Category: News For Kids
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Moon Dust Collected by Neil Armstrong Found in a Warehouse
On July 20, 1969, The Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon with three American astronauts – Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. While on this mission, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins collected moon dust from the various spots on the surface of the moon. The samples were gathered so that they could be analysed to learn more…
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Action at Roland Garros
The French Open is one of the major tennis tournaments in Paris, France, at the Stadium Roland Garros which has been named after a famous French aviator Roland Garros. French Open 2013 round 1 matches have been proceeding pretty much as expected. Top three women players, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka have made…
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Japenese Man Oldest to Climb Everest
Someone once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” This certainly holds true for Yuichiro Miura, an 80 year old Japanese man who successfully scaled Earth’s highest mountain – Mount Everest. He is the oldest man ever to climb the Everest. So how did he do it? Miura said…
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Printed Food?
You all must have used printers a lot many times. You used them for printing pictures, recipes, air tickets or worksheets. But have you ever printed food out of a printer? Well you might be doing so in a few years. There is a company named Systems and Materials Research Corp in Austin that is…
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Strong Tornado Hits Oklahoma
An enormous powerful tornado tore through city of Oklahoma particularly causing massive damage to property and lives in two of the suburbs – Moore and Shawnee. A tornado is a funnel like violently swirling structure of wind. It starts from the surface of the Earth to reach high upto the sky. They are often also…
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Moon Astonishes The Scientists
On March 17, a meteorite weighing about 40 Kg and travelling at 56,000 miles per hour dashed into moon. The impact of the explosion created a stunning bright flash like never seen before. In fact the flash was so bright that NASA said that anyone looking at the moon at that moment would have noticed it…
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The Shrinking Everest!
World’s tallest mountain Mt. Everest is losing its height and you can blame global warming for that. It has lost a lot of snow cover since 1963, the ice is melting because of higher temperatures. There was a report in 2012 that the glaciers are melting was established by the research of Yao Tandong. Mr. Tandong…
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David Beckham Announces Retirement
Even when David was a little boy, on being asked by teachers what he would like to become when he grows up, David’s reply was always the same. He wanted to be a footballer. And he indeed became one. Not just any footballer but probably world’s most famous footballer! Yesterday, David Beckham announced his…
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2,300 Year Old Mayan Temple Destroyed
A road construction company has destroyed one of the country’s largest Mayan pyramids in Belize. 2,300 years old Noh Mul temple was completely destroyed. They were using the gravel and limestone content to fill roads in nearby Douglas Village. The Archaeologists of the Belizean Institute of Archaeology said that sadly this is not the first time such…
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Singing in Space!
Wow! That is another feat Chris Hadfield accomplished. Chris Hadfield who? Hey! He is a a very popular Canadian Astronaut who keeps going back and forth to space. And while in space he keeps in touch with people on Earth by sending interesting videos and photos about how life is up there without gravity. This…
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Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Alarmingly High
First time in millions of years, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been found to be alarmingly high. The levels have been recorded at dangerously high number of 400 parts per million. The readings were noted by US government agency lab on Hawaii that measure daily levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. It has been doing…
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Solar Plane Impulse
No fuel, No batteries but this plane aims to fly across the US. How so? By using the Solar energy :) Isn’t it brilliant, conserving the energy from the Sun and using it to fly the plane. This solar plane known as the Impulse took off last Friday from San Francisco, California. After flying for 18 hours…