Kids News - Articles for Grade 2

North America's, National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) today released rare footage of Solar Prominences - large glowing clouds of gas erupting from the Sun's surface....

Most spiders spend their days spinning webs to snare unsuspecting insects - Not the Bagheera Kiplingi - this species spends its days conniving to steal leaves....

While the Python Water Car may not look as slick as a Porsche or an Aston Martin - It is capable of doing something way cooler - like zooming in and out of water with amazing ease and at twice the speed of currently available amphibious vehicles....

It turns out that our favorite-ringed planet Saturn, has yet another ring - one that is so massive, that it could fit one billion Earths!...

Would people choose to climb rather than take an escalator if the stairs were more fun? While this may sound like a no-brainer to kids, it is not as clear-cut with adults. Hence the folks at car company Volkswagen, decided to try this fun stunt and the results, as most kids would say - were quite predictable....

First it was a lizard that resembled Spiderman - Now it's Teacup pigs, that is taking Britain by storm. This time around even celebrities like Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter), are being drawn in by these incredibly cute creatures...

The conventional way to project our Globe is by drawing each continent according to its landmass, which while technically correct, can get a little boring. What if we drew the Atlas based on Income or the number of Internet users in each continent? That's what the folks at WorldMapper have done and the results are quite eye opening....

When London's iconic Tower Bridge gets raised, it is usually to accommodate a large container ship or an over-sized cruise ship. Yesterday for the first time in its 105-year history, the bridge parted from the center to allow a giant hot-air balloon to glide through. The occasion? The premiere of Pixar's latest super hit animated movie 'Up'....

All sculptors have a favorite medium they like to work with - For Sarah Kaufmann its cheese. Why such an unusual choice? Well if you were born and raised in cheese crazy Wisconsin, grew up surrounded by dairy farms, hung out with friends who thought wearing 'cheese' hats was cool and spent a big chunk of your working life promoting the yellow fromage, it may not sound so strange....