Starting 8 September 2025: Here's What's Happening!
Welcome to this week’s news, all summarised with amazing AI.
Join us as we explore exciting places, meet historical figures, discover amazing animals, and learn about cool science. Each article is packed with fun facts that will expand your knowledge and spark your curiosity.
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Animals
🦟 Mosquitoes like certain humans more! Scientists at a music festival studied which people mosquitoes bite most.
🍺 Beer makes you more attractive. People who drank beer got more mosquito attention than those who didn’t.
😴 Sleeping near someone also helps mosquitoes. They seemed to like people who had slept close to others the night before.
☀️ Sunscreen keeps mosquitoes away. Volunteers who wore sunscreen were about half as likely to be bitten.
👕 You can protect yourself. Even if you do fun things, wearing long sleeves or sunscreen can help mosquitoes stay away.
🐙 Octopuses have 8 arms that are super flexible, and each arm can do lots of different jobs!
🔍 Front arms explore the ocean floor, grab things, and check out their surroundings, while the back arms help them move.
🏃 Back arms help with movement, like pushing, rolling, or crawling along the sand, acting like tiny conveyor belts.
🌀 All arms are smart multitaskers, able to bend, twist, stretch, and shorten in different ways, sometimes even doing several actions at once!
🤖 Scientists want to learn from them, because understanding octopus arms can help build soft robots that move like these clever sea creatures.
Fun Fact: Did you know that mosquitoes can smell you from 100 feet away? They use special sensors to detect the carbon dioxide you breathe out! And octopuses are so smart that each of their arms has its own "brain" with millions of nerve cells - that's like having 8 mini-computers attached to your body!
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Technology
SciTechDaily - 14.09.25
From Sci-Fi to Reality: New Breakthrough Could Bring Holograms to Your Phone
Researchers combined OLEDs with metasurfaces to project holograms. The method enables simpler, cheaper, and smaller displays. New research from the University of St Andrews is advancing holographic technology, with potential applications in smart devices, communication, gaming, and entertainment.
🌟 Holograms on Phones! Scientists found a new way to make holograms, which are 3D images that float in the air, using tiny screens called OLEDs.
💡 Tiny Light Tricks They mix OLEDs with special layers called metasurfaces, which are super thin and can bend light to make pictures appear like magic.
💰 Cheaper and Smaller This new method is easier, smaller, and cheaper than the old laser way, so one day phones and games could show cool 3D images.
🎮 Fun Uses Holograms could be used for gaming, virtual reality, phones, and even cool science tools like microscopes.
🖼️ One Pixel Magic A single tiny OLED pixel can now make a whole hologram, which was impossible before!
🌟 Google’s new app Gemini became the most downloaded on the Play Store, beating ChatGPT, because of its super fun Nano Banana AI tool.
🍌 The Nano Banana AI lets kids and grown-ups create and edit pictures, turning them into cool 3D-like figurines or mixing styles like magic.
📱 Gemini connects with Google tools like Gmail, Docs, and Slides, making it easy to write, edit, and create right inside the apps people already use.
🎨 In just 2 weeks, people made and edited more than 500 million pictures with Nano Banana, making it go viral on social media.
💰 The app is free for up to 100 pictures a day, but subscribers paying monthly can make 1,000 pictures daily, giving even more creative power
Fun Fact: The first hologram was created in 1947, but it took until 1971 for someone to make a hologram you could see with regular white light! And did you know that "Nano Banana" got its funny name because the AI can make pictures so small they're measured in nanometers - that's a billion times smaller than a meter!
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Science
🪨 Scientists studied a Stone Age burial site in Latvia and found special stone tools buried with both men and women.
🧑🤝🧑 People used to think only men hunted and built things, while women cooked and cared for families, but the tools show women did these jobs too.
🔍 Using microscopes, researchers discovered the tools were used for working with animal skins, which came from hunting.
👩🔧 The tools were sometimes buried even more often with women than men, showing they were skilled hunters and tool users.
🌍 This discovery changes how we imagine Stone Age life, teaching us that both men and women shared important jobs in their families and communities
🧬 Tiny glowing protein: Scientists made a super small protein that can glow and act like a quantum bit, or “qubit.”
