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In 1991, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stumbled into a fight with the American beef industry. A children’s alphabet book featuring the cartoon heroes warned about methane from cattle warming the planet and urged readers to eat less meat. The National Cattlemen’s Association made a big fuss out of it and Random House, the publisher of the book in question, agreed not to reprint it.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is taking a new role at the agency after making history as the first woman to fly near the moon during the Artemis II mission in April. Thirteen years after being selected as an astronaut, Koch plans to trade her spacesuit for a desk, NASA announced. The news comes about six months after Koch was part of the four-person Artemis II crew that rode a NASA spacecraft on a 10-day journey toward the moon. The mission marked a landmark moment in U. S. spaceflight, becoming not just the first crewed moon mission in half-a-century, but taking the astronauts farther from Earth than anyone had ever been. With Koch's announcement, all four of those astronauts have now stepped away from spaceflight to eye new career opportunities. Here's what to know about Koch, as well as what's next for the record-setting NASA astronaut. Rocket launches: Rocket launches due to surge in next decade across USArtemis II astronaut takes on new role at NASAEffective Nov. 1, Koch will become NASA's acting deputy chief engineer, NASA announced in an Oct. 13 press release. Koch will replace Katherine Van Hooser, who served in the role for 35 years.

With Halloween around the corner, here are some simple swaps to make your display a treat for the neighbourhood...without tricking our wildlife. Skip the stretchy, fake spider webs outdoors. Birds and bats can get tangled in them. Try window clings or indoor webs instead. Keep lighting low and warm. Avoid bright spotlights and flashing lights, and turn decorations off overnight. Secure your decorations. Loose strings, fishing line and dangling decorations can entangle wildlife or blow away. (Marta Czurylowicz/The Weather Network)To prevent potential fires, choose battery-operated candles or lights instead of open flames. Be mindful of noise and motion. Loud, startling props can disturb animals, especially at night. Clean up daily. Pick up loose plastic, check for fallen decorations and make sure nothing has become a hazard. When you're done with those gourds, diispose of them responsibly so they don't attract wildlife, potentially putting them in harm's way on roads or in spaces near humans. The goal is to keep things spooky for the neighbours, not dangerous for nature.

Atlantic Canada may be in for a rough middle of the or late week, with forecasters keeping a close eye on the formation of a nor'easter. A non-tropical, low-pressure system between the U. S. East Coast and Bermuda will meander for the next few days, and evolve into a hybrid system with some subtropical characteristics. DON'T MISS: Canada's Winter Sneak Peek: El Niño puts record warmth in playThis system is expected to intensify, track northeast, and may become a nor’easter for Atlantic Canada late week. Widespread winds and rainy conditions, especially for eastern Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, are possible. However, there is still a high amount of uncertainty right now. Here is what we know so far. Nor'easter in development this weekThe U. S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) has a 40 per cent chance of a storm-force, non-tropical low development along a frontal boundary. The area will continue to develop and remain near stationary for the early part of this week. Strong winds and surf expected to impact parts of the U. S. Eastern Seaboard, stretching from the Carolinas to New Jersey. Most showers will remain offshore, but could clip a swath of regions from Virginia to North Carolina