Category: News For Kids
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SpaceX lands at The ISS
The spaceX cargo ship that was carrying the supplies for the ISS has successfully captured. The two spacecrafts were 253 miles above northern Ukraine, when the capture happened. The cargo ship is carrying equipment, parts, food and supplies weighing almost 1,043 kg. The capsule was launched on Friday March 1, but gave a lot of trouble to SpaceX and…
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Earthquake in China
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck in the southwest China on Sunday. Its exact location is 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Dali city. Although, it was not a very strong earthquake it damaged a lot of houses. There were 34 jolts after the actual earthquake. It damaged 2,500 houses and caused 700 others to collapse…
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Safe Home Not So Safe
You would think that a man could be safe in his house. Unfortunately for Jeffrey Bush, 36, who lived in Florida this was not true. On Thursday night, when Mr Bush was in bed, his bed room just disappeared. How? It was swallowed by a huge sinkhole under his home. Sinkholes are a common feature in Florida,…
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SpaceX heads to Space to deliver Supplies
Most of the time we need something, we either go get it from outside or a delivery person comes home to deliver the stuff. But have you ever wondered what do astronauts do when they are out of food or equipment supplies? Or what if they have to send some test samples back to Earth. Surely they can’t start…
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Smart Cane
Japan’s technology company Fujitsu, soon plans to launch a ‘smart’ walking stick for elderly around the world. Wonder how walking stick can be smart? Read this. The stick constantly supervises carrier’s heart rate and temperature. It then sends this data back to the users relative to keep them updated on the users location. In case,…
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Another Continent?
Just when you think that you learnt your geography chapters completely, something changes. Yes, a new micro continent named Mauritia has been found hidden under huge amounts of lava in the India ocean. While this comes as a shock to us, a team of international researchers – from Norway, Germany, Britain and South Africa are suggesting…
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Lost and Found?
“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”, were the famous words of a renowned English author who was born in India. Rudyard Kipling. He stayed in India until he was five. Rudyard Kipling wrote a lot of stories and poems. A lot of his stories like “Just so stories”, “The Elephant’s…
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Gusty Cyclone Rusty
Tropical Cyclone Rusty has brought heavy rains and gutsy winds to the coast of Western Australia. The wind speed was as high as 165km/h (103mph). Port Hedland, in western Australia is having non stop downpour since past two or three days. Port Hedland had closed three main iron ore ports in the Pilbara region, the world’s largest…
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India Launches Seven Satellites
One rocket. Seven satellites and a big feat achieved by India at Sriharikota. On Monday evening, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C20 (PSLV-C20) carried seven satellites into space including the Indo-French satellite Saral, the world’s first smart phone-operated nano satellite, a space telescope satellite and four other foreign satellites. President Pranab Mukherjee witnessed the event and was full of praise for…
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Happy Feet Jr Dies
The emperor penguin from Macquarie Islands, who had lost its way for an year, before it was finally found in New Zealand few days ago has died. The penguin nicknamed Happy feet Jr, was under the care of New Zealand zoo ever since it was found at Tora Beach, south of Wellington in critical condition. Happy Feet Jr was…