Fire Below Your Feet
Caster, Shannon
What happened to make Centralia, Pennsylvania, a modern-day ghost town?
The quiet town o…
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Keeping Cool in the Desert
Stewart, Melissa
You might think that camels are the perfect desert animals.
And they are. But oth…
Weird Cures (that work!)
Powdered earthworms, mouse dung, hare’s tooth, pulverized toads-for years before modern medicine, people used all…
Don’t Know Your Own Strength?
“He hit me harder!” “No! She hit me harder!” If Mom heard this excuse, she’d probably send you to the time-o…
Super Spy Techniques (or What They Teach in Spy School)
Plecha, Lonnie
Always Use Your Head
(or Somebody Rise’s Head)
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Underground Wonders
Animals have lots of tools and tricks for getting by underground. A mole uses its massive, muscular front arms to “bre…
Little School on the Prairie
Daydreaming during math, students at Sunset Ridge Elementary School can look out the windows of their classro…
Gift from the Past, The
Rumford, James
When European explorers first ventured into the Pacific in the early 1500s, they found people…
Hunt for Extremophiles
CONTEST
In our March issue we asked you to tell us where you think extremophiles would love to live (extra po…