🌡️ Senses inside cells: This protein could help measure things like temperature and magnetic fields right inside cells.
💡 Quantum magic: The protein can be in two states at once, like magic 0s and 1s, which makes it special for science experiments.
🧪 Works in living cells: Researchers made the protein work in human and bacterial cells, even at warmer temperatures than usual for qubits.
🔬 Future of medicine: One day, this could help doctors see tiny changes in cells and improve medical imaging, but more testing is needed.
Fun Fact: Stone Age people lived over 10,000 years ago and made tools from rocks, bones, and wood - no metal at all! And quantum computers are so powerful that they could solve math problems in seconds that would take regular computers thousands of years!
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Politics
NewsForKids.net - 09.09.25
Leadership Changes in France, Japan, and Thailand
Countries around the world have had major leadership changes in recent days. In France, Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government collapsed after losing a no-confidence vote. In Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stepped down on Sunday. And Thailand’s Parliament has chosen Anutin Charnvirakul as the country’s next prime minister.
" 🟢 France’s Prime Minister Leaves: France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a vote in Parliament and has to leave his job. People are upset, and President Macron will pick a new leader soon.
🇯🇵 Japan’s Leader Steps Down: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stepped down after less than a year because his party lost many seats in elections. Other leaders will try to take over.
🎉 Thailand Has a New Leader: Anutin Charnvirakul became Thailand’s new Prime Minister. He will have new elections in four months.
💬 Many Challenges: All three countries now have leaders who need to work with divided groups in Parliament.
🌍 Big Changes Worldwide: Kids around the world can see that countries sometimes change leaders quickly!
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Tag: politics – NewsForKids.net
Since January, huge changes have been taking place in US politics. The effects of some of these changes will be felt around the world, and could last for a very long time.NewsForKids.net has created a US Politics section to help track these changes.
🌊 Big Dam Opened: Ethiopia opened Africa’s largest dam, called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile River.
⚡ More Electricity: The dam will make lots of electricity for millions of people in Ethiopia and even sell some to nearby countries.
😃 Pride for Ethiopia: Ethiopians built the dam mostly with their own money, and leaders say it shows they can achieve big goals.
😟 Worries for Neighbors: Egypt and Sudan are worried the dam might cause less water or floods since they depend on the Nile.
💧 Sharing Water Carefully: Ethiopia says the dam can help everyone, and they carefully control water so it doesn’t cause problems for other countries
Fun Fact: Did you know that some countries change their Prime Minister or President every few years through elections, while others keep the same leader for much longer? And the Nile River is the longest river in the world at 4,135 miles - that's like driving from New York to California and back again!
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Sports & Entertainment
🏃 Big Race in Tokyo! The 2025 World Athletics Championships are happening in Tokyo, Japan, where athletes run, jump, and throw to see who’s the fastest and strongest.
🇬🇧 Team GB Stars! Great Britain won 10 medals last time, including golds for Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Josh Kerr, and their athletes are competing again this year.
📅 Dates to Watch! The championships started on September 13 and will finish on September 21, with lots of exciting events each day at Japan’s big National Stadium.
⏰ When to Tune In! In the UK, you can watch events starting midnight, 9:30am, or early morning depending on the day.
📺 How to Watch! BBC will show all the action, and you can also follow news and updates online at World Athletics and talkSPOR.
🎮 Super Mario turned 40! He first appeared in 1981 in a game called Donkey Kong, not in his own game. Back then, he was called Jumpman and even Mr Video!
🔧 Mario is most famous as a plumber, but he’s also tried many other jobs like a doctor, race car driver, footballer, and even martial artist in different games.
👨🦱 Mario’s moustache and hat were designed because old video games couldn’t show mouths or hair very well. His look made him easier to draw and super iconic.
🎥 Mario has been in movies too! A 1993 live-action film wasn’t very popular, but kids loved the 2023 animated movie.
🎉 Since 1985, Mario has been in over 200 games, making him one of the most famous video game characters ever!
Fun Fact: The fastest human can run 100 meters in under 10 seconds - that's faster than a car driving through a school zone! And Mario was almost called "Mr. Video" because Nintendo wanted him to appear in every video game they made, like a company mascot!
