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Major League Baseball’s new rules are designed to make baseball more exciting to watch.
04.11.23
Scientists believe there might be life on planets that don’t rotate, or spin.
04.07.23
Chloe Ricketts is the youngest person ever to sign with the National Women’s Soccer League.
04.04.23
For decades, space suits were designed with men in mind. But now NASA is introducing new space suits that will fit people of many different sizes.
03.31.23
TikTok is limiting the amount of time kids and teens can use the video-sharing app.
03.28.23
A group of students did a space experiment and learned something NASA didn’t even know.
03.24.23
Many people work five days a week. But studies show that a four-day workweek might be good for workers and companies.
03.17.23
In ancient times, the Maya people built a network of roads that would have allowed them to trade and communicate over long distances.
03.14.23
Writer, photographer, and filmmaker Benjamin Mack-Jackson’s images of Ukraine tell the story of a war.
03.07.23
In celebration of Women’s History Month, here’s the story of an all-female battalion that played a vital role in World War II.
03.03.23
Amina Luqman-Dawson’s award-winning novel takes readers to a real-life place where people made a home after escaping enslavement.
02.28.23
Companies are releasing search engines powered by artificial intelligence. But how well do these search engines work?
02.24.23
Scientists built a robot that can go from solid to liquid to solid again.
02.17.23
Michael Platt isn’t just a talented baker. He’s also on a mission to fight inequality.
02.14.23
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01.27.23
Scientists have identified a planet that has many of the characteristics needed to support life. What do they know so far?
01.24.23
LeBron James is about to become the highest scorer in NBA history!
01.20.23
Dr. Martin Luther King’s daughter, Dr. Bernice King, is carrying on her father’s work.
01.13.23
Scientists were able to get more energy out of a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in. They say this is a milestone in the search for clean energy.
01.10.23
What is it like to live in a place that’s dark all winter—even during the day?
01.06.23
Amazon says it’s working to combat a serious problem: Some of the products sold on its site are fake.
12.13.22
Ninth grader Leanne Fan won the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge for inventing headphones that can treat ear infections.
12.06.22
Eighteen-year-old Christopher Slayton used a video game to recreate the whole universe.
12.01.22
A museum in Massachusetts has returned some of the objects in its collection to their rightful owners—members of the Lakota Sioux.
11.29.22
More and more schools are banning cell phones. Should school be a phone-free zone?
11.18.22
Bella Rasmussen is the first female high school football player in her state to score two touchdowns in a varsity game.
11.15.22
In a village in India, people take a 90-minute break from their screens every night—for a good reason.
11.11.22
November 8 is Election Day in the United States. Here’s what midterm elections are all about.
11.08.22
A new U.S. quarter honors Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star.
11.04.22
The prime minister of the United Kingdom resigned after just 45 days in office. Will the new prime minister be successful?
11.01.22
A robot called Cassie set a speed record after running on two feet. Why is that a big deal?
10.28.22
A fire swept through the island of Rapa Nui, damaging the island’s famous ancient statues.
10.25.22
“Best by” dates on food labels are contributing to a big problem: Food waste.
10.21.22
Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols brought baseball fans to their feet this past season with home run after home run.
10.14.22
NASA says a collision between a spacecraft and an asteroid went according to plan.
10.11.22
The Merriam-Webster dictionary added some new—and somewhat surprising—words to its pages.
09.30.22
The owner of Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company, is giving away the entire company.
09.27.22
Sonia Sotomayor, whose parents were from Puerto Rico, is the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
09.23.22
President Joe Biden has announced that millions of people who borrowed money to go to college will have their debt reduced.
09.20.22
Nervous delegates, arguments, and a heat wave. These were just a few of the things the Founders dealt with as they wrote the United States Constitution.
09.13.22
Sixteen-year-old Sophie Araque-Liu is the winner of the 2022 Doodle for Google contest!
09.09.22
The Tasmanian tiger has been extinct since the 1930s. But a team of scientists is working to bring it back
09.02.22
08.30.22
Scientists have discovered a type of meat-eating plant that lives underground.
08.26.22
08.23.22
Basketball legend Bill Russell, who led the Boston Celtics to eight straight championships, has died.
08.16.22
Experts say that when teens have to be up for school early in the morning, they often don’t get enough sleep.
08.09.22
Extreme heat is affecting many parts of the world—even places where summers are not usually very hot.
08.02.22
07.26.22
July 19 is the anniversary of the first day of the Seneca Falls Convention, a two-day meeting where attendees spoke out for women’s rights.
07.19.22
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04.19.22
The United States Senate has voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nation’s highest court.
04.12.22
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