Category: News For Kids
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Largest Volcano on Earth
A volcano that is as big as the state of New Mexico or France, as large as giant volcanoes on the Mars, have been found on Earth. How did it lay hidden for such a long time? Because it was hiding under water. Tamu Massif is located about 1,000 miles east of Japan and is…
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A Successful Treasure Hunt
The exciting game of treasure hunt gives you goose bumps when you play it in your backyard. Imagine how thrilling it must be if you are actually diving in the ocean and trying to find hidden treasure that were lost years ago. Exciting yes, but not successful all the time. Most treasure hunters return empty…
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Fastest Spinning Object
Scientists at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, have recently made the fastest spinning object ever made by man. The object is a microscopic sphere made of calcium with a diameter of 4 micro meter. To give you some idea, a human hair is said to be about 50 micrometers wide. Now can you imagine how tiny must…
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Folding Cars
As the world’s population is increasing, there is one thing that is obviously shrinking. Space on Earth! We have space savers everywhere. Cabinets, drawers and shelves that can organize our house efficiently. Now there is a space saver car that folds on its own and saves you a lot of space in your garage or…
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Sinkhole Eats Up Trees
In March 2013 a man living peacefully in his Florida home disappeared out of the blue swallowed by a sinkhole. Yes! The sleeping man just disappeared! This time it was turn of some unsuspecting trees. The group of trees was sucked up by a sinkhole in Louisiana, a state located in the southern region of The…
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Globe on An Ostrich Egg
A Belgian map collector might have gotten hold of what is believed to be the oldest globe. Guess what this globe is carved on? An ostrich egg! Isn’t that unique? The rare globe was bought by Stefaan Missinne, a Belgian art collector in the London map fair in 2012. The map and its Latin inscriptions…
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New mammal Discovered
New scientific discoveries are not very uncommon these days. But to discover that an animal that scientists for years mislabelled as an existing mammal called Olingo, is actually a new mammal altogether is thrilling and absurd both. The new mammal has been named olinguito. The animal looks like one with body of a raccoon and face…
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Ancient Maya Carving Found
Around 2000 BC, Maya civilization came and settled in the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. They had lived in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, the southern part of Mexico and eastern parts of El Salvador. The remains of the civilizations have been often discovered in these places. Recently, a 95% preserved frieze has…
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Barbie Goes to Space
Mattel makes the most famous Barbies. NASA makes astronauts. What happens when NASA and Mattel come together? An astronaut Barbie. This new version of Barbie was released on August 5. That was a special day as Curiosity landed on Mars an year ago on this date. Where ever there is Barbie there has to be…
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Catch a Bird on Tape?
Professor David Lentink and his students of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford are trying something new. They want to create spy drones to be as perfect as the birds of nature. Ever noticed a pigeon flying gracefully in the sky, over the buildings and in strong winds without falling down? That is how these people want the…
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The Laboratory Burger
Some time back we heard about food being printed. Yes, scientists are working on something miraculous, just print your food. A new kind of burger that is not cooked in the kitchen but made in a laboratory was tasted for the first time in London on Monday. Scientist Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University produced the…
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Invisible From Mosquitoes?
Wouldn’t everyone love to have an invisibility cloak from mosquitoes? Aren’t they annoying, buzzing creatures that suck your blood and give you a red itchy swollen patch on your skin? And this is when they are doing damage at the least. When they are most sinister, they can cause fatal diseases like dengue fever, malaria…