Category: News For Kids
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SpaceX Capsule back to Earth
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 Earth. Surely they can’t start their cars and drive on. Scratching your head? They use SpaceX a Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, is an American space transport company…
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Two Storms Hit US
Hurricane Sandy is eyeing the US admist the political storm. This has forced presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to adjust their schedules and cancel events. The next United States presidential election is to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
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New Coleacanth Species Found
Coelacanths are the world’s oldest fish. They are primitive, slow-moving fish were thought to be extinct until 1938, when one was found in Africa. There are now over 40 known coelacanth species out of which only two are living. These two specimen have remained unchanged for 320 million years. And now a new species of…
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Want Clean Air? Wash your clothes!
We may soon be able to clean the air with the clothes we wear. The University of Sheffield and the London College of Fashion has created a substance called CatClo. It contains titanium oxide that sticks to your clothes when used in the wash. The chemical then helps destroy pollution in the air – while you wear…
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Hurricane Sandy hits Jamaica
Hurricane Sandy’s howling winds and harsh rains first hit Jamaica and is now headed towards Cuba and the Bahamas. People reported flooded homes, electricity outage and damaged roads. Schools and businesses were closed and the administration moved residents in low-lying shelters as steady rain and winds pounded Jamaica.
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Saina Nehwal wins Denmark Open
This Sunday, India’s badminton ace Saina Nehwal defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany in the Denmark Open final. The triumph added another star for the Indian shuttle queen who had successfully defended her Swiss Open title by defeating world number two Wang Shixian of China in March. In June, Saina lifted the Thailand Open Grand Prix…
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Kudankulam to Generate Power Soon
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. For a long time there have been protests by the locals against the functioning of the plant as they have concerns about…
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Nobel Prize Winners 2012
Physics: Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland “for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level”. Chemistry: Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka. Medicine: Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka. Literature: Mo Yan “whose writing brought folk tales, history and the current events together”. Peace Prize: European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation,…
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Nine Nights of Devotion – NavaRatri
“NavaRatri” means nine nights. In India we celebrate these nine days two times an year, once in the beginning of year and other at the arrival of winter. During these days we pray to the nine forms of Goddess “Shakti” which is believed to have created this world. Some of her names are “Durga“, “Maa…
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Faster than Sound?
Felix Baumgartner travelled faster than the speed of sound when he jumped from the edge of space back down to earth. Mr. Baumgartner jumped from from the stratosphere, which is 120,000 or so feet up, about 23 miles. He managed to land safely in the desert in New Mexico, America after having problems on the way…
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Diamond Bigger than Earth?
Hmm If this is true then we are definitely talking about a planet that is made up of diamonds because what else could be bigger than Earth. A planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond has been discovered. The rocky planet, called ’55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in…
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Chinese writer wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Mo Yan, Chinese author who wrote a stunning piece “Feeds of suffering” about troubled twentieth century China during the times of Japanese invasion won Nobel Prize for Literature this year. He became the first writer in China to be awarded the Nobel Literature Prize. Ironically, his name ‘Mo Yan’ means ‘Don’t Speak’. The Nobel Prize is a…