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People pick them up for good luck. They’re tossed into fountains and valued by collectors. More than 3 billion pennies were made in 2024 alone. And on November 12, 2025, the United States Mint produced its final batch. After 232…
Imagine the Earth a million years ago. Was it warmer or colder? Was the air different? To find out, an international group of scientists took a peek back in time—not with a time machine, but with ancient ice. Working on…
In 2024, Tejasvi Manoj’s grandfather got an email from someone pretending to be a relative, asking for $2,000. It seemed to be an emergency, so he was ready to send the money. Luckily, he first called Tejasvi’s dad, who told…
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…
En una soleada mañana de sábado de finales de febrero, Rohan Mukhopadhyay desempacó 10 cajas de libros infantiles nuevos. Estaba en el Beehive, un lugar en Los Angeles, California, con su mamá, su papá y su hermano. Juntos, colocaron los…
Carrie Giordano works fast. She’s a photographer for two professional sports teams in California: baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers and football’s Los Angeles Rams. This means she’s constantly racing to follow the action. TFK Kid Reporter Meyer Ballas, who lives in…
TFK Kid Reporter Meyer Ballas read Will’s Race for Home and interviewed its author, Jewell Parker Rhodes. Read Meyer’s thoughts below. In Will’s Race for Home, Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a captivating, action-packed story about the Oklahoma Land Rush. The…
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…
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…
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, defeating current vice president Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of the United States. Election results were announced early on November 6, on the morning after Election Day. After his path…
U.S. presidents can serve two four-year terms. Donald Trump’s first term was from 2017 to 2021. He ran for reelection but did not win. Four years after his first term ended, Trump will begin serving again. Trump is only the…
On October 20, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) ended its season with a nail-biting championship game between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx. The Liberty won its first-ever league title. The 2024 season included other record-setting achievements.…
In December, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) turned 50. It has rescued hundreds of animals and plants from going extinct. The ESA passed in 1973. It directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to…
Enric Sala is standing under a replica of a right whale at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C. It’s the summer of 2023. Outside, the air is smudged with wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada. But Sala is talking…
This year, we planned a moon mission. Sports teams celebrated victories, and a king was crowned. In many ways, 2023 looked like years past. But look closer and you’ll see that familiar events can be extraordinary. NASA’s Artemis crew is…
On March 12, clocks in the United States and at least 60 other countries “spring forward” one hour for daylight saving time (DST). We lose an hour of sleep. But we get more daylight until November, when clocks “fall back”…
Myria Perez is a fossil preparator and educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C. She spoke with TFK Kid Reporter Elisha Lee. 1. What exactly do you do for your job? I work with fossils,…
We asked TFK Kid Reporters to read and review some of the season’s best books. Here’s what they had to say. The Bridge Battle The Bridge Battle, by Jaqueline Davies, is a captivating story about kindness and determination. Evan,…
On November 4, 1922, an incredible discovery was made in Egypt. British archaeologist Howard Carter and his Egyptian crew found steps leading to the entrance of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. “At first, I could see nothing,” Carter later wrote about peering…
If you enjoy learning about interesting jobs, find this article and more like it on Your Hot Job, TFK's new career-focused website for kids. What does your future hold? When Gil Bransford was a kid, he dreamed of being a…
