Author: Kinooze Learning
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Killer Whales Trapped in Hudson Bay
Killer whales, also called “orcas,” are the largest of the dolphins. Eleven killer whales have been trapped inside a frozen stretch in Hudson Bay. Usually, the whales are not supposed to be in these waters in January. Villagers from Inukjuak, a fishing village in Quebec, spotted them on Tuesday and said that the panicked whales are breathing…
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Have You Ever Tried?
Hey try doing these things, and you will find it impossible- To sneeze with your eyes open? To lick your own elbow? To count the stars in the sky? To make a pig look up in the sky? To speak “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” ? To make a horse vomit? yep horses cannot…
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Ice Floats on Saturn’s Moon
A new study by scientists on Nasa’s Cassini mission found that blocks of ice might decorate the surface of Titan. Hey wait, this ice is not made up of water but some other chemical called hydrocarbon. Now the question is if some kind of strange life form might exist that survives on “liquid hydrocarbon”. There…
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Why Does Hair Turn Grey?
Have you observed that your grandparents have lots of grey hair? In fact, that’s the case with all old people. Ever wonder where does hair color disappear as one grows older? Our hair is made up of two parts – Shaft and Root. The long shiny strings that grow out of our heads is shaft. Root…
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The Lazy Sleepers
All of us like to cuddle the pillow and sleep for long hours specially on the weekends, but are all of us lazy sleepers? Oh! No we are nowhere close to armadillos and sloths when it comes to sleeping. They take long beauty sleep which lasts for 15-20 hours in a day. Did you know…
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Korean Open Premier Super Series
India’s top badminton players Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and PV Sindhu have reached the second round of Korean Open Premier Super Series. Olympic bronze—medallist Saina, seeded third, started a little shaky but gave a tough time to her opponent Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand. The top seed shuttler Li is out of the tournament. Saina will most probably…
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Colors That Make All Other Colors
RED, YELLOW AND BLUE Did you know that most of the colors that you see around us are mixtures of two or more colors? The colors red, blue, and yellow when mixed create many other colors. But these three colors cannot be created from the other colors. In fact, red, blue and yellow when mixed in…
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Protests in China
Chinese government has imposed limitations on what gets published in newspapers or internet by its people. These mediums have often been used to expose corrupt government officials. Chinese citizens often voice their criticisms by writing on the internet. They also use it to collect big crowds to have mass protests. Many Chinese people are not happy and believe that the government…
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The Sky At Night
An imaginative Poem by our young reader Arusha who is eight years old. The sky is dark, But there is light in the park ! Guess how did the light come? It has come from the moon It hides when it is noon, To leave the sun to croon! One night out comes the moon,…
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Natural New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south western Pacific Ocean that has two main Islands ‒ North and South Island. They are separated by a narrow channel called Cook Strait, named after English captain James Cook. Australia is its nearest neighboring country. New Zealand some say is the piece of land that separated from the super continent millions of years ago. But another…
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Attack Of The Wolves
Yakutia, a region in Russia famous for reindeer pastures is now under the attack of the wolves. The region lies in the Sakha Republic, north eastern Russia. The attacks have increased so much that the state is under emergency. Thankfully, no human has been hurt in these attacks so far. Experts believe that the wolf packs…
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No Relief in Australia from Wildfires
Wildfires raged across Southeast Australia due to strong winds and temperature rising up to more than 45 degress celsius. Thousand of people have been left homeless. Wildfires started in Tasmania since Friday, the island state of Australia, damaging large areas of land and property in towns and villages. Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, visited wildfire-hit regions in Tasmania and asked…