Area 51 is having a big moment in the news right now. It’s the US' super-secret Air Force Base that most of the internet is weirdly obsessed with. Organisers have just cancelled the ‘storm Area 51-slash-alien music festival event thing’ that was supposed to happen next week, but that hasn't stopped some people from trying to get close to the place anyway. And let's just say it didn't end well for them. Mystery surrounds Area 51. That place where the U.S government is supposedly conducting experiments with space aliens. But there's absolutely no proof there's aliens there. A while ago someone thought it'd be funny to create a Facebook event to storm Area 51 on September 20. The joke quickly got out of hand with 2 million clicking attending and a music festival planned for the day. But now that event's been cancelled because organisers say they weren't prepared for such a huge crowd. It may also have a bit to do with the US government who didn't find the joke funny at all and released an official warning. You see Area 51 is still a top secret US military base and going near it is a serious offence. Two big YouTubers from the Netherlands found that out that hard way when they flew a drone over the site only to get arrested shortly after. So it looks like we won't be seeing any videos of the Area 51 Aliens that almost definitely don't exist.
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YOUNGEST PERSON TO ADDRESS UN
A 12 year old from the Northern Territory has become the youngest person to address members of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Dujuan and his family recently travelled to Geneva in Switzerland. Where he asked for something to be done about the way Indigenous children are treated in Australia. Go Dujuan!
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MOBILE PHONE BAN
Australia's Education Minister reckons it's about time all schools ban mobile phones during class time. Dan Tehan is at a big meeting today with ministers from all the states and territories. As well as a bunch of experts. They're talking about the links between mobile phones and cyber bullying and what can be done to protect kids from that kind of thing. Victoria's state schools will be introducing a ban on mobile phones next year and Mr Tehan thinks it'd be a positive thing for other states to get behind.
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WORM WEE
What's a good way for your school to raise money? Bake sale? Car wash? Well one Aussie school's really hit the jackpot with their idea to sell worm wee! Creative.
So how do worms make cash? Well it's got something to do with the food scraps these guys are feeding them. You see as the worms move through the soil they like to eat a lot munching through everything from kitchen scraps to dead leaves and what happens to all of their food? They make worm juice aka worm pee and poo! While it might sound disgusting, the worm wee is full of nutrients, something that plants find delicious and for these kids it is money in the bank.
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SHEEPDOG RESCUE
A little sheepdog in the US needed a helping hand after falling 18 METRES down a cliff! Luckily Oreo was hauled up by rescue crews suffering only very minor injuries including a bruised ego. If dogs have egos. Maybe that's cats?
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DOG SNEAKERS
Office Yager is ready to report for duty! An American police dog was given his own pair of sneakers to protect his paws on mission that take him through some dangerous conditions.
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SURFING DOGS
Dog took part in the annual dog surf-a-thon in sunny California! All up more than 80 dogs hit the surf.
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