Tsunamis are very powerful. They can sweep away ships, houses, buildings, and cars. A strong tsunami can even wipe out a whole village! It actually happened in Japan recently. Korea is not really safe from tsunamis, either. But most Koreans still don’t k
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On March 9, the space shuttle Discovery returned to the Earth after a successful trip to the International Space Station (ISS). It was Discovery’s 39th and final mission. It is NASA’s oldest space shuttle. Discovery ended its career as the world’s most
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Have you ever seen an aurora? It is a natural light display in the sky. Auroras are usually seen at night particularly in the Polar Regions. Therefore, they are also called the “northern lights” or “polar lights.” They are often seen in Canada, Alaska
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Bears sleep for several months in the winter to save energy. For example, Alaskan black bears hibernate for up to 7 months a year. They don’t eat or drink anything during their hibernation. To our surprise, they are still very healthy when they wake up i
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On February 24, a very interesting marathon was held in Osaka, Japan. It wasn’t a marathon for humans but for robots! It is the first robot marathon in the world! A total of four two-legged androids participated in the meaningful event. The tallest one i
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There are eight planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Do you know what the coldest planet is? Let me give you a hint. It is the 7th planet from the Sun. Yes, it’s Uranus! Unlike the other large pl
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Polar bears are known to be really great swimmers, even in the icy cold waters around the North Pole. However, one polar bear recently surprised many people by swimming non-stop for nine days. In fact, it swam for 687km! Sadly, scientists believe global w
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These days we are always hearing about how the Earth is sick and that we need to do our best not to harm the environment. The pollution from cars is a big problem and therefore electric cars seem like a good way to save the Earth. Over the past few years
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Stag beetles are very interesting animals. There are many stag beetles in the U.K. but not much is known about the impressive-looking insects. Recently, the British government asked scientists to study stag beetles to find out how many of them there are i
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It seems like every day science gives us wonderful new ideas that allow us to do amazing new things. The latest great discovery has been that scientists can tell somebody’s hair color before they are even born! In the past parents had to wait and see wha
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