Nikhil lives in Northern California, where he attends Phillips Brooks elementary school in Menlo Park. Nikhil’s favorite subjects are history and language arts because he finds them fascinating and they allow him to bring out his voice. Nikhil’s passion is music; he plays the piano and loves listening to classical music. He is also an …
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By Jenifer Hernandez, age 10 Imagine a world where there are no animals. Without them, would humans even survive? A 2022 report published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services found that billions of people rely on around 50,000 wild species of animals and plants for their food, medicine and income. How …
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By Luca Cantagallo, age 13 and IndyKids staff Hundreds of youths skipped school for another Youth Climate Strike on March 3, 2023, to protest against climate change. As the group grew, the chants of “People over profit!” rang through the air. This annual event originated with Greta Thunburg’s 2018 Fridays for Future (FFF) protest that …
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By Chris Ramírez, age 11 Surely just one tree could never grow a whole fruit salad? Well, it turns out one can, and it’s all thanks to Sam Van Aken, an art professor at Syracuse University in New York. The Tree of 40 Fruit does exactly what its name suggests: It grows 40 different fruits …
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By Kaylany Minaya, age 10 and IndyKids staff Orangutans are apes which are found deep in the forests of Indonesia. Orangutans only live on two islands, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia; however, 100 years ago, they could be found all around Southeast Asia. With an arm span of up to seven feet, they have no …
By Clara Wong, age 14 On March 9, Biden proposed a minimum 25% tax rate to be imposed upon America’s billionaires, referred to as the “billionaire tax.” Billionaires are not thrilled. Every year, the president submits a fiscal budget to Congress that holds documents containing information on government funding. All budgetary publications must then be …
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By Aisha Siddiqa Hassim, age 13 Earlier this year, parts of Turkey and Syria faced two catastrophic earthquakes. The combined effects of these earthquakes were disastrous and resulted in the death of over 50,000 people. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing criticism over the lack of preparedness and slow response after the earthquakes. The …
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Muhammad Hasnain Hassim, age 11 and IndyKids staff The world’s governments reached an agreement on March 4, 2023, at the United Nations on the new High Seas Treaty, an international pact to protect marine life and stop pollution in the high seas. The high seas are international waters where no country’s government has rules restricting …
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By Yoremaily Maldonado, age 10 and IndyKids staff Pharmaceutical companies will no longer be required to test new drugs on animals, thanks to a new law passed earlier this year. Animal rights advocates have been petitioning for years to overturn the 85-year-old law that required companies to test new drugs on animals to see if …
By Maliyah Ledesma, age 11 and IndyKids staff In the world we live in today, we rely on technology more by the second, so it’s easy for young folks to get lost mindlessly scrolling. This is why social media platform TikTok announced in March that they would be implementing a new default setting with safeguards …
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