✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • January 14, 2026

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Michael Cosentino
January 14th, 2026

Daily knowledge and wonder. Share it with a kid.

In today's science news: A new sugar that prevents calories 🦷, why car touchscreens are bad for driving 🚗, and was Homer's Odyssey a true story? 📜. Plus, more headlines after today's videos 👇

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✨🌈🪐 Today on TKSST

When lakes freeze or thaw, or where underground springs or river currents thin the ice, weak spots can form. How can you rescue yourself if you fall into the freezing cold water?

From the Rainforest Cafe to the Rainforest Alliance, red-eyed tree frogs have become ambassadors for tropical rainforest conservation.

 

🪐🧬🧠 Things we learned today

🦷 Scientists brew a new sugar that tastes real but stops cavities • Science Daily

🚗 Why your car’s touchscreen is making you a worse driver • ZME Science

⚡ In a first, scientists beam energy from a moving airplane • IEEE Spectrum

📜 Was the Odyssey a true story? • Greek Reporter

🧊 Is Mars the reason Earth has such dramatic Ice Ages? • New Atlas

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