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TikTok in Trouble

March 15, 2024

On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill. The bill could force the company that owns TikTok to sell it. People in Congress think the app is a threat to national security. ByteDance is the company that…

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Space

Going Solar

January 3, 2024

One night in May, a group of people gathered around a computer monitor on a rooftop. They were scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The monitor was linked to equipment that could receive transmissions from a satellite. The…

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Business

Tech Industry Shake-Up

December 1, 2023

Recently, the tech industry was shaken up. The CEO of OpenAI was fired. It was over a debate about how to safely build artificial intelligence. OpenAI is the company that created the chatbot ChatGPT. Sam Altman ran the company. He…

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Inventions

The Best Inventions of 2023

November 30, 2023

Every year, TIME magazine puts out its list of the year’s best inventions. Some of these help us solve problems. Others make life easier, or more fun. TIME for Kids features 10 of them here. Which one do you think…

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Space

Surprise Sidekick

November 9, 2023

As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft passes the asteroid Dinkinesh on November 1, it makes a surprising discovery. A small moon is circling the asteroid. The moon is a 10t…

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Careers

Driving Change

November 1, 2023

If you enjoy learning about interesting jobs, find this article and more like it on Your Hot Job, TFK's career-focused website for kids. What does your future hold? Siena DeBenedittis wants to protect the planet. She has wanted to do…

Environment

Lit Up

September 21, 2023

A drone display brightens the night sky outside the United Nations headquarters, in New York City, on September 15. It was set up by protesters trying to raise …

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Engineering

Google Turns 25

September 1, 2023

This year, Google had its 25th anniversary. The company was started in 1998. The Internet was new then. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page wanted to improve how searches worked. So they invented a new search engine. It listed…

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Culture

Space Sights

August 31, 2023

Built using AI-assisted visual creation technology, the Beyond the Light exhibition opened in August in New York City. The exhibit features images from the Jame…

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Friend or Foe?

August 31, 2023

Peter Paccone is a teacher. He works in San Marino, California. This year, he has a new classroom aid. Paccone plans to let his aid explain simple topics to his high schoolers. This will free up time for Paccone to…

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