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Meet a NASA engineer who designs spacesuits for future missions. How do you keep dust out of a spacesuit? That is a problem Lindsay Aitchison wants to solve. She is an engineer at NASA. NASA plans to send astronauts to…
Poet Kenn Nesbitt picks his favorites in the TFK poetry contest. April is Poetry Month. Every year, TFK asks kids to write poems for our poetry contest. Entries pour in from across the country. Poet Kenn Nesbitt is our judge.…
To save its birds, New Zealand has a big plan to get rid of rats. New Zealand has a pest problem. The country has a plan to solve it. The country’s leaders want to get rid of rats and other…
Some schools have placed limits on the fundraisers. Is that a good idea? Bake sales are popular. They help schools raise money. Families bake sweet treats. Students sell the treats. The school earns money. It is used to help pay…
The race is on to help the fast cats. The cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. But the cat could be racing toward extinction. A new study has bad news. It says only about 7, 100 cheetahs are left in…
Learn about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s natural wonders. It is off the coast of Australia. Visitors swim in the sparkling waters around it. They see amazing views of sea life. The…
Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. The Inauguration was held at the U.S. Capitol building. It is in Washington, D.C. Around noon,…
Girl Scouts want to honor women leaders with a statue in New York City. In New York City’s Central Park, 22 statues honor men. Four statues show fictional females. One is of Alice, a character from the book Alice in…
News literacy programs help kids tell the difference between fact and fiction. Khadija Qanoongo, 12, used to believe everything she read online. Then she took a news literacy class. She found that many stories are fake. “Now I’m very careful…
What will the future look like? Here is a peek! Take a look at six of the year’s coolest ideas. A Tiny Flier Meet DJI’s Mavic Pro. It is a drone. Most drones are big. But this one is small.…
Un museo nuevo ayuda a las personas a aprender sobre la historia y cultura afroamericana. Febrero es el Mes de Historia Afroamericana. Pero los visitantes del Museo Nacional Smithsoniano de Historia y Cultura Afroamericana celebran la historia afroamericana todos los…