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Test Your Knowledge Quiz!
Let's see how much you remember from all these amazing discoveries and news! Choose the best answer for each question:
1. What makes people more attractive to mosquitoes?
A) Wearing red clothes
B) Drinking beer
C) Eating candy
D) Playing music
A) Wearing red clothes
B) Drinking beer
C) Eating candy
D) Playing music
2. How many arms does an octopus have?
A) 6
B) 10
C) 8
D) 12
A) 6
B) 10
C) 8
D) 12
3. What is the name of Google's new AI tool?
A) Nano Banana
B) Super Apple
C) Mega Orange
D) Tiny Grape
A) Nano Banana
B) Super Apple
C) Mega Orange
D) Tiny Grape
4. What were Stone Age women skilled at doing?
A) Only cooking
B) Only caring for children
C) Hunting and making tools
D) Only gathering plants
A) Only cooking
B) Only caring for children
C) Hunting and making tools
D) Only gathering plants
5. What is Africa's largest dam called?
A) Great African Dam
B) Blue Nile Dam
C) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
D) Super Ethiopia Dam
A) Great African Dam
B) Blue Nile Dam
C) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
D) Super Ethiopia Dam
6. Where are the 2025 World Athletics Championships happening?
A) London
B) Tokyo
C) Paris
D) New York
A) London
B) Tokyo
C) Paris
D) New York
7. What was Super Mario originally called?
A) Super Guy
B) Jumpman
C) Red Hero
D) Plumber Man
A) Super Guy
B) Jumpman
C) Red Hero
D) Plumber Man
8. How many pictures were made with Nano Banana in 2 weeks?
A) 100 million
B) 200 million
C) 500 million
D) 1 billion
A) 100 million
B) 200 million
C) 500 million
D) 1 billion
9. What can protect you from mosquito bites?
A) Sunscreen
B) Loud music
C) Bright lights
D) Sweet perfume
A) Sunscreen
B) Loud music
C) Bright lights
D) Sweet perfume
10. How many countries had leadership changes mentioned in the news?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
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Extra Fun Facts You Didn't Know!
Octopus Super Brains
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood! Two hearts pump blood to their gills, and one pumps blood to the rest of their body. Their blue blood helps them survive in cold, deep water.
Mosquito Speed Facts
Mosquitoes can fly at speeds up to 1.5 miles per hour and beat their wings 600 times per second! Only female mosquitoes bite because they need protein from blood to make eggs.
Hologram History
The word "hologram" comes from Greek words meaning "whole message"! The first holograms were made using laser light and could only be seen in special red light.
Stone Age Surprises
Stone Age people were the first to make musical instruments! They carved flutes from bird bones and mammoth ivory over 40,000 years ago.
Nile River Magic
The Nile River flows backwards compared to most rivers - it flows from south to north! Ancient Egyptians called it "the river" because it was the only river they knew.
Mario's Many Jobs
Mario has had over 100 different jobs in video games! He's been a carpenter, demolition worker, factory worker, archaeologist, and even a referee!
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Quiz Answers
Here are the correct answers to the quiz. How many did you get right?
Answers 1-5
1. B) Drinking beer; Scientists found that people who drank beer got more mosquito attention!
2. C) 8 ; Octopuses have 8 super flexible arms that can do different jobs!
3. A) Nano Banana; This fun AI tool lets people create and edit amazing pictures!
4. C) Hunting and making tools; Stone Age women were skilled hunters, not just cooks and caregivers!
5. C) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; This huge dam will provide electricity for millions of people!
Answers 6-10
6. B) Tokyo; Japan's big National Stadium is hosting all the exciting athletic events!
7. B) Jumpman; Before he was Mario, he was called Jumpman and even Mr Video!
8. C) 500 million; That's an incredible number of pictures created in just 2 weeks!
9. A) Sunscreen; Volunteers who wore sunscreen were about half as likely to be bitten!
10. B) 3; France, Japan, and Thailand all had leadership changes!
How many did you get right? If you got 8-10 correct, you're a News Superhero! If you got 5-7 correct, you're a Rookie Rescue Hero!! If you got 1-4 correct, you're a Hero in Training!
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