LNGenZ News for Kids: Science and technology

It is a controversial argument whether George Washington cut down a cherry tree. But it was recently discovered that he, or his staff, did bury preserved fruit – including cherries – at his Mount Vernon home. Archaeologists unearthed 35 glass… Read More

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the first ever privately funded spacewalk began with the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX teamed up to kick off the Polaris program. The three-step mission is not only… Read More

Poaching is the illegal trafficking and killing of animals and plants – and efforts to stop poachers are numerous but mostly unsuccessful. In South Africa, nearly 500 rhinoceros were killed in 2023 alone, and the rangers who work to protect… Read More

In preparation for permanently putting humans on the moon, scientists at the University of Florida attempted to grow plants using lunar soil. The Artemis program, which began in 2017, is an effort to establish a human presence on the moon… Read More

Is it time to stop worrying about the war on cash and begin paying with your face? Over the past decade, the movement toward a cashless society has been gaining steam. In a climate hyping all things artificial intelligence, this… Read More

Since the production of motor cars and aircraft, people have looked forward to the possibility of flying cars. In 1962, the animated TV show The Jetsons only amplified the desire to create a vehicle that could fly. Several prototypes have… Read More

Rock art has been telling stories and history since the beginning of humankind. Scientists today have found a new message in the Columbian Amazon suggesting that the earliest of people have been on Earth for 13,000 years. A new study… Read More

Once upon a time, a college education was the ticket to getting a great job with good benefits – but AI seems to be changing that. According to a new report by networking platform LinkedIn, the skills hiring managers are… Read More

In April 1986, the world’s greatest nuclear disaster began in Chernobyl when the local nuclear power plant’s No. 4 reactor exploded. There are only two nuclear disasters that reached this level of destruction, the second being in Fukushima, Japan, in… Read More

Odysseus, the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon, has officially made history. On Thursday, February 22, at 6:23 PM, the crewless instrument softly rested on the moon’s surface in its south polar region. The trip was not without… Read More

The problem with intelligence agencies is that, sooner or later, they usually become obsessed with gathering as much information as they can, about as many people as they can. This brings the risk of essentially make everyone a suspect –… Read More

Wikipedia defines a calendar as “explicit schemes used for timekeeping.” Basically, a calendar is a series of days, weeks, and months that repeat themselves every 365 days, with a leap year every four years. But how long have people used… Read More