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...
Join us in celebrating several Scholastic Regional Award recipients!
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
On June 15th, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in southern Philippines. The earthquake happened at 7:37 a.m., at southern edge...
ALPS Peace Talks Fractured: Coordinated Attacks Throw Sudan Ceasefire into Chaos A series of sudden and violent attacks has shattered...
U.S. and Iran were close to having a peace treaty. Unfortunately there were attacks that came from both sides. On...
India Concucts First Census in 15 years India began a 33-question census in April 2026, where about 30 million officials...
Isreal and Iran Continue to Swap Attacks Despite ceasefires, attacks broke out again in the weekend of June 6th-7th, challenging...
Science & Technology
On April 29, 2026, a truck made history by completing a delivery without a driver! This is not the first...
"Insightful" Animals Surprise Scientists by Solving Puzzles A new study on June 4 of 2026, conducted by researchers in Finland,...
When it comes to intelligent creatures, bees are certainly not the first animal to come to mind. However, a recent...
very vivid bright blue color have washed ashore along the Western coast of the United States of America. This phenomenon...
Bot Auto Truck Completes First Driverless Delivery On April 29, Bot Auto, a trucking company, deployed a driverless truck that...
Autonomous truck finishes a historic driverless delivery across Texas A fully autonomous Bot Auto truck completed a commercial delivery across...
NASA Announces Crew Members of Artemis III Mission On June 9th, 2026, NASA announced its four selected crew members for...
Millions of Vibrant Sailors Drift Onto Shores Millions of blue "sailors" or Velella velella drifted onto U.S. west coast beaches...
NASA Reveals Artemis III Crew for Next Moon Landing Imagine that you are an astronaut. You have just been chosen...
NASA Plans to Build Moon Base by 2032 On March 24, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that NASA would land...
Autonomous Truck Completes Delivery Across Texas Highway On April 29, 2026, an eighteen-wheel truck drove along a 231 miles (372...
AI-Powered Truck Accomplishes Milestone Delivery On April 29, 2026, a gigantic truck completed a full, 231-mile commercial delivery from Houston...
Sports
Serena William's Return to Tennis Serena Williams, a well-known Olympian who has won several medals, came out of retirement to...
FORMER TENNIS CHAMPION SERENA WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES COMEBACK Tennis star Serena Williams has announced a surprise return to competitive tennis, accepting...
Serena Williams, a tennis player that won 23 grand slams before she retired in 2022, has announced that she is...
Rachel Entrekin Sets New Record in Cocodona 250 On May 6th, 3:09 pm, Rachel Entrekin broke the world record of...
2026 FIFA World Cup: The Most High Tech in History 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off today, June 11th, to...
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,...
Arts
Ruby Redfort Ruby Redfort, Pick Your Poison, published in 2017, is by the writer and illustrator Lauren Child. It is...
7-Way Tie for Most Awards at 2026 American Music Awards The 52nd American Music Awards (AMA) took place at the...
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.
Opinion
Picture a living room that is flooded with plastic packaging. A 10 year old frantically rips through plastic packaging, sometimes...
The World Cup should be hosted by one country at a time because it makes it easier for fans who...
Algorithms of Harm: Why Social Media Platforms Must Face Strict Liability On smartphones worldwide, millions of minors are exposed to...
Why World Cup Games Should be Held in One Area I believe the World Cup should be held in one...
Social Media Platforms Need to Place Restrictions On Unsafe Content Social media fuels toy trends: from Labubu dolls to fidget...
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...
Creative Writing
A Cloudy Day I walked to the school bus, grumpy as I always am. My cat threw up on my...
The Cloud “What happened to you today?” my friend Holly asked. “Well, it’s a long story,” I replied. “It started...
The Axolotl Kingdom I remember the first time I ran next door and rang your doorbell. I must have been...
Once upon a time, there lived a mythical stag named the "Glimmer-Stag". It had soft fur as white as snow...