This year, two Americans won the Nobel Prize for Economics - Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics. She is a professor of political science at Indiana University. Oliver Williamson is a professor at the
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Notebooks, pencils, pens and erasers are tools most students must bring to school every day. A unique elementary school in Ireland is asking students to bring something extra. What is it? This might be hard to believe, but it’s toilet paper! Many Irish families are suffering from the
There are many people who want to set amazing records. One of them is young man named Dude Perfect and he is waiting to hear from the Guinness Book of World Records. What did he do? He attempted to sink a basketball from the top deck of a football stadium to the field
There are many endangered animals in the world. Maud Island Frog is one of them. It is said that there are only about 40,000 of these unique frogs living in the world. Most of them live only on two islands - Maud Island and Motuara Island in New Zealand. Believe it or not, these
How old do you think the world’s oldest person was? 100? 150? Here’s the answer. The world’s oldest person was an African-American lady who was born in 1894! Let’s do the math. That would make her 115! Her name is Gertrude Baines. She lived in Los Angeles, in the U.S.
We all love McDonald’s. It’s the one of the largest fast food chains in the world. Did you know that McDonald’s in Malaysia has been fighting with another fast food restaurant for eight years? Why? It’s because the other restaurant has a similar name. What is it? It’s called
Hawaii is a beautiful island. The weather is always hot, and many people go there for a vacation. And it’s common for people to sweat a lot there. Well, duh, it’s because the place is so hot! There’s a little problem though. People who sweat a lot will have to watch out. The
Korea’s neighboring country, Japan is in trouble. Just like Korea, the H1N1 influenza virus is making many Japanese sick. The number of patients is rising every day in Japan. It’s now common for people to wear masks. People are in fear because the virus is spreading so
The entire country was saddened recently. The recent passing of former President Kim Dae-jung brought sorrow to our nation. The death of the Nobel peace prize winner brought tears to many in the world. North Korea’s Kim Jung-il is planning to send representatives to
Countries trade with each other. And every day, there are big ships leaving from different ports. These ships carry many goods. Well, one ship fell into a deep mystery. This large shipping boat named the Arctic Sea disappeared recently. The boat and 15 crew members
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