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It's Friday - and here's what's going on in the world today... | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Keep watching Newsround for all of this. | :00:08. | :00:09. | |
We meet the insects getting some tiny glasses. | :00:10. | :00:11. | |
And from tiny glasses to a tiny Rhino. | :00:12. | :00:23. | |
First up, there has been more flooding in Scotland. | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
The river Don in Aberdeenshire burst it's banks over night and many | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
people have had to be evacuated to safe places. | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
The surrounding areas have also been affected and there are still two | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
Rescue efforts have not been helped by really low temperatures and snow. | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
Next, Tim Peake, the first British astronaut to live on board | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
the International Space Station, is enjoying life in orbit. | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
Today he'll take time out of his busy schedule to speak | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
to kids at a school in St Albans about his time in space so far. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
Good morning. High, Martin. We are nervous here because in one hour, | :00:55. | :01:07. | |
these guys will make one of the biggest phone calls of their life. | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
They will contact astronaut Tim Peake in space at the International | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
Space Station. It is not just a matter of calling a mobile, it is | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
trickier than that. Tim Peake is travelling 250 miles above the | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
Earth. He will only pass this spot for approximately ten minutes, so it | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
is a tough feat. But Jay has been doing loads of training. I sent an | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
e-mail to my head teacher and got the position and took an exam so I | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
could operate radio equipment. You have a space contacting licence now. | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
We only had a few days to do it. It is really compensated. It is all | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
about the ionosphere and thinks. Fingers crossed. Comeback at 815 and | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
we will hear from Tim Peake and these guys about what questions they | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
will ask him. We cannot wait. Thank you. | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Lots of you this week would have taken down your Christmas tree | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
but if you have a real tree, what should you do with it? | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
We've been looking into ways to recycle our trees. | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
There's nothing quite like the magic of a Christmas tree but come | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
the start of January, a good way to put your tree to use | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
in Greater Manchester to see what happens next. | :02:23. | :02:35. | |
These trees have been taken from peoples houses and over | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
there is household waste - but because of that it really | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
But the good thing is these trees will be broken down in these big | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
machines next to me and eventually made into compost. | :02:53. | :03:05. | |
As well as compost, trees can be made into wood chippings that can be | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
it could even be replanted in your back garden. | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
The Carbon Trust, who are an environmental organisation, | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
say that all these options are better than trees ending up | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
in our non-recyclable waste, where they would decompose. | :03:22. | :03:33. | |
We're interested to see which kind of trees are better for the | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
environment. If real trees are better, artificial trees are made of | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
plastic, which is a carbon intensive process and they are often made far | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
away in places like China and have to be shipped over a year. More | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
people are cycling Christmas trees because they are more aware of the | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
fact it is a good thing to do. Local Government are providing much better | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
facilities, like this one. You can turn your Christmas tree into | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
something new. This is what the trees I have seen today will end up | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
as. Bags of compost that can be used in gardens and parks. They may even | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
be used to grow more Christmas trees. | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Praying mantises have been treated to a trip to an insect cinema | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
by scientists hoping to develop better robots. | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
The team from Newcastle University fitted the mantises with tiny 3D | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
The creatures were shown images of bugs, but they only pounced | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Harmless beeswax was used to attach the miniature specs | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
The research could be used in developing robots that are better | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
Finally, take a look at this seriously cute calf! | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
The little creature's a one-horned rhinoceros, | :04:41. | :04:41. | |
a rare species because of poaching and habitat loss. | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
The tiny rhino was born in December at a zoo in Belgium. | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
It'll be staying indoors until weather gets a bit warmer. | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
Newsround's back right here in about half an hour. | :04:50. | :04:56. |