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Camina con la manada

February 19, 2025

Imagínate ver una manada de elefantes en las calles concurridas de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Es difícil de creer, pero, en 2024, 100 esculturas de elefantes de tamaño natural se apoderaron del centro de Manhattan. Las esculturas gigantescas formaban…

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Opinion

Should Kids Have Their Phones in School?

February 19, 2025

Phones are helpful, allowing kids to communicate with family and friends. But they’re also distracting—and, in school, they create difficulties for students and teachers. According to a Common Sense Media report from 2021, about 43% of kids ages 8 to…

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Safer Streets

February 6, 2025

One morning, Patricia Miller was taking a walk on a busy street near her home, in Goodyear, Arizona, when a car nearly jumped the curb. Thankfully, she was unharmed. But the car came “very, very close,” Miller told TIME for…

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Hitting the Slopes

February 5, 2025

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…

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Stomping Grounds

January 23, 2025

Paleontologists have discovered nearly 200 dinosaur tracks forming what experts are calling a “dinosaur highway.” The tracks are located in Oxfordshire, England, and date back 166 million years. Worker Gary Johnson found the tracks while digging up clay in a…

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Technology

App’s Uncertain Future

January 23, 2025

On January 18, TikTok shut down in the U.S. The video-sharing platform’s 170 million American users were met with an error message. In part, it read, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.” The app came back…

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Bye-Bye, Red Dye

January 23, 2025

On January 15, U.S. regulators banned one type of red dye, Red No. 3, from foods. It was already banned from cosmetics. But that ban wasn’t extended to foods until now, 35 years later. In 2022, health advocates petitioned…

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Cool Tech on Display

January 23, 2025

Each year, people gather at the Consumer Electronics Show to see the latest tech advances. The 2025 event was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, this month. From AI-powered robots to gaming innovations, the ideas on display wowed the crowd. Flying…

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From Our Readers

January 9, 2025

In December 2024, classes around the country took part in our Service Stars bingo challenge. From spreading smiles to lending a helping hand, kids promoted kindness and made a positive difference. Now it’s your turn to shine: How are you…

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End of the Eras

December 19, 2024

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…

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Underground Artifacts

December 19, 2024

Imagine seeing ancient treasures on your way to work or school. Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, has made that a reality. The city has opened a new subway system that showcases ancient artifacts dug up during its construction. The subway opened…

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Clark’s Year

December 19, 2024

Caitlin Clark has been named TIME’s 2024 Athlete of the Year. The professional basketballer plays for the Indiana Fever and was last season’s WNBA Rookie of the Year. She’s only 22, but Clark has already made an impact on women’s…

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Best Inventions of 2024

December 19, 2024

Every year, TIME magazine publishes a list of the year’s best inventions. Some of these address global problems. Others make life more fun. TIME for Kids has chosen nine of them here. Which one is your favorite? Eco-Friendly Camping Outdoor…

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Best in Show

December 5, 2024

Vito the Pug is named winner of the 2024 National Dog Show, in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Thanksgiving Day. He’s the first pug to claim Best in Show in the more than 20 years since the contest began airing on TV.…

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What's the Word?

December 5, 2024

If you mindlessly use an electronic device for too long, you might start to experience “brain rot.” The term is the 2024 Word of the Year. Oxford University Press revealed its choice on December 2. A person is said to…

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Positively Kind

December 4, 2024

Lena Ford was 7 when she started Arting for You. For this project, Lena collected art supplies and donated them to kids in foster care and homeless shelters in and around her hometown of Marietta, Georgia. “My granny always wanted…

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