Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

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Kid News This Week: Finland’s woody batteries, Taylor Swift concert, “fish-lizard” fossil, World Autism Day Mar 22, 2023

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In world news for kids this week: What to do with a forest of wood planted for paper production not needed now in the digital age? Well, a company in Finland is innovating – creating sustainable batteries out of the wood! Also, Taylor Swift sings 44 songs in 3 hours during her first concert in five years. We’ll also explain Int’l Autism Day and how researchers think the “fish-lizard” – ichthyosaur – sea monster lived much earlier than the “Great Dying” when nearly all life on earth was wiped out.

Kid News This Week: Nuclear submarines, Valentine asteroid, 95th Oscars, Fosbury Flopper dies Mar 15, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Aukus nuclear-powered submarine project upsets China, Valentine asteroid heading to Earth in 2046, the 95th Academy Awards show without the red carpet and the Fosbury Flopper who revolutionized the high jump dies – we share his inspiring story, plus the Fab Facts quiz and World Wrap of other news making headlines around the world!

Kid News This Week: What ozone hole, UN ozone game, UK museum space crunch, lippy whales Mar 08, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Environmental triumph - Earth's ozone hole is getting smaller, UN launches ozone video game, no room for old stones in UK museums and new discovery about the loud, haunting sounds whales make – turns out they have extra nosey (and noisy) lips!

Kid News This Week: Chatbots and ChatGPT explained, Africa’s Goliath frog, Italy’s oily coffee Mar 01, 2023

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Kid News This Week: People go crazy for ChatGPT – we explain what it and chatbots are (including what GPT actually stands for), Cameroons Goliath frog being saved, Italy’s oily coffee on offer in Starbucks - all that and more this week!

Kid News This Week: Carnival & Lent, Kenya’s ancient tools, Australia’s new spiders, “Lord of the Ring” frog Feb 22, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Carnival season ends and Lent begins - we explain what it all means, plus a special report from Germany's Fasching, Kenya’s 2.9-million-year-old tools redefines humanity, Australia’s 3 new spider species, Ecuador’s “Lord of the Ring” frog and more!

Kid News This Week: Sniffer squirrels, spy balloons, Turkey quake, seagulls-v-drones, bare Spaniard Feb 15, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Move over sniffer dogs – squirrels get in on the act of sniffing out drugs in China, more on the US-China spy balloons saga, update on Turkey and Syria’s deadly quake, Portuguese city brings in drones to help with their seagull problem – we’ll explain how – and in Spain one man decides to test the law... by baring all!

Kid News This Week: Turkey earthquake, Chinese spy balloon, Beyoncé sweeps Grammys, naughty parrot Feb 08, 2023

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Kid News This Week: 7.8 earthquake rocks Turkey & Syria, US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, Beyoncé sweeps Grammys but still doesn’t get top prize and owner of a naughty parrot pays the price in Taiwan – all this plus the Weekly World Wrap and the Fab Fact Quiz!

Kid News This Week: Chimp gestures, new dino, seaspider butt, Ticketmaster apologies, Lantern Festival, treasure hunt Feb 01, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Tons of nature news this week! From understanding chimp gestures to a new “duck” dinosaur discovered and seaspider that can regrow their butts! Also, Ticketmaster apologies to Taylor Swift and US Senators riff off Tay-tay’s lyrics (you gotta hear it!), a special report from Taiwan for the Chinese Lantern Festival and a treasure hunt for some ill-gotten Nazi loot leaves some Dutch villagers unhappy.

Kid News This Week: Woolly mammoth return, dinosