkable feature. Its sticky tongue is. When small animals get too close, the horned frog shoots out its sticky tongue to catch them. Once caught, the frog can lift animals heavier than itself with just its tongue.

Insects anyone?
There’s a popular saying: We eat with our eyes. This may be why so few people choose to eat insects – they think insects are ugly creatures. Yet, there are many good reasons to eat insects. They are more nutritious than other meats, and they don't have diseases that people can get from animals.

If we increase the number of insects and decrease the amount of meat we eat, we will be healthier. We need much less space and less food to farm insects than to raise cows or sheep. Also, there are over 1,000 edible insects all around the world, and you can cook them any way you want: boil, steam, fry, grill or bake.

Finally, the most shocking of all is that you are already eating them. Insects are in many foods you buy from the supermarket. For example, a bar of chocolate may have 60 insect parts per 100 grams in it. And, if you already eat them, why not have more? Many people even say they are tasty.