23/01/2018 Newsround

Hey, guys.

Ricky here with your

Tuesday Newsround.

First up, it's the most important

night for movie makers - The Oscars.

Also called the Academy Awards,

they recognise the best films

of the year, and the nominations

are out today.

Has your favourite made the cut?

The Oscars. Celebrating the best of

Hollywood. One of the most popular

categories is the best animation

feature, and denominations are Coco,

all about a 12-year-old Mexican boy

who dreams of becoming a musician.

It is up against D. Surprisingly,

though, no nomination for Despicable

Me three.

Me three. Disney's Beauty and the

Beast is also up for nomination.

Harry's Styles Dunkirk has been

nominated for eight awards. Star

Wars The Last Jedi also has some

nominations. We will find out who

has won on Sunday the 4th of March.

Tennis now and Kyle Edmunds has made

it into the last four of one

of the biggest tennis tournaments

in the world.

The British number two

beat Grigor Dimitrov

in the Australian Open and will play

in a semi-final on Thursday morning.

I am loving it right now. Just the

way I'm playing. I'm 23 years old

and this is my first grand slam

semifinal. You don't do that every

day. So I just tried to enjoy it as

much as possible.

Now, when you get hungry,

do you ever feel like you just can't

get hold of your food quick enough?

Well, these crafty crows

have figured out a way

to let them do just that.

It is tea-time. I fancy some spiders

and some grubs. Not me, silly! I'm

talking about the crows. But what on

earth are they doing with those

tweaks? Some plumbing? It turns out

they are picking away at the fibres

to make a sharp, lookalike

instrument. It means they can stick

it into places like tree holes to

capture their prey more easily.

Scientists have carried out an

experiment with the crows and found

that when they use these tools, they

are ten times faster at getting

their snack than using just a simple

twig. Animals making tools is a

pretty big deal. Scientists are

pretty excited. There is no messing

with these clever crows, is there?

And although making tools is pretty

unusual, they're not the only animal

doing it. Chimpanzees use sticks as

tools and these sea otters use

hammers to crack open shellfish.

Even elephants are at it, using

branches to get flies of them. I'm

impressed, but I'm still grateful

for my knife and fork, to be honest.

Next, millions of people around

the world are obsessed with slime.

But 16-year-old Alyssa

is a slime superstar.

Check this out!

I think slam has become so popular

because it is creative and it is

interesting and it is a little

different from what we usually see.

I actually try to stick my flying

making only to the weekends because

during the week I'm really busy at

school. I'd be making it for ever,

since I was little, with my mum,

sometimes in science classes. The

basic component is your blue base

and your PVA glue and then your

activator concepts of laundry

detergent. A surprising ingredient

is shaving cream because it usually

makes it super fluffy and fun to

play with. A big thing with my page

is like to have a lot of variety. I

don't stick to one type of Slime.

People may think this is crazy. I

have some pigments and micro beads

and ingredients that I buy online.

Lotion, contact lens lotion, shaving

cream. I just think that people find

it intriguing and it's really

satisfying. Satisfying is probably

one of the biggest things people say

about Slime.

That's it from me, Newsround's

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