Kids News - Articles for Grade 9

Star athletes get body parts insured all the time - David Beckham's legs were recently insured for $70mm USD as were baseball player, Barry Bond's arms. So the fact that Troy Polamulu got something insured was not surprising - What was, is that it had nothing to do with football....

Surfing is one of the most addictive sports in the world. It is also, amongst the most restrictive - For not only do you need to live close to an ocean, but also, have ample free time to hang around for that perfect wave - Unless of course, you are Tarp Surfing!...

On July 25th, over 3,900 students from Utah's Brigham Young University got together to stage the World's biggest water balloon fight. Armed with 120,021 water-filled balloons, which took over three days to fill, the students pelted each other for a full six minutes, handily breaking the previous record of 119,000 balloons held by University of Kentucky....

Who says humans are the only iPad enthusiasts? Merlin, a two-year-old dolphin who resides at Dolphin Discovery in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, is the latest fan of the gadget! But, while most consumers use it to browse the Internet, check e-mail or simply play games, the bottlenose dolphin may be the first, to utilize it as a learning tool....

On August 5th, Chilean residents woke up to the grim news that the main shaft of the San Jose gold and silver mine in Northern Chile had collapsed, trapping 33 miners inside. For 17 long days and nights, they awaited anxiously. Just as they were about to give up, came the good news - All 33 were alive!...

Coming soon to a store near you - A t-shirt made from 'tea' - And we are not talking something simply dyed with the leaves, but an entirely new material made from the world's favorite drink!...

If you have ever wondered how the sunflower got its name, herein may lie the answer - This beautiful picture that so resembles the flower in full bloom, is actually an image of a sunspot - the most detailed one ever captured in visible light....

To say that dogs are amazing animals is an understatement - They make awesome pets, guard dogs, guide dogs and now it turns out even lifeguards, who leap from helicopters or speeding boats to save struggling swimmers in the waters off the Italian beaches....

For the last two decades, scientists all over the world have been scratching their brains, trying to figure out why honeybees have been dying. The problem, referred to as colony collapse disorder, is so severe that they have even resorted to fitting the bees with microchips to figure out what is going on....