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Algunas escuelas están experimentando con una política de no dar tareas escolares. ¿Es una buena idea cancelar las tareas escolares? En julio de 2017, familias en el Condado Marion, Florida, recibieron una noticia sorprendente. “Las tareas tradicionales como las…
Jake Hubbard is a farmer. He lives in Chana, Illinois. In 2013, he lost his left hand in an accident. He was 27. Recently, a group of eighth graders came to his aid. They were from nearby Rochelle Middle School.…
A state of emergency was declared in California last week. More than a dozen wildfires broke out in the state. Most of them began on October 8, in Northern California. They grew rapidly. The fires were fueled by winds of…
When it comes to getting help at home, people are putting technology to work. Robots have already done many of the things that most people feel are a chore. A battery-powered robot can vacuum your floors. A robot can clean…
Plastic can be found in almost everything. That includes toys, food containers, and car parts. Most plastic can—and should—be recycled. Instead, it often is thrown away. Much of this plastic trash ends up in the oceans. It gets there mainly…
Malala Yousafzai, 20, fights for girls’ right to education. In 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She won the top honor together with children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Malala was 17 at the time, making her the youngest…
Traer a especies extinguidas a la vida de nuevo podría parecer más como ciencia ficción que la realidad. Pero los científicos están cerca de poder resucitar a animales. El primer gran avance en la desextinción ocurrió alrededor de 15 años…
Houston is the fourth-largest city in America. It is home to 2.1 million people. And it is underwater. Hurricane Harvey roared out of the Gulf of Mexico on August 25. It made landfall in southeast Texas. It hit as…
Thousands of counterprotesters marched through Boston on August 18. It was in response to a “free speech” rally that took place one week after deadly clashes erupted at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. That rally was organized to…
A solar eclipse will cross the continental United States on August 21, from Salem, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina. Millions of people will witness the spectacular space event. They won’t show up just because solar eclipses are extremely beautiful. They…
Veterinarians in Africa are working to save gorilla species—one patient at a time. Of all the mountain gorillas that veterinarian Mike Cranfield has treated in the past 18 years, Ijabo stands out the most. When Ijabo was three days old,…
In a small village in Thailand lives a girl named Wanjai. She and her family make their home on the Khao Laem Reservoir. Wanjai and her friends play in the water. Her family bathes, cooks, and cleans with it. They…
Plastic waste has an impact on our planet. It comes from the things we produce and buy—from food containers and packaging to the soles of sneakers. Plastic piles up in landfills. When it ends up in our oceans, it is…
NASA engineers are designing spacesuits for exploring Mars and beyond. Years of being a NASA engineer have led Lindsay Aitchison to a surprising place. She spends a lot of time thinking about dust. How to keep it out of a…
Nueva Zelanda planea deshacerse de ratas, zarigüeyas y otros mamíferos para 2050. El país espera salvar aves nativas de estas especies invasoras. Las ratas no son el animal favorito de muchas personas. Pero en una gran cantidad de lugares, las…
El 20 de enero, Donald Trump tomó juramento como el 45o presidente de Estados Unidos. Dos meses y medio después de su victoria sorprendente el Día de Elecciones, Donald Trump tomó su juramento el 20 de enero como el 45o…
Un grupo sin fines de lucro recolecta jabones usados de hoteles para hacer jabones nuevos. El grupo está cambiando vidas en Camboya. Samir Lakhani estaba en la universidad cuando visitó por primera vez Camboya, una nación al sudeste de Asia.…
Take a look at some of the year’s top innovations. What will the future look like? You can get a peek by looking at the latest inventions. These items were created to solve problems, make life easier, or just for…
Veinte años atrás, se clonó una oveja. Desde entonces, clonar se ha convertido en un excelente negocio. ¿Qué lejos puede llegar la clonación? Dolly la oveja nació el 5 de julio de 1996. Y se hizo historia. Dolly fue el…
