Kids News - Articles with 200-400 Words

Liam Hoekstra's parents realized their son was special, when at the age of five months he could lift his entire body up, whilst his mum held him by the hands. By eight months he was doing pull-ups and by nineteen months, inverted sit-ups....

Located 70 miles from Buenos Aires, the Capital of Argentina, the Lujan Zoo is being called many things - wild, irresponsible and even dangerous. However officials here simply call it 'The World's first interactive Zoo.'...

If you are among the millions of people that love the quirky, yet useful inventions that always seem to show up in the Wallace and Gromit movies, you will not want to miss 'Wallace and Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas', an interactive exhibition currently going on at London's Science Museum....

When Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, unveiled his commercial space airplane White Knight 2, amidst much fanfare in early 2008, he promised the world that it would be ready to take tourists to Space by late 2009 or early 2010 - and it looks as though he may actually keep his promise....

On Wednesday morning, students at St. Mary's college in Moraga, California, tried to re-live old memories and break a long-standing record, by hosting a Phone Booth Packing competition - where groups compete to see who can pile in the most number of people into a phone booth!...

While we think all teachers are incredible, this one definitely went beyond the normal call of duty to keep his students safe....

Would you be willing to fork out $7,000USD for one egg? If paleontologist and antique dealer, John Shephard from Ashford in Kent, London, is right, that is exactly what someone will end up paying soon....

Though she may not look a day over 21 (3 in dog years), Channel is all set to celebrate her 147th birthday (21 in dog years) on May 8th, and has just received a certificate from the folks at the Guinness Book of Records, confirming her status as the oldest dog in the world!...

Don't be surprised if the streets around you go dark for an hour at 8.30pm (local time) on Saturday, March 28th. It isn't a power outage, just people trying to save the Earth - one light bulb at a time!...