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 | The Earth's average velocity orbiting the sun is 67,000 miles per hour (107,220 Km/hr), and it spins on its axis at nearly 1,000 miles per hour. | | The oldest known hominid skeleton from Ethiopia has been dated at 4.4 million years. The earliest human tools have been dated at 2.7 million years old. |
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Science News for Kids |  | | • | Scientists finally know why ice is so slippery Mon, 12 Jan 2026 | | • | Scientists Say: Logarithm Mon, 12 Jan 2026 | | • | Newfound fossil is not a teen T. rex but a whole new species Fri, 09 Jan 2026 | | • | Hypnosis isn’t magic. It’s the brain at work Thu, 08 Jan 2026 | | • | Air pollution might harm children’s eye health Wed, 07 Jan 2026 | | • | Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players when they peck Tue, 06 Jan 2026 | | • | Sometimes the best way to reach a goal may be to quit an old one Tue, 06 Jan 2026 | | • | Scientists Say: Tenebrescence Mon, 05 Jan 2026 | | • | This is the largest, most detailed radio image yet of our Milky Way Mon, 05 Jan 2026 | | • | Big goals can feel overwhelming. Here’s how to stay on track Fri, 02 Jan 2026 | | • | AI can now write working genetic instruction books from scratch Mon, 22 Dec 2025 | | • | Scientists Say: River Piracy Mon, 22 Dec 2025 | | • | Brain scans reveal where taste and smell combine to become flavor Fri, 19 Dec 2025 | | • | Fractals describe patterns hidden all around us Thu, 18 Dec 2025 |
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| Historical Events for 13th January 2026 | | | 1733 | British officer James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina | | 1882 | Richard Wagner completes his final opera "Parsifal" | | 1919 | Dutch Soccer team OSV forms | | 1924 | Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections | | 1942 | Allied Conference on war trials at St. James's Palace, London | | 1963 | 13th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 30-20; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Eugene Lipscomb, Pittsburgh Steelers, DT | | 1968 | Minnesota North Stars NHL player Bill Masterson, suffers head injuries during a game and dies two days later, becoming the 1st player to die as result of a game | | 2017 | Cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scores Bangladesh's top Test score ever (217) during the 1st Test v New Zealand in Wellington | More Historical Events»
| Word of the Day » well-being | | | Definition: | (noun) The state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous. | | Synonyms: | eudaimonia | | Usage: | Holistic medicine emphasizes the emotional as well as the physical well-being of the patient. |
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