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Tokyo Olympic medals are made from recycled phones!

The Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Japan next year are going to be truly extraordinary. The island nation has unveiled its Olympic medals made from recycled mobile phones? The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games said its Tokyo 2020 Medal Project sourced small electronic devices from all over Japan […]
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Your breath may just turn golden!

It’s shiny, it’s expensive and our moms love it. We are talking about gold, but it can also help us breathe.  Indian scientists have developed a golden tree of sorts, which would perform photosynthesis and generate oxygen. Surprised? Well, don’t, because we are going to explain. Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) professor Vivek […]
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These young women athletes are pride of India

They are young, they are talented, they have an amazing sense of sportsmanship, and they do not belong to Men’s Cricket Team. Our female athletes have been making India proud for years, but the list is getting younger and longer with each passing day. Let’s have a look at our female force on the field… […]
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UK kids voted for these books. Would you pick them too?

The winners of Children’s Book Awards are announced and we can’t be happier with the results. Though the nomination was an eclectic mix of titles, kids chose what they loved the most.  The Children’s Book Awards is the only UK national award voted for solely by children from start to finish. Here’s the list of […]
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The art of revival and rebirth

Renaissance was a beautiful era of art history (1400s) which gave the society a chance to dream as well as believe. Renaissance literally means ‘rebirth’. Rebirth of ideas, desires, dreams and also the realistic outcome. Painters took an increasing interest in the representation of the visible world instead of being confined to that exclusive concern […]
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Plan your long-weekend vacay here

Rains are pleasant but they also make movements difficult. You can’t go out to play, and it may take ages for your friends to reach you during a Mumbai deluge. But a long weekend is nearby and you can make the most of it by escaping this havoc while enjoying the monsoon season. Here’s a […]
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The walls around us!

Walls are everywhere. They make our houses stand straight, they save us from the truant weather and don’t you love hiding behind a wall in the game of hide-and-seek? But walls are not just limited to our society compounds and school buildings.  Donald Trump had announced to build a wall between the US and Mexican […]
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Our moon is not enough, NASA eyes Saturn’s

The world is not enough, and neither is the Universe. NASA has unveiled a plan to fly a drone helicopter mission which will cost $1bn (£800m) on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in the 2030s. The rotorcraft will visit dozens of promising locations on Titan to investigate the chemistry that could lead to life. The moon plays […]
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Your primer to Brexit

There’s been a lot of talk about Brexit in the past couple of months. You must have heard your elders discuss it, or watched a debate on television or read an article about it in a newspaper. But what really is Brexit? If you don’t understand, it’s okay. It’s mind boggling to even some adults… […]
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Meteor stuns Bihar village!

Madhubani is renowned for its art, but last week the Bihar district was in news for ‘out of the world’ reasons. Literally! A suspected meteorite, the size of a football, plunged into a rice field in Mahadeva village.  The farmers working on the field got startled when a 13 kg extraterrestrial object came flying down […]