In late September at a huge international chess tournament in Uzbekistan, 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan of England made history. Her strong performance in the contest led to her becoming the youngest ...

Engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have created a flying robot that can also dive underwater. The robot is inspired by birds like puffins, which can fly through the air and also ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising new source of oxygen in the ocean. They believe that special rocks on the sea floor may act like batteries, creating oxygen from salt water. The discovery ...

A new study shows that bumblebees can use objects around them to solve a challenging puzzle they’ve never seen before. The results suggest that even though bumblebees have tiny brains, they can think ...

On Saturday, a pair of red shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz was sold at auction for a record-breaking $28 million. That makes the slippers the most expensive movie item ever sold. The ...

Last year, the US got more of its electricity from wind and solar power than from coal. It’s the first time that’s ever happened, and it shows how quickly the US is moving toward cleaner energy ...

Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that his government has gotten rid of an important rule which says that the pollution causing global warming is dangerous. The change will make it ...

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that the sizes of animal populations around the world have dropped by an average of 73% since 1970. The report says humans are the main cause of ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird is an albatross named Wisdom. She’s around 74 years old, and has recently returned to her nesting place in the Midway Atoll. Wisdom may be old, but she’s still ...

Scientists in the Netherlands have created a soft-bodied robot that’s powered by air. The robot doesn’t have a computer or a “brain”, but even so, it’s able to walk and swim on its own. When you think ...

On Friday, President Joe Biden visited the Gila River Indian Community near Phoenix, Arizona. He offered an official apology to Native Americans for the US government’s long history of removing Native ...

Scientists have found that floating solar panels could provide a huge amount of electricity if they were placed on lakes and other bodies of water around the world. Floating solar panels could also ...