Category: News For Kids
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Buildings On Mars
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO Elon Musk is planning to make a colony of 80,000 people on Mars and the ticket will only cost you half a million dollars. Have you ever wondered what do astronauts do when they are out of food supplies or equipment supplies? Or if they have to send some test samples back to…
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Celebrating Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Today Sikhs around the world are celebrating birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.He was born on April 15, 1469 in the western Punjab village of Talwandi, about forty-five kilometres away from Lahore,Pakistan. The place of his birth is now known as Nankana sahib. His birthday is known as Guru Nanak Jayanti. Each year…
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Dust Storm On Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) first spotted the Martian dust storm on Nov. 10 and has been tracking ever since. A global dust storm on Mars could have some difficulties for for the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers. If the current dust storm were to expand to cover the Red Planet, it will cover the rovers and affect…
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House On The Road
There is a single house in the middle of the road. Yes it is true. It’s in the city of Wenling, China, where officials have demolished a neighbourhood to make way for a new motorway. But the couple living in this house did not want to move.
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Discovery of Stone age House in UK
During a construction work near Edinburgh, UK remains of an extremely old house have been found. The house has a large oval pit, and remains of more than 1,000 of old tools and arrowheads. Big quantities of burnt hazelnut shells were also found suggesting whoever lived there roasted the nuts for food. Archaeologists believe that the…
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Greenland losing Ice..
Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 million tons of ice every year since 2003, scientists who are studying the changing mass of the island using satellite data have confirmed that. Scientists use the rate of melting ice in Greenland as the measure of rate of Global warming. The really interesting part…
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India-China Fight over Border Areas
India and China have two main disputed border areas – Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh. Both the countries from time to time have claimed their ownership on these areas. In 1962 China and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh. In 1993 the two countries signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control. Recently,…
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Rhino Poached in Kazhiranga
One horned rhinos that are already an endangered species are still being attacked. As their horns have extremely good medicinal qualities, poachers hunt them and then cut out the horn. Yet again a rhino was killed and its horn removed on Thursday in the Kaziranga National Park, taking the number of pachyderms killed by poachers…
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Israel Gaza agree to Ceasefire
Israel and Gaza have finally agreed on a ceasefire to end Israel-Palestinian conflict for now. Both sides are claiming victory. Peace finally prevailed after a week of air attacks that left many people dead and injured. UN council appreciated Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi for constantly mediating between the two sides.
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Curiosity is Keeping a Big Secret
So what is the big news from curiosity that the scientists are keeping under wraps. Even though it is not very clear what the news is, it is something phenomenal enough to go in the history books. The mystery will be revealed shortly, though. Grotzinger told Wired through e-mail that NASA would hold a press…
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Mount Tongariro erupts
Mount Tongariro is in the Tongariro National Park, North Island of New Zealand. Mt Tongariro which was dormant since 1897 ,erupted earlier this year in august for the first time in over a century. Yesterday the volcano erupted again ejecting ash cloud at least 2km(1.25 miles) into the air. This latest eruption lasted for around…
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Safety Plan for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project(KNPP) is a nuclear power station in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. A nuclear power station is a major source of power- both heat and electricity. There were a lot of protests coming from the people that live in the nearby vilages. But now the Supreme Court on Tuesday…