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Did you know that this Sunday is winter solstice?
That's the longest night of the year.
Scientists also think it's the perfect opportunity
to measure light pollution,
and they want your help.
LEELA: Light pollution
is the presence of artificial light in the night environment.
Oh! Lucky I only use my torch during the day.
While it makes our lives easier,
our human-made light can create some big problems.
Many nocturnal species have adapted to use the cover of natural darkness
to carry out important activities, like feeding and migrating.
When we introduce artificial light, it can impact on these species.
It doesn't just affect animals.
Light pollution can keep you up past your bedtime, waste electricity,
and make astronomy harder.
If you've ever struggled to find the Southern Cross from your backyard,
you're not alone.
Scientists say here in Australia we don't actually know that much
about how light pollution affects us, and they want to change that.
So this Sunday on the longest night of the year, they want you to help
map it across the country, and attempt a world record!
The aim is to have as many people as possible do some online activities
and step outside to record how many stars
they can see around the Milky Way and the Southern Cross.
Scientists will then use that info to create a map
of Australia's darkest skies.
So, will you brave the cold and look up at the stars?
It's a little bright still.
Maybe I should wait until night-time. I don't know.
University fees are about to change in a big, big way.
Some degrees are getting a lot more expensive from next year,
like in humanities and communications,
while others in areas where there's more likely to be work
for future graduates will get cheaper,
in order to encourage people to study them.
They include:
Simone Biles has just debuted a move that's never been done before.
The five-time world champ has been training hard in lockdown,
posting this video to Instagram
of a triple twisting double back off the balance beam.
Yeah, we're impressed.
It's also the first footage she's treated fans to
since we found out the Tokyo Olympics are being postponed.
It's Refugee Week, an opportunity to learn
more about refugees in Australia and some of the issues they face.
So, some students from Perth
are asked soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi about his story
and what it's like being a refugee.
When I come to Australia, it was feeling...lonely.
I miss my family and my own country.
CHARLOTTE: These kids from Bannister Creek Primary School in Perth
had a pretty special virtual visitor to their classroom for Refugee Week.
Hakeem al-Araibi was a professional soccer player for the Bahrain
national football team, and came to Australia in 2014 as a refugee.
But in 2018, he was arrested while he was on his honeymoon in Thailand
for a crime authorities said he committed in his home country,
and something Hakeem says he didn't do.
It spiked a massive campaign,
led by former Socceroos captain Craig Foster,
which brought him back to Australia.
Craig Foster was there to answer questions too.
When you first heard about Hakeem:
When I first heard about Hakeem, I thought,
"Oh, gee, he's just a young man, and he needs our help."
And that's, you know, what being welcoming to asylum seekers,
refugees and everyone is all about.
Hakeem's back at training, preparing for his first game after lockdown.
And these guys say they've learnt a lot from talking to him
during Refugee Week.
ALL: Bye!
For this next segment, I won't be sitting in the middle.
I'll be sitting right here, because why not?
Like these baby otters, Bubble and Squeak.
For the first time ever, they got to explore their habitat at London Zoo
after spending the first few months of their lives inside a cosy holt.
That's an otter den, by the way.
And don't worry,
I'm sure that's just the way parent otters like to carry baby otters.
Fortnite Splashdown has splash landed.
It's the latest chapter in the massive multiplayer online game,
bringing with it a focus on water battles,
and for the first time ever, sharks!
Players can choose to loot them or even ride them like a jet ski.
And finally, here's a weird TikTok trend
that you'll either love or hate.
People have been leaving their cereal in the freezer and then eating it,
claiming it tastes better and makes the cereal more crunchy.
I prefer toast.
Frozen toast.