Scientists Revive 1,500-Year-Old Moss and Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories

• Scientists have revived 1,500-year-old moss as part of "resurrection ecology" research. They took core samples from the layers of frozen moss on an island off the coast of Antarctica, the New York Times reports.

• Microsoft Office for iPad may be unveiled this month at press appearance with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

• An American soldier in the National Guard has been arrested on terror charges. ABC reports that Private Nicholas Teausant, 20, planned to move to Syria to become the commander of a group linked to al Qaeda. Unbeknownst to him, Teausant's longtime confidante was a paid FBI informant. Read more...