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Delivery Robots to the Rescue
Can you imagine a future where robots serve us food and bring us our shoes? What if a robot could return your library books or walk the dog? The future is near! Road robots are … Read more
Year: 2021
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Jeanette Epps: Space Explorer
Can you imagine living and working in a science lab as large as a football field with five other people? Now imagine not leaving the lab for six months and orbiting Earth 16 times a … Read more
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Helpful Pets
In January, the Bidens’ German Shepherds made the news when they moved into the White House. Many presidents have had dogs, cats, and other animals. Pets can be great friends! But some animals have special … Read more
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Black Lives Matter: From a Hashtag to a Movement
In 2012, George Zimmerman, a White man in Florida, fatally shot an unarmed African American teenager, Trayvon Martin. In 2013, the jury in his trial found him not guilty. Zimmerman walked out of court, a … Read more
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COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Begins
COVID-19 has continued its spread around the world, and the number of cases continues to rise. As of late January, around 100 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported, with more than 2 million people … Read more
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The H20 Below
Groundwater is exactly what it sounds like: water that comes from the ground. Groundwater lies beneath Earth’s surface, filling the spaces between soil, sand, and rock. This is a geological formation known as an aquifer. … Read more
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Critically Endangered Animals
There are 8.7 million species of animals in the world! A species is a group of similar living things. A species is considered endangered if there are so few left alive that they might go … Read more
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Attack on the United States Capitol Building
On January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., a hostile group of Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol building as Congress was in session. They wanted to stop Congress from certifying [formally recognizing] the electoral … Read more
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Why Did People Come to Ellis Island?
Ellis Island is located at the mouth of the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. It opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. Millions of immigrants came to the United States … Read more
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A Ground-Breaking Choice
President-elect Joe Biden made history when he chose Kamala Harris to be his Vice President. She is the first woman and first person of color to be elected in that position. Joe Biden promised to … Read more