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Rats have a bad rap. They’re often thought of as filthy creatures that spread diseases. HeroRats are changing that. These African pouched rats use their sense of smell to save lives. Instead of carrying a disease, they help detect and…
Arthur Benjamin turns math into magic. He solves equations faster than some calculators do. Tell him your birth date and year, and he’ll tell you what day of the week it was. He performs his stage act, That Math Show,…
Adam Sandy says he was “a nerdy kid who liked amusement parks.” As an adult, he turned his hobby into a job. He’s now the roller-coaster sales and marketing director for Zamperla. Sandy met with students at a Your Hot…
Butterflies, wasps, concerts, and a new documentary. These are just some of the ways the world celebrated David Attenborough’s 100th birthday on May 8. Attenborough is a famous environmentalist and broadcaster. He has spent decades bringing nature’s wonders to TV…
Soccer fans, mark your calendars! The world’s biggest international soccer tournament, the FIFA World Cup, returns this summer. Sixteen cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States (see map) will host a total of 104 matches. The action starts with…
TFK Kid Reporter Maddie Martinez read Mystery on Macaw Mountain and interviewed its author, María José Fitzgerald. Read Maddie’s thoughts below. Mystery on Macaw Mountain is set in Honduras. Twelve-year-old Nico is navigating his parents’ separation when his cousins arrive…
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games began on February 6. The Games played out across multiple venues in Northern Italy until February 22, as 2,900 athletes from around the world raced, flipped, spun, and soared while competing for Olympic…
There are warm ocean waters and beautiful views on the western coasts of Greece. But these coastlines have a problem: Many of them are cluttered with hunks of metal, bits of plastic, and heavy fishing nets. The trash comes from…
Top athletes from all around the world are competing at the Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. Many of them spoke with TIME ahead of and during the Games. Here’s a compilation of quotes from those interviews. They offer a glimpse…
Kids who dream of writing a book will find guidance and inspiration in a new podcast. StoryKind was created to encourage young people to read and write stories. It was launched in January, and is available on podcast platforms. StoryKind…
Meet Service Star Justyn Boumah, 10. He started the nonprofit group Heroes and Hearts, in Las Vegas, Nevada. TFK reader Anirudh Rao spoke with Justyn about his efforts. Tell us about the philanthropy work you do. I help people in…
Meet Service Star Shubham Roy-Choudhury, 14. He’s the founder of Lunar Academy, a student-led program in New Jersey. It provides free tutoring and educational resources. TFK Kid Reporter Vicky Sun spoke with Shubham about his efforts. What motivated you to…
Does the smell of stinky socks make you hungry? The 2025 World Cheese Awards took place on November 13, in Bern, Switzerland. More than 250 judges sampled the best—and smelliest—cheeses from around the world. (In the world of cheese, a…
The world is kinder than people think it is, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report. The report was released on March 30. It’s published by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre, in partnership with the United Nations, the…
TFK Kid Reporter Vicky Sun speaks with author Jeanne Birdsall about her new book, The Library of Unruly Treasures. What inspired you to write this book? I’ve always wanted to be able to fly. All my life, especially when I…
TFK Kid Reporter Dylan Landaw read Magical Nature Tales and interviewed its author, Dawn Casey. Read Dylan’s thoughts below. Magical Nature Tales, by Dawn Casey, is a wonderful collection of folktales from around the world. True to the book’s title,…
Astrophysicist and educator Jackie Faherty was drawn to her career by questions most people have had: Why are we here? What is this Earth? “You open up your mind to everything that’s out there in the universe,” Faherty tells TIME…
Imagine seeing a herd of elephants on the busy streets of New York City. It’s hard to believe—but, in 2024, 100 life-size elephant sculptures took over downtown Manhattan. The gigantic sculptures were part of The Great Elephant Migration, a public…
ASPEN, Colorado—Eleanor Andrews, 17, felt a thrill as she ripped down the street style ski course at X Games Aspen 2025. As one of only three athletes under 18 competing in a ski event at the Games, Eleanor carved the…
Taylor Swift just wrapped up the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. In December 2023, the pop star’s Eras Tour became the first concert tour to make more than a billion dollars. But Swift still had months to go. The…
