A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng has become a huge internet star. Videos and pictures of Moo Deng have made her famous online, and have drawn thousands of people to the zoo in Thailand where she lives. The zoo hopes her fame can help bring attention to her endangered species.
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Last September, scientists around the world were puzzled by an unusual rumbling traveling through the Earth. It was a strong signal, but it wasn't an earthquake. No one knew what it was. Now, a year later, scientists have solved the mystery.
Leaders representing countries around the world will come together this week at the United Nations' General Assembly meeting in New York. This year's meeting comes as the world faces a large number of extremely serious challenges.
Heman Bekele has been named TIME's Kid of the Year for 2024. The 15-year-old has come up with an idea for a soap that could help treat skin cancer, and he is already working with scientists to test his idea.
Last Thursday, astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission completed a record-setting spacewalk. It was the first spacewalk ever managed by private companies instead of a government. The mission could mark an important shift in the way humans explore space.
Heavy rains, typhoons, and hurricanes have led to serious flooding in places around the world. Deadly flooding has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes across affected countries in central Africa, central Europe, and Asia.
Australian scientists have come up with a clever way to study hard-to-reach areas of the sea floor: they attached cameras to sea lions. The resulting videos have given scientists new information about the endangered sea lions, and also about the sea floor.
In late August, the Lucara Diamond company announced the discovery of the largest diamond found in over 100 years. The 2,492-carat stone came out of the company's Karowe Mine in northeast Botswana, and is the second largest diamond ever found.
Cesare Mencarini recently graduated from a sixth form school (high school) in England with excellent grades. But he was probably more excited about the success he had the previous year - building a working nuclear fusion reactor at the age of 16.
Health care workers have begun a huge effort to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio. The effort comes as the area faces a polio outbreak for the first time in 25 years. The vaccination drive is being made possible by short breaks in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
When astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams blasted into space in June, they expected their trip to last 8 days. Now NASA has decided that the astronauts won't come home until February, 2025 - about 9 months after they left. For safety, they'll be taking a different spaceship home.