Author: Kinooze Learning
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Book of Maps – Atlas
We all are familiar with the book of maps or Atlas as we know it. Why a book of maps is called an Atlas? Sailors used to carry handmade maps all the time. This bundle of maps was decorated with a picture of Greek Titan Atlas, who is believed to have carried the Earth on…
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Lake Made up of Glass or Water?
In December 2014, Tomas Nunuk and a friend decided to explore Velke Hincovo Pleso, biggest and the deepest lake of Slovakia, located in the High Tatras Mountains. What they did not know was that they would have an experience of a lifetime. The lake was frozen crystal clear! It seemed like someone had covered…
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The Sunny Sweets
Jane wanted to eat something sweet, but her mother did not want to give her anything sweet before dinner. She only wanted her to eat healthily. Jane plonked on the sofa and grumbled, “Why can’t sweets be healthy? They are yummy.” That reminded her mom that there were some healthy sweets also. They are sweets…
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Great Britain
For more than hundred years, especially in 1800’s the British Empire ruled over almost quarter of the world. It stretched from America to Asia. The expanse of the empire was so vast that there was daytime in one or the other country it ruled. Therefore, it was famously said ‘The sun never sets on the…
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The Cloud City Over Venus
Did we give up the Mars mission? Nope, but all eyes are on Venus now. Well, the Mars mission is still underway in parallel, but NASA has come up with a new plan. They are considering to send astronauts on Venus. The more we learn about Venus, the better it would be for the Mars…
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All About Christmas Carols
The melody of Christmas carols all around in the month of December makes Christmas merrier. Don’t you feel that when you sing carols, you get that extra boost of happiness. All those la la la’s fill you up with cheer, just what you need during festive times. Christmas without carols would be candy without sugar or pizza…
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What do Plants need To Grow?
Have you ever wondered why trees and plants grow in some places and not in the others? Why do some pieces of land have many trees, while some have almost none growing on them at all? Let us explore. In order to grow, plants need several things.The most important one is warmth. Just like we need the warmth of…
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Ancient Egyptian Spell Book Decoded
A 20 page Egyptian book of magic spells had been in possession of Macquarie University, Australia since late 1980’s. The 7th-century spell book is made of a stiff, flat, thin material(known as parchment) made from the prepared skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat. The researchers at the University, have finally managed to…
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A Safety Deposit Box On Moon
Want to send something to the moon? You can now send a tiny something to the moon by using a service called moonmail. This service is offered by a company named Astrobotic. You can send diamonds, tiny rings and locks of hair to be saved permanently on the moon. Just like you keep things safely…
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What is Friction?
Do you know why things fall on the ground? They do because they are pulled by a force known as gravity. Have you seen how magnets stick to each other? They do so because they are pulled by a force known as the magnetic force. Do you know how we are able to walk? Our legs…
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Living Legend forced to sell his Nobel Prize
Well, the Nobel prize that is won by a lot of hard work in a particular area of research was recently on sale. This has happened for the first time when James Watson, 86, sold his Nobel prize that he won in 1962. He had won the Nobel prize in Physiology of medicine for discovering the…
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Hummingbirds
(Esha, 11, pens a sweet poem about Humming birds) Beautiful, elegant and very sweet, Their voice goes like tweet tweet tweet. Their nests are small, Because these birds are not very tall. The crest of their tiny heads shine, Their babies when born usually whine. They are called hummingbirds as they hum, Their eggs are as small…