Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

The water in Senegal's Lake Retba always seems to have a pinkish hue to it. However, catch it in the dry summer months when saline levels are high and you will see it turn strawberry pink and sometimes, even red. The good news is that color is not the result of chemicals being dumped in the lake but nature, working its magical tricks!...

'G-U-E-T-A-P-E-N-S', which means ambush or trap is not something most people use in their everyday lives, but San Diego teen Snigdha Nandipati seemed to have no issues spelling it with ease - A feat that helped her win the prestigious title of 2012 National Spelling Bee along with a trophy and $40,000 USD in cash and prizes....

In the wee hours of Tuesday May 22nd, NASA scientists counted down the launch of SpaceX Dragon, the world's first privately built spacecraft. Given the number of things that could have gone wrong, even the experts were not sure the mission would be a success. However, everything worked like a charm and the Dragon re-entered earth on Thursday morning with a big splash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles off the coast of Baja California, Mexico....

Most of us don't need much persuasion to eat donuts - Those warm gooey fried treats filled with custard and jelly or just dipped in sugar glaze. But, incase you do need some convincing, here is a good reason - Today, June 1st, is National Donut Day!...

At first glance the two-seater Fahrradi Farfall FFX complete with its sleek red exterior looks like the next generation Ferrari. Look closer and you will see a difference - Instead of the luxury car's powerful V12 engine and super sophisticated dashboard technology, you will find an ordinary bicycle with 11 gears....

On Wednesday May 16th, Canberra resident Ron Ginnivan became the world's first person to complete a half marathon, whilst floating around in a hot air balloon. The impossible sounding stunt was achieved with the help of a generator-powered treadmill that was placed inside the passenger basket....

The quest to communicate with dolphins began the moment scientists realized how intelligent these marine mammals are. Over the years, researchers have experimented with various strategies, ranging from giving them iPads to even developing a two way Rosetta Stone like language translation system. Now, they have come up with yet another strategy - A Dolphin Speaker....

Building a robot usually involves exotic materials, complicated engineering and some programing prowess right? Not so, if you do what researchers from University of Hawaii's Department of Electrical Engineering did recently - Create them from bubbles of gas!...

What's better than finding a stranger's message in a bottle? How about finding a turtle with the initials and date carved by one's own son, 47-years ago. That's what happened to 85-year old Holland Cokeley on May 6th, 2012, while walking his dog in South Strabane Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania....