Author: Kinooze Learning
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The Royal Skeleton
Thanks to the DNA profiling it has been confirmed that the skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park belongs to English king Richard III. The bones matched the descendants from the king’s family. The bones are carbon dated back to 1455-1540 which confirms the history as the king died in a battle in 1485. The scientists are also working…
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Faster Than Felix?
Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier when he jumped from a balloon in October. Now the scientists have analysed his skydive video for a longer time and have determined that the Austrian reached a speed of 843.6 mph. This is 10 mph higher than what was earlier determined to be Felix’s speed in October.
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Who Invented School?
What!! Were schools also invented? Is that true? My parents went to school, their parents went to school, and their parents went to school too. Doesn’t that mean schools have been around since forever? Let us find out. The idea of passing knowledge in one way or the other has always been around with or…
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Our Oceans
What is so special on our planet Earth that it has life on it? What does it have that no other planet has? What is it that Mars might have had in past? Water!! Did you know that the first life on Earth originated in water. Our earth is made up of around 70 % of water. Just the…
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The Shiny Old Pen
(This is a very imaginative poem penned by Ansh. Just 11 years old, Ansh likes to review children’s books and has also written some short novels.) Here was a shiny pen, It wrote in the books of good men, It had a refillable system, Its first owner was Tim, It had written poems long and…
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Rain Profile from Mobile
Did you know that that rain absorbs and scatters mobile phone signals? Therefore, as more rain falls, signals become lower. So, the dip in mobile phone signals can give an idea about how much rain must have fallen. This modern technique to measure rainfall using mobile signals will be now implemented in United Kingdom. As of now, the amount of rainfall…
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Brilliant Brazil
Everybody is talking about brilliant Brazil these days. The country’s economy is developing fast and to add a few more jewels to its crown it is all set to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Do you know which continent Brazil lives in? Brazil covers almost half of South America and is the…
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Mary Leaky, the fossil explorer
Mary Leaky was a British archaeologist and anthropologist. She made a lot of valuable fossil discoveries around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. Mary discovered Proconsul skull, belonging to an extinct species of primates that existed from 23 to 5 million years ago. She also discovered skull of Zinjanthropus (name given to extinct early human species). Her findings…
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Fitness for Parents
This is a guest post by Ashma Gomber. Ashma is currently working with Hewlett Packard India. She is an electrical engineer by profession, an avid reader and a loving mother. It is wisely said that a healthy mind stays in a healthy body. Similarly, healthy parents bring up kids who will be healthy adults…
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Young Dolphin Saves The Day!
A large pod of dolphins had strayed into the shallow waters at Whalers Cove in Australia. They would have been in danger if one young dolphin did not make the distress calls. Why is being in the shallow waters dangerous? It is so because in shallow water they can get caught in a changing tide and…
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Curiosity Hammers a Martian Rock
Curiosity, the Mars rover has added another feather in its cap!! It was first robot to carry the technology to drill into the rocks . Now, it has become the first rover to ever hammer a Martian rock!! The robot tapped a flat slab of rock on Gale Crater, the same place where it had landed last year. The purpose of this exercise is to see whether the…
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Mr. Fat – Good or Bad?
Fats just like the name suggests, do make people fat, but only when eaten in more than the required quantity. Fats when eaten in moderate amount are an essential nutrient needed by your body. Fats are not healthy for your body if eaten in huge quantities. Oops! I forgot to tell you what fats are!!…