Author: Kinooze Learning
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How Do We Know A Storm Is Coming?
All of us hear about the storms or the typhoons that are going to hit us, but how do we get to know before it arrives. Are there some fortune tellers in the weather forecasting team? Is someone reading the stars by looking at their position? Well, these methods were used in the past, but…
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Powerful Earthquake hits Japan
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday evening. Thankfully, it caused little damage. The buildings in Tokyo wobbled for a few minutes and only some minor injuries have been reported. This earthquake is nothing compared to the huge 2011 earthquake of magnitude 9 that killed more than 19,000 people in Japan. It…
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Indian Olympic Association suspended by IOC
International Olympic Committee(IOC) suspended Indian Olympic Association(IOA) because it was not happy with the top officers of the association. The suspension means the IOC will no longer fund India and its officials will not be able to attend its meetings. Indian athletes will not be eligible for IOC scholarships and cannot take part in international meets…
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Alastair Cook creates History
English cricketer Alastair Cook created history by scoring his 23rd Test century, the most by an Englishman. Cook remained unbeaten on a brilliant score of 136. His team made 216 runs for one at close on the second day on Thursday. This is also skipper Cook’s third consecutive century in the series against India. England seems to…
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The Beautiful Cake
(This emotional story is written by our seven year old reader Rhea) Tiara wanted to do something extraordinary for her mother today. It was a special day after all. It was Mother’s Day. After rejecting the not so novel idea of making a card – something that she did every year, she thought of doing something…
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Shoes – Now and Then
Shoe shopping time is an enormous task. Isn’t it? First of all, we decide what type of shoes we want – sandals, sports shoes, boots, slippers, slip-ons etc. Then, we move on to decide which one looks nicest – the green one or the black one, the brown one or pink or purple. The final deciding factor being comfort! Thousands…
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Google Keeping An Eye On Endangered Species
Beware poachers, drones could soon be helping protect rhinos, tigers and elephants in Africa and Asia. Google funded the World Wildlife Fund a grant of $5 million to develop sensors to help protect endangered species. The WWF said poaching of endangered animals is devastating on their population, which are being conserved, for decades. The WWF is the winner of…
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Solar Plant in Africa
A British company Blue Energy is planning to construct the largest solar plant in Ghana, Africa. This Solar plant will be the biggest on the continent. A Solar plant takes the sunlight and converts it into electricity and other forms of energy. The project named as Nezma project will start in another 12 months and cost…
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Curiosity Will Get a Friend Now
Curiosity will get a friend, but it will have to wait 8 years for the new rover friend. NASA says it will send a new robot to join the Curiosity rover on Mars in 2020. They will be using the leftover parts of curiosity to build the new rover. NASA says they are very curious…
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What does a Capital City Mean?
Every country has many many cities. All these cities are special to that country and have their own importance in one way or the other. But often one city is called the capital. For instance, capital of United States of America is Washington, D.C. Capital of India is New Delhi. Capital of United Kingdom is London.…
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Why do We Have A Skull?
Skull is made up of several bones. Bones give structure to our body. Without bones, our body will be a big chunk of jelly. So skull gives shape to our head and also gives us our facial features. Bones that make up the skull, like every other bone in the body, are hard and strong from outside.…
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The Wall That is Made in China
You might think what is so great about something made in China. Almost every thing is made in china these days. But this wall was made many, many hundreds of years ago. The wall was built in the 3rd century BC by the order of Chinese emperors to keep the invaders out of their country. The wall…