Category: News For Kids
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Life Exists In Deepest Ocean
The deepest point on the Earth is Mariana Trench in Pacific ocean. It is about 11 Kms or 36,069 Ft deep. The temperature at the bottom is near freezing about 1 to 4 ⁰C . The atmospheric pressure at that depth is thousand times of the atmospheric pressure at sea level. With such harsh conditions in the…
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Mt. Etna Spews Lava
Mount Etna, Europe’s most a active volcano, ejected mile high red hot lava into the sky on Saturday. The lava came out of a new crater created on the south east face of the volcano. Active volcanoes are likely to erupt at any time unlike dormant volcanoes that do not erupt for sometimes even hundreds…
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Solar Storm to Create Stunning Auroras
On March 12, there was a powerful solar storm that originated from a sunspot known as Active Region 1690. In a solar storm, a huge cloud of super heated particles is released from the Sun into the space. This storm though not directed towards the Earth, will surely pass it. When these high energy particles from…
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St. Patrick’s Festival
Ireland. Leprechauns. St. Patrick, The Saint. The St. Patrick festival this year will be celebrated from 14th – 18th March in Dublin, Belfast and London. Big Parades are organised in these cities. Every year 17th March is celebrated as St. Patrick’s day to honor the memory of St. Patrick. He was a great saint working for…
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Boeing Has A Fix For It’s Batteries
Boeing, which had its 787 Dreamliners grounded earlier has fixed its batteries now. The company is confident that the 200,000 hours of testing time put in by their 500 engineers is enough to prove there is no risk of fire or smoke from the new batteries. The batteries were submitted for testing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
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Planet with Water?
Scientists have discovered traces of water on a planet named HR8799c , outside our solar system. The enormous planet is 130 light years away from Earth and about seven times heavier than the largest planet on our solar system, Jupiter. Just to give you an idea how big the planet is, Jupiter is 318…
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Old Sundial Found In Kings’ Valley Egypt
Students and researchers from the University of Basel have found what looks like the remains of one of the oldest portable Sundials, dating back to the 13th century BC. The Sundial was found in the Valley of Kings, Egypt when a team from the University was clearing the entrance to one of the tombs. Valley…
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World Gets a New Pope
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been declared the new pope. Pope Mario will now be the leader and guide of Catholics around the world. The previous Pope Benedict XVI, had resigned in February. He was 85 years old and his ill health was not allowing him to fulfil the duties of his office.…
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Life On Mars
Before you start imagining people like us living on Mars, let us clarify that NASA has uncovered some evidence that supports the fact that ancient Mars could have had life. NASA’s 2.5 billion dollar Curiosity drilled in February and extracted powder out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale Crater of the…
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CITES passes Regulation for Restricted Shark Trade
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) is often referred to as CITES.The CITES agreement was signed in Washington in March 1973 in an attempt to regulate the burgeoning trade in wild flora and fauna. It currently has 178 member countries. Cites 2013 is currently being held in…
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Google’s Talking Shoes
Hmm.. Reminds me of a book I read as a kid, “The talking shoes”, by Enid Blyton. In the book, the magical shoes taught an impolite girl how to be polite. Yes, those shoes were magical. But the Google shoes have no magic only technology. So what is Google upto ? First glasses and now shoes. But while…
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Tungurahua Volcano Erupts Yet Again
After erupting once in August 2012, and twice in December 2012,Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador erupts again. Tungurahua, is an activevolcano. Active volcanoes are likely to erupt at any time. Ecuador has eight such active volcanoes. The volcano has been ejecting fiery red lava and ash ever since March 9. All the nearby villagers had been moved to…