Kids News - Articles for Grade 3

Having spent his entire young life soaring around make-believe galaxies using his fold-out wings and a backpack rocket, Buzz Lightyear would have never guessed he would someday become a real Space hero, earning the honor of the longest-serving Astronaut in Space....

A new pet-craze is sweeping over Britain - No it's not a $500,000 USD dog or cat, but a tiny lizard that has an uncanny resemblance to our favorite superhero - Spiderman!...

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Last week, 26-year old Sultan Kosen was officially crowned 'The World's Tallest Man', taking over the title from China's Bao Xishun, who has held it intermittently since August 2005....

On Tuesday, September 13th, a few lucky souls were witness to a historical event - a face-off between basketball star Shaquille O'Neal and 14-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps. The sport? swimming of course!...

Eskil Ronningsbakken is a 29-year old Norwegian who practices a unique form of art - taking pictures of himself in extremely precarious situations. While others may call them crazy stunts, he likes to call his work 'expressions of art' - After seeing his latest 'creation', we are convinced that it is a bit of both!...

For many years now, astronomers have been searching for a planet outside of our solar system that has a similar composition to Earth. However, the 330 extrasolar planets discovered so far, have either been composed of gas or been to far to ascertain the make-up....

As our concerns about global warming escalate, researchers all over the world are frantically searching for a 'greener' and cheaper bio-fuel, that will help reduce if not eliminate our dependence on oil - or liquid gold, as it is often called....

Worker bees that live in colonies have always been known and admired for their intelligence, work ethic and most of all, loyalty to their queen - However, a new study of the Brazilian Melipona scuttellaris bee colonies, has revealed that these little insects maybe a little craftier than we originally thought....