Category: News For Kids
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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…
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Thad and The Giant Pumpkin
All of you must be familiar with Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, but this is for real. Thad Starr from Oregon won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with his entry weighing a massive 1,775 pounds. The pumpkins were weighed in giant weighing scales. This is a competition where being heavy is a good…
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Nobel prize for stem cell work
John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan of stem cell research have shared the Nobel prize this year for medicine or physiology. This year’s Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level.…
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Hugo Chavez re-elected Venezuela’s President
Hugo Chavez was re-elected the president once again by the people of Venezuela. He has held that position since 1999 and now with his third re-election gets another six years to be in the office. Venezuela is a major oil producer. Owing to high oil prices in international market, his government is able to invest in health care,…
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CRA orders Karnataka to Release Cauvery Water for TN
Cauvery River Authority, often known as CRA is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, and the Water Resources Minister. On September 19, the CRA had directed Karnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily between September 20 and October 15. There have…
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Dive like Dolphins, Now You Can!
A new kind of extreme sport is catching up in Australia. The Flyboard, a combination between a jet ski and a jet pack, can shoot up to 10 metres in the air. Using this you can dive like dolphins. ( Flyboard is a product of zapata-racing.com, Photo Credit zapata-racing.com)
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Cauvery Water Dispute
The Kaveri or Cauvery river, originates from Western Ghats in Karnataka and flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. There has always been a conflict about sharing the water of river Cauvery between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The dissatisfied state of Karnataka claims that it does not receive its fair share of…
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T20: West Indies wins ICC T20 World Cup 2012
West Indies beat Srilanka by 36 runs to lift the ICC T20 World Cup 2012 trophy. West indies won the toss and chose to bat first. They got all out at 137 -6 with Marlyn Samuels playing a wonderful knock. At that point, it seemed like a target that was easy for the opposition to get.…
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Rainforests To Not Look Like Rainforests?
If the tropical climate keeps on changing, rainforests might look very different from how they look today. US researchers have based their findings on their study of Costa Rican forests over last 20 years. US researchers have found out that the changing temperature – lesser rainfall and drier weather is damaging to the growth of saplings…
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Let’s Count Our Dolphins
All of the river dolphins in the Ganges river will be counted between October 5-7 in and around Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. People in and around the areas will be told about this endangered mammal and how to save them. “My Ganga, My Dolphin” project is headed by World Wide Fund for Nature…