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Tween Tribune: What's Up With Saturn's Rings?
Learn about the rings of Saturn.
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Tween Tribune: What Happens When You Get a Concussion?
Article explains the science of concussions.
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Tween Tribune: Whales Reappear in Long Island Sound
Article reports on the return of whales of varies species to the waters off of Long Island.
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Tween Tribune: If We Don't Need an Appendix, Why Is It There?
Article presents a theory regarding the role of the appendix in the human body.
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Tween Tribune: Obama Designates Three New National Monuments
Read about the designation of new national monuments.
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Tween Tribune: Fish in Northwest Have New Hopes for Home
Read about efforts by scientists to develop new habitats for salmon and steelhead species of fish in the Pacific Northwest.
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Tween Tribune: Week of 4 4 16: Why Do We Sneeze?
Article answers the question, why do we sneeze?
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Tween Tribune: This House Told a Story About the African American Experience
A historical home acquired by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has quite a story to tell.
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This current events publication is for the eight- to fourteen-year age group. News articles that would interest this age group are posted and students, once signed up themselves, can comment on them. Teachers can customize student...
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Tween Tribune: Teenage Girls Have Led Language Innovation
Article reports on the influence teenage girls have had on language over the centuries.
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Tween Tribune: John Glenn, the 1st American to Orbit Earth, Has Died at 95
On December 8, 2016, John Glenn passed away. Glenn was a famous American astronaut.
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Tween Tribune: Giraffes Now Rarer Than Elephants
There are many animals at risk around the world. Scientists have determined that the giraffe population is shrinking.
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Tween Tribune: Ice Breaking Ship Gets Fired Up
One of the ships the United States has stationed in Antarctica is heading to warmer waters for intense cleaning.
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Tween Tribune: Does a Spider Need a Web to Catch Its Prey?
People are often fascinated by spiders creating their webs if they can catch a glimpse with the right lighting. Then there are the times people might get tangled in a web unintentionally. What do spiders do with those webs? Are they...
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Tween Tribune: More Than 50 Years Old, Freedom Songs Still Inspire Today
"The Freedom Song" among others celebrate as the nation remembers the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month. This song rang out in the famous Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
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Tween Tribune: Smog Delays Flights in China
Air pollution in China is no laughing matter. This is a problem that has plagued the nation's big cities for years. Instead of the smog getting any better, students have recently had days off because of it.
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Tween Tribune: China's Lantern Makers Are Gearing Up for the New Year
Part of the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year is the lantern festival. Tween Tribune tells the story of these traditional symbols of the culture.
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Tween Tribune: President Obama Awards Biden the Medal of Freedom
A special moment between President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in their last week when the President presented the Medal of Freedom to his right-hand man. Tween Tribune captured the story.
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Tween Tribune: Meet the 2017 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Award Winners
Most of us have read at least one Newbery, Caldecott or Printz Award recipients either in school or for leisure. The newest additions to the prestigious lists have been named for 2017.