AI Finally Being Used For Good Let's admit it. When we first heard of AI getting scary good, we all...
Many protests have been made while President Trump is trying to eliminate all the illegal immigrants from the U.S. and since the ICE and the Border Patrols are all working for the federal government, the cops of the...
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Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts Harshly. Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi is a shield volcano. This is a volcano type that usually...
Kaphar sighed deeply. The conflict lasted for ten years. “Does Mechilah still hate me?” he pondered. “But I just can’t....
Winners
Read top pieces written by previous winners of the Letterly Writing Competition, and be amazed!
Join us in celebrating several Scholastic Regional Award recipients!
Too Little, Too Late ~inspired by “Too Little, Too Late” by Laufey~ The moon caught the rays of her auburn...
She is making noodles for herself. The water bubbles and boils like the laugh of a child and the
thick udon noodles swirl slightly in the pot. She portions out a generous chunk of the stew, making sure to pick out the sharp bony pieces. The smell of chili oil and tender beef fills the tiny apartment, wrapping
around her like a familiar embrace.
Current Events
Israel’s attacks on Iran seem to have taken a toll on the US and Iran peace deal in the last...
India's government is holding a census online and in person. India started the survey in April, and the census is...
The US and Iran may be close to reaching a peace deal to end their ongoing war. Even so, some details are not very clear and there are still many holes and blank spots the public does not know, like what is going to happen to Iran's stock of uranium.
Ellen White Admitted into Football Hall of Fame Many of us would never even dream of one day being admitted...
India is Holding a Giant Census in 2026-2027 India is holding a large census that asks all kinds of questions,...
Science & Technology
History was made on April 29, 2026, when a driverless delivery truck that completed a 231 mile trip from Houston...
NASA, an American space company, is trying to build a permanent moon base to send Americans to conduct scientific experiments...
NASA has revealed their plans for building a permanent space base on the moon by 2032, and we are about to find out more about how and what it will have. The US is also competing with China since they also aim to land humans on the moon before 2030.
Millions of Blue Creatures Come Ashore America’s Western Beaches Since March, million of little bright blue creatures have come ashore...
The Surprising Discovery of a Tiny Blue Octopus In 2015, scientists discovered a golf ball-sized blue octopus off the coast...
NASA wants to build a base on the moon before President Donald Trump finishes his presidential term by 2029. NASA...
Tiny Octopus Species Discovered Many expect octopuses to have ink sacs - but, surprisingly, this one doesn’t! Scientists discovered a...
New Octopus Species Discovered off the Coast of the Galapagos Islands On July 1st, 2015, scientists were studying the Galapagos...
11 years ago, a group of marine biologists exploring the ocean floor off the coast of the Galapagos Islands made...
On Thursday, the standoff between Anthropic, an A.I. safety and research company, and the Pentagon continued. The Pentagon demanded that Anthropic provide it complete access to Anthropic's A.I. system, Claude. The Pentagon and Anthropic were negotiating a $200 million contract that involved A.I. in classified systems.
Fatu and Najin are the last two living Northern White Rhinos after Sudan, the last living male, died by being euthanized at the age of 45 on March, 19, 2018 in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The species was driven to being functionally extinct by poaching, habitat loss, and war.
The Apple iPhone 17 hit the market in September and sold out after minutes of going on sale. With the global release of new products, they outsold iPhone 16 series by 14% just on the first ten days and reached a new high of valuation. This new series brings many improvements which should make up for the many flaws in products from earlier this year.
Sports
The official ball for the 2026 World Cup is very high-tech. At first glance, it may look like a normal...
Rachel Entrekin recently beat the record time of an ultra marathon called Cocodona by two hours, and beat the winning...
In May, Rachel Entrekin won the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon, a long, grueling running race that takes days and nights, for the third time. She is the only third-time winner of this race and is best known for her trail and mountain racing.
The New AI Ball at the World Cup The World Cup this year will be hosted in Canada, Mexico, and...
On May 6, 2026, a female runner named Rachel Entrekin smashed records in a 250 mile race called the Cocodona...
Entrekin Wins and Breaks Records at Cocodona 250 Rachel Entrekin won the challenging 250-mile Cocodona 250 running race on May...
Unsatisfied with her time from the 2024 Cocodona 250, Rachel Entrekin made a comeback no one has ever seen before,...
Entrekin Breaks World Record in 250-mi Race In early May 2026, famous runner Rachel Entrekin ran the grueling and painful...
Rachel Entrekin Smashes Records in the Cocodona 250 (I would start with a sensory description of what Rachel is going...
During the weekend of August 2-3rd, riders from Lexington will join up with more than 6,800 riders in the annual Pan-Mass Challenge, a two-day bike marathon across Massachusetts that raises an enormous amount of funds for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber cancer institute. Since its inception in 1980, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $1 billion for Dana-Farber, making it the biggest contributor to the Dana-Farber cancer institute(JimmyFund).
Racist Comments Made During Premier League Opening Game During the first Premier League match of the 2025-2026 season on August...
What Major League Baseball Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas Baseball is one of America’s oldest sports, but in recent...
Arts
The Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee held a bun snatching contest on May 25, 2026 on Cheung Chau...
BTS, Sabrina Carpenter, and HUNTR/X Win Big at the American Music Awards BTS, Sabrina Carpenter, and HUNTR/X were the big...
BTS, Sabrina Carpenter, and Huntrix Win Big at AMAs American Music Awards on Monday, May 25, 2026, including BTS, Sabrina...
The Craziest Bun Contest Ever Imagine going on vacation in Hong Kong in May. You arrive and see many people...
On October 15, 2025, amidst the rolling waves of Steamer Lane, a renowned surf break in Santa Cruz, California, 21-year-old college student Isabella Orduna was wrapping up a surf session when she felt something pinch her foot. She ditched her board and jumped into the chilly Pacific, only to find “a big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter” lounging on her surfboard. Orduna recounted, “I was like, wow, what do I do now?”, as her board had been seized by an uninvited otter.
The cheating scandals at South Korea's top universities, especially the one incident where students used ChatGPT on a test for a class literally called "Natural Language Processing and ChatGPT" show that schools are fighting a battle they can't win if they don't change their outdated system.
There is a new award for writing children's books — the Children's Booker Prize. Announced on October 17, it will...
Fablehaven, an Incredible Novel The novel Fablehaven providing thrills by constantly keeping the reader on edge. The first book was...
Recently, there has been a surge in restaurants that serve miniature food. “Why?” you might ask. Well, besides the cute...
On Memorial Day, Walt Disney’s live action “Lilo & Stitch” released, a reimagined version of their 2002 classic animated version. It's an emotional and humorous movie about Lilo, a girl from Hawaii who finds it difficult to make friends and stay out of trouble, who meets Stitch, a mischievous little blue alien who crash lands onto Earth.
Disney’s original series “Lilo and Stitch" has a new live action movie, featuring Maia Kealoha as Lilo and Chris Sanders as Stitch, and has many different reviews from everyone around the world. The live action is based off of Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, and it talks about the unlikely friendship between Lilo, a young, free-spirited Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, an evil, smart alien creature. I recently just watched it, and I feel like the live action could’ve done better, rating it a 3 stars out of 5.
At Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, British Columbia, few people were aware of the legend that was unfolding in a...
Opinion
Why Viral Dumpling Squishy Toys are Considered Unsafe On social media platforms, there can be viral videos and toys that...
In 2024, , carrying pictures of children who died as a result of social media. “I thought, you can see...
Concerns About Popular Dumpling Squishy Toys Social media has played a huge role in promoting popular dumpling squishy toys recently....
My Favorite Activity in Spring: Having Picnics As the weather gets warmer, there are many fun activities we can do....
AI use in government AI is a useful tool, but using it in Government does not help fight corruption in...
Technology causes more problems than it solves Technology is everywhere in my life, but instead of helping me, I believe...
Playing Sports is the Best Thing to do in Spring I think that playing sports and games outside is the...
Daylight Savings Time Should Be Banned Do you wish to ban daylight saving time? I certainly do! Daylight Saving Time...
Space has always inspired curiosity, wonder, and exploration. It stretches infinitely beyond our planet, filled with mysteries that humans have...
No Bank Holiday in Scotland The king issued a bank holiday because the national soccer team qualified for the World...
Teens Are Falling Out of Love with Tech? Across schools in the USA, teenagers are increasingly disengaging with classroom technology,...
Students Should Get the Day Off After the World Cup The World Cup happens only once every four years, so...
Creative Writing
The Storm’s Performance Gray, ashen clouds, Cover the sullen sky, The world that it shrouds, Casts happiness awry. But then...
Do We Need? Do we need to keep life in the today? Why should we not live it outside the...
I was never a whimsical person. To me, a unicorn was basically a horse with a traffic cone on its...
The world and all life is up for questioning Why do we want to be smart? Why do we want...