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World News After record rains flooded southeastern Missouri, eight Army Black Hawk helicopters rescued 202 campers and staff trapped at Camp Taum Sauk.
Sports Czech tennis star Linda Noskova, just 21, won the 2026 Wimbledon women's title in a dramatic three-set all-Czech final against Karolina Muchova.
Animals The numbat, Australia's striped marsupial, has been officially downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened after 40+ years of conservation efforts.
Technology Finnish physicists created a special quantum material that scientists predicted over a decade ago but could never make — and it could help build future computers.
Sports England and Argentina both won dramatic extra-time quarterfinals on Saturday, setting up a legendary World Cup semifinal in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Space Europe's Euclid space telescope found 31 ancient quasars — two of which are the oldest ever seen, shining when the universe was only 5% of its current age.
Space China made space history on July 10, 2026, catching the booster of its Long March 10B rocket after it launched a satellite to orbit — a first for China!
Sports Spain beat Belgium 2-1 in a dramatic World Cup quarterfinal on July 10, with substitute Mikel Merino scoring a late winner to send La Roja into the semifinals.
Sports World No. 1 Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev ended a British wildcard's fairytale run — the Wimbledon men's final is Sunday, July 12!
Science Scientists discovered that oak trees keep absorbing carbon dioxide for months after they stop growing — and that changes everything we thought about forests!
Space NASA's Perseverance rover found the most complex organic molecules ever discovered on Mars inside ancient mudstones — a clue that life's ingredients were once widespread!
Space SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster just flew for a record-breaking 36th time — and it landed perfectly on a ship in the ocean. Here's why that's amazing!
Sports France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach the World Cup semifinals for the third tournament in a row! Spain vs. Belgium kicks off today in Los Angeles.
Animals For the first time ever, scientists filmed a live goblin shark swimming in its natural deep-sea home. This ancient shark is a 125-million-year-old living fossil!
Space NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just woke up after sleeping for 321 days — almost a full year — nearly 6 billion miles from Earth beyond Pluto!
Sports Argentina was losing 2-0 to Egypt with only minutes left — then Messi turned it around! Now 8 teams remain in the 2026 World Cup. Here's what you need to know.
Health Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School found a gene called DEAF1 that makes muscles age faster — and discovered that exercise can turn it off to keep muscles strong!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned 4 this July! It celebrated with the most detailed photo ever taken of Centaurus A, a galaxy shaped by a 2-billion-year-old crash.
Space SpaceX launched a tiny nuclear-powered satellite on July 7, 2026 — a first for commercial space travel. Here's how it works and why it matters.
Sports The 2026 World Cup Round of 16 ends today with Argentina vs. Egypt and Switzerland vs. Colombia. All three host nations are out. Here's what to watch!
Health UC Berkeley scientists discovered the exact brain circuit that makes deep sleep release growth hormone — the chemical that builds muscles and repairs your body.
Animals Scientists found 5,000-year-old wolf bones on a tiny island in Sweden with no wild land animals. Humans must have brought them by boat — rewriting dog history!
Nature Super Typhoon Bavi, a powerful Category 5 storm, made landfall on the U.S. island of Rota near Guam. Communities are helping each other recover.
Space China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a tiny asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa that follows Earth like a shadow. Scientists wonder: is it a piece of the Moon?
Sports The 2026 World Cup Round of 16 is delivering thrills! Norway upset Brazil, England beat Mexico, and today Spain faces Portugal plus the USA takes on Belgium.
Environment Europe's 2026 heatwave broke national temperature records across 13 countries. Scientists and health workers are now acting to protect people and prepare better.
Space Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft zooms past asteroid Torifune today in one of the closest asteroid flybys ever attempted, traveling at 12,000 mph.
Space NASA's Hubble telescope photographed LH 95, a glowing stellar nursery holding 2,500 baby stars still being born in a nearby dwarf galaxy.
Sports The World Cup Round of 16 heats up on July 5 with two giant matches: five-time champions Brazil take on Norway's Erling Haaland, and host Mexico faces England.
Science A stronger-than-expected G3 solar storm lit up the skies on July 4, 2026, sending dazzling northern lights as far south as Utah, Colorado, and Nevada!
Sports Cape Verde's incredible first-ever World Cup run came to a heroic end, losing 3-2 to Argentina in extra time. The tiny island nation inspired the whole world!
Space On July 4, 2026, Mars and Uranus appeared incredibly close together in the pre-dawn sky — one of the best chances to spot Uranus in decades!
Space NASA's LINK spacecraft launched July 3 to rescue the Swift Observatory from falling back to Earth. Here's the incredible rescue story for kids!
Space NASA released four stunning space images in red, white, and blue to celebrate America's 250th birthday — and you can even hear the universe sing!
Science Scientists built a life-size dinosaur nest in a lab to solve how oviraptors hatched their eggs 70 million years ago. The answer is surprising!
World News Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope, received the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia to celebrate America's 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
Science Scientists at the University of Minnesota built SpudCell, the world's first fully synthetic cell made from non-living parts that can eat, grow, and make copies of itself!
Sports Team USA faces Belgium in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on July 6 in Seattle! Here's what kids need to know about this epic rematch.
World News Tomorrow is America's 250th birthday! To celebrate, nearly 50 giant tall ships from 20 countries are sailing into New York Harbor in the biggest fleet ever.
Environment More than 350 firefighters, water-scooping planes, and the National Guard are all working together to protect communities from the huge Aspen Acres Fire in Colorado.
Animals Scientists were amazed when bumblebees solved a famous chimpanzee intelligence test all by themselves, with no training. What does this tell us about animal minds?
World News A volunteer sorting old papers in London found a rare 250-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence — hidden in a British archive for centuries!
Sports Egypt beat Australia in a dramatic penalty shootout at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Dallas, making history by reaching the Round of 16 for the very first time!
Science Scientists just released the biggest-ever list of gravitational wave detections — 390 total! These invisible ripples in space come from crashing black holes.
Space The sun shot powerful solar flares toward Earth this week. NOAA says Northern Lights could glow across 26 U.S. states the night of July 3–4, 2026!
Animals Neil the Seal, a 1,000 kg elephant seal from Tasmania, Australia, is back in town for his 12th visit — and he has 1.4 million TikTok fans!
Space Saturn's iconic rings nearly vanished last year, but they're slowly tilting back into view! NASA says July 2026 is a great time to spot the ringed planet in the sky.
Science Scientists in South Korea invented a powder you can spray on a wound that turns into a gel and stops dangerous bleeding in just one second. Here's how it works!
Space Scientists discovered a rocky super-Earth just 25 light-years away orbiting in its star's habitable zone — could it hold liquid water? Here's what we know!
Environment A massive heat dome is trapping scorching hot air over much of the U.S. this July 4th weekend. Here's what a heat dome is and how to stay safe!
Sports The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage is underway! The USA, Canada, and Mexico all advanced. Today's big matches include Argentina and Colombia.
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just released a dazzling new photo of baby stars shooting out colorful jets of gas — just in time for the 4th of July!
Space Astronomers discovered two giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy! Meet the super-puff planets TOI-791 b and c, found 1,110 light-years away.
Science A bone found in Antarctica in 1985 sat in a museum drawer for decades. Scientists just discovered it belongs to a titanosaur dinosaur! Here's the story.
World News Rescue teams from seven countries worked together for days to save a man trapped after earthquakes in Venezuela. A true story about helpers and hope.
Space NASA is sending a robot spacecraft with three arms to catch a falling space telescope and push it back to safety. Learn how this space rescue works!