Manuela was sad and aggressive because she lost her mate. The zoo tried to make her happy by pairing her up with other animals and it didn't work because a donkey worked with her, but the other animals didn't work with her at all. The other animal is the lion cub because he got separated by his mom. That was resolved by the zoo gave the lion cub a friend too. The author believes that Shamba and the puppy may not be friends for life because when Shamba grows up, she might hurt the puppy.

What made Manuela sad and aggressive was that she lost her mate. The zoo tried to get Manuela a friend, like goats and other animals. It kinda worked because the other animals didn't work, but a donkey did. The other animal that had a similar issue was a lion cub that was separated from his mom. That was resolved by the zoo giving the lion cub a friend. The author believes that Shamba and the puppy may not be friends for life because when Shamba grows into an adult, Shamba might hurt the puppy.

1. One thing special about Thor's hammer is that it helps generate a magnetic field so strong that the hammer is impossible to lift when placed over a metallic surface. 2. Alan Pan built a real-life Thor hammer by, when a stranger tries to move the hammer, the first sensor relays the message to an Arduino Pro Mini computer, which in turn activates the electromagnet, making it impossible to lift. 3.He is the only one that's able to lift it because he began by placing an electromagnetic magnet obtained from a microwave inside a hammer shell.

1. Kristen Alyce's favorite material is trash. The designer thought of using it by how she saw how much waste she and her three college roommates generated on a daily basis. Her first dress was made of plastic bags and rolled magazines. 2. Kristen was inspired to start a commercial venture because she spent a week working at Couture Fashion Week in New York City. There she observed the excitement generated by new and vintage looks and decided to see if her unusual idea would result in as much enthusiasm. She started with 12 garbage-inspired dresses. Her company is called Garbage Gone Glam. 3. Kristen's outfits retail for $500 to $1,500 USD and as much as $2,000 USD. One thing the author is not clear about is if they can make you sick if it's clean or not or if it's comfortable. Critical Thinking Challenge : In my opinion Kristen's customers should be willing to pay so much for their outfits that are made of trash because it's an unique style.

Kristen Alyce's favorite material is trash. The designer thought about using it because she did not consider starting a commercial venture. Her first dress was made from trash. What inspired Kristen to start a commercial venture is when she spent a week working at Couture Fashion Week in New York City. She started with 12 garbage-inspired dresses. Her company is called, "Garbage Gone Glam was born!" Kristen's outfits retail to test her creativity. In my opinion, Kristen's customers shouldn't pay so much money for outfits made from trash because I like the dresses that I wear right now and I think it is kind of funny.

1. The Action Productions trying to determine with their experiment was to see if other people would help people in needing of help. 2. The three scenarios that were set up were an elderly lady with a cane contemplates how to climb stairs while lugging a heavy suitcase, a tired subway passenger places a sign on his chest requesting fellow passengers to wake him when the train arrives at a certain station, and an a classic case of a woman struggling with bags of groceries only to get one knocked down by a careless passerby. The result of each was that good Samaritans immediately came to the rescue. Each was a serenaded by an A Cappella choir. 3.They were pleasantly surprised with their outcome because those that live in small towns with close-knit communities. However, they were in this case because the residents of large metropolitan cities like London have a reputation for being aloof and uncaring. Critical Thinking Challenge: One thing that I do nice for others is to hold doors for them and it makes feel really good inside.

1. The apple tree in Ukraine is special because it is 220 years old and is 10,763 sq.feet and the last reason is that it has 18 trunks. 2. Scientist are surprised about the tree's behavior because is that while this method of reproduction is well-known for currant or gooseberry shrubs, it has never been seen in an apple tree before and is finding about another one of the kind of this tree. 3. Some legends is that is was planted by Prince Peter Sergeev to his wife who died at a very young age. Critical Thinking Challenge: The legend that out of the other two about the tree's behavior is that Prince Peter Sergeev planted it sbecause it's so old.

1. It's the 44th year that the International Balloon Fiesta been going on in Albuquerque. 2.The city ideal for the event is for the festival, due to a wind pattern known as 'the box' which makes it easier to navigate the giant balloons. The event that organizers have to cancel this year was the premier gas balloon race because of the temperature. 3. 500 balloons were participating in the event. There were dozens of states and almost 20 nations. Critical Thinking Challenge: It would be dangerous to race in a extremely windy conditions because the balloons would blow away and inside the balloons would get extremely hurt.

1. On Semptember 25th, Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan did is they recently had a newborn giant panda. Bei Bei means a precious treasure in Mandarin Chinese. 2. Bei Bei was born on Sunday, August 22th. What happened to hi that she was having a hard time handling the cubs that were hairless. Bei Bei's twin passed away on Wednesday, August 29th. 3. When Bei Bei turns four years old she will move away from her home and live somewhere else. There are only about 2,000 panda's alive. They said that only 1,600 in the wild and 376 in captivity. 4. It is important to send big panda's back to natural habitat is because so they can get enough food in China and they can move to a different home and live there.