Author: Kinooze Learning
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What is the Internet?
Tony and Andy were best friends ever. It was a Monday morning and Andy could not wait to meet Tony at school. But when he reached school he found Tony sitting in a corner looking very sad. “What happened Tony?” Andy asked softly. “My cat Pat got lost “, said Tony between his sobs. Now…
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Curiosity begins the Curious Exploration
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Curiosity begins the test drive on Mars proving that it can indeed move. Although moving at a very small speed, lesser than 4cm per second, it covered a distance of six meters. If Curiosity keeps making a slow and a steady progress we might learn a lot more about Mars, mostly about…
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London Paraolympic games 2012 flame lit
After Olympics it is now turn for the London Paraolympic games 2012. The official countdown to the Paralympics games begun on Wednesday when some mountaineers and people with disabilities, trekked the tallest peaks in the four regions of the United Kingdom – Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and lighted the Paralympic flame. The four…
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Is Organic Food better for Kids?
What is organic food? Organic food is the food which is produced and processed without using any harmful chemical substances such as pesticides, preservatives etc. Not only such foods contain fewer chemical residues, they also retain phenolic compounds- chemicals that act as a plant’s natural defense and happen to be good for our health. You…
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The Snow House – Igloo
Igloos, or the Ice Houses are generally built of snow and ice in very cold places. An igloo is a dome-shaped building, with blocks of ice built up in a spiral. The roof has a small hole for ventilation. The short door opening and a tunnel in front of the dome structure stops the heat from…
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Volcano eruption in Ecuador
Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador has been showing increased volcanic activity and the emission of steam, gas and ash. The volcano is located near Banos, 140km south of the country’s capital of Quito. There was a sudden activity around 19th August and finally an outburst on 21st August. The Tungurahua, aptly named as “Throat of Fire” in…
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China Protests against Japan
Huge crowds gathered across China to protest against their neighbouring country Japan over the ownership of disputed Diaoyu islands. What is a Dispute or Disputed thing? Have you and your friends ever fought over a same piece of toy? Oh Yeah !! So the toy is a disputed toy? Here China and Japan are arguing over…
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Amazon Rainforests
Remember reading about the largest river in the world – The enormous amazon in South America. Why is it so large? One of the big reason is its location – right at the equator where it rains almost everyday! Hmm Lots of rain, a big river and a fertile land around it are perfect for…
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Watch 3D without glasses
Don’t like those annoying 3D glasses that keep falling down? Well now there is a new technology for a three-dimensional movie that you can enjoy without the glasses. The technology that changes the conventional 3D films to be shown on the new TV will be shown in Berlin IFA trade show next month. IFA is the world’s biggest exhibition for…
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Why Tickling makes You Laugh?
Have you ever wondered why is it that whenever some one tickles you, you burst into bouts of laughter but you can never tickle yourself? First of all, let us see why we feel like laughing. All of us have some funny spots on our bodies and they are not difficult to find. So if someone…
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Juiciest Summer Fruit
There are no points for guessing that we are talking about Watermelons!! The crunchy juicy fruit is almost all water and little sugar. Many people believe that though it is refreshing, it is not very nutritious. But this is not true. Like many other fruits it is a very good source of vitamin A and…
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Firefly Squid
Firefly squid? Is it a firefly or a squid? This is the firefly squid, also called the sparkling enope squid. The firefly squid gets its name from the flashing lights that resemble those of a firefly. How does the squid get all that light? Is it plugged in:) It actually gets all that light from special light-producing…