IMAGE: FLICKR/WAULOK According to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, no government has the right to claim land in outer space. However, on April 24, the private company Planetary Resources revealed their plans to mine asteroids of their precious metals (like gold and...
By SIERRA EDWARDS, age 10 Many workers in America work 8 hours in a day, 40 hours in a week or 160 hours in a month. If they work more than 8 hours in a day, or overtime, they get paid extra. Sometimes people work overtime to earn more money or to finish a project. In...
Puppies in puppy mills are often kept in tiny cages. COURTESY OF FLICKR/CHASING DONGURI Rescued from a puppy mill, these dogs at a Humane Society shelter in Ft. Worth, Texas are waiting to be adopted. PHOTO: FLICKR/BUGGINOUT By KYLIE FREYMAN, age 9, USHNA KHAN, age 15...
By Kid Reporter KYLIE FREYMAN, age 9 PHOTO COURTESY OF: RACHAEL GORDON All around the world, honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing from their hives. They leave and they just don’t come back. Honeybees are extremely important. For instance, honeybees...
By ROSE MARSH, age 11 Uganda has been relatively peaceful since 2006 when Kony and his army left. These people returned home only to find themselves in land disputes. Here they meet to decide where to go next. PHOTO: Charles Akena/IRIN Millions of people watched the...
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