The 2025 Major League Baseball season has only recently started. But already, it's got lots of people talking. But what they're talking about might come as a surprise - a strangely shaped bat, called a "torpedo bat". Some players believe the bat will help them hit more home runs.\
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A company called Colossal Biosciences has created thick-haired mice that they are calling "Colossal Woolly Mice". The mice, created by editing DNA, are meant to be a step toward the company's larger goal of recreating the extinct woolly mammoth. Not everyone thinks it's a great idea.
As a young child, Aaryan Shukla's parents learned that he was good with numbers. Like, really good. Now he's 14, and he recently set six new Guinness World Records in a single day - all for math problems that most people would need a calculator to solve.
Last May, Arizona got a new museum that focuses on something that many people find disgusting: poop. Not just any poop, but really old poop. So old, in fact, that it has turned into a fossil. The Poozeum is a collection of thousands of examples of "coprolites" - fossils made of poop.
Scientists have discovered that many species of birds-of-paradise have feathers that glow. Birds-of-paradise were already well-known for their very colorful feathers and the fancy dances they use to attract mates. The discovery suggests that the birds are even more striking than we knew.
On November 16, Nigel Richards once again won a world Scrabble championship. That may not seem surprising, since Mr. Richards has already won many Scrabble championships. But this Scrabble contest was in Spanish - a language Mr. Richards doesn't even speak.
Scientists have long known that elephants are clever. They can solve problems, they talk to each other, and they have long memories. But researchers were surprised at the way two Asian elephants recently showed off their understanding of an unusual tool - a hose.
David Rush has set out to break as many Guinness World Records as he can. Earlier this year, Mr. Rush broke his 181st record, giving him a new kind of record - the record for the most Guinness World Records held at the same time.
Scientists at Stanford University have found a way to make the skin of living mice turn clear. The trick is actually pretty simple - rubbing a common yellow food dye on the mouse's skin. The discovery could one day help doctors see inside human bodies without cutting them open.
On Monday, an unusual Major League Baseball (MLB) game took place in Boston. It was the second part of a game that started on June 26, but got rained out. Even stranger was the fact that the catcher, Danny Jansen, played for both teams during the game.
Casey McIntyre recently died of cancer. Before she passed away, Ms. McIntyre set up a way to help others. Now, over $600,000 has been donated in her memory, and that money will help to pay off around $60 million of other people's medical bills.