Kids News - Articles for Grade 9

Always fantasized about having a food fight? They you need to head to Bunol, Spain to participate in the world's biggest annual food fight - La Tomatina, a festival where you can pelt total strangers with tomatoes and face no repurcussions!...

Not too long ago it seemed that the Gulf oil spill nightmare would never end - All of BP's efforts to stop the leak kept failing and even after they succeeded, experts fretted about the clean-up and the impact on the region's wildlife. Now, it seems nature has joined us in our clean-up efforts in the form of a gluttonous oil-eating bacteria....

More than a quarter century after it was invented, the Rubik's Cube remains as big a challenge, as when it was first introduced. Over the years, all kinds of records have been shattered by competitors who had their feet planted firmly on the ground....

Last week, after completing the filming of a Gillette commercial, the normally staid tennis whiz Roger Federer, decided to loosen up and have some fun....

Would you like a Cadillac or Mercedes sir? No you are not in a car dealership, but at the reception of the V8 hotel in Stuttgart, Germany, a dream come true for any car enthusiast....

Reality Talent Shows attract thousands of people every week, all aspiring to be the next big star. While a lot of them leave an impression, few have managed to stand out as much as, Liu Wei, a pianist who recently auditioned in Beijing for 'China's Got Talent'....

Wake Up songs - The music played by the NASA mission control to gently rouse sleeping astronauts, is a revered age-old tradition that dates all the way back to the 1960's during the time of the Apollo missions. However, in its forty plus years of existence, the songs have always been picked by either the astronauts or their friends and family....

It may have a simple name - 'A', but there is nothing plain about Russian billionaire, Andrey Melnichencko's sleek submarine-like $300mm USD luxury yacht, or should we say mansion!...

At some point or another, we have all played and lost at Hangman, the fun game that involves one player thinking of a word, while the rest try to read his/her mind and guess, before the poor 'stick' man gets hanged. While a lot of words are difficult to figure out, there is apparently one, which is the hardest word of all - And, we guarantee you will never be able to guess what it is!...