✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • December 18, 2025

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Michael Cosentino
December 18th, 2025

Daily knowledge and wonder. Share it with a kid.

In today's science news: Why your next veggie burger could be made from carrot waste 🥕, what happened when 1,000 AIs built a Minecraft village 🧱, and why mistletoe is a.k.a. "dung on a twig" 🌿. Plus, more headlines after today's videos 👇

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✨🌈🪐 Today on TKSST

In Japan, professional gift wrappers can complete intricate wraps with ribbons in 13 seconds while serving thousands of customers daily.

 

Photographer Carole Turek is on a quest to photograph every hummingbird species on Earth. She's captured over 270 of the 366 species so far.

 

🪐🧬🧠 Things we learned today

🥕 A new protein grown from carrot waste is a hit with taste testers • Sci Tech Daily 

🧱 1,000 AI agents built a Minecraft society with its own economy, government, and religion • BBC Science Focus

🌿 Why mistletoe is historically known as "dung on a twig" • Popular Science

📸 2025's best science images from tardigrade tattoos to red lightning • Nature

🥦 An analysis across 18 countries shows that well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets can meet children's nutritional needs • Sci Tech Daily

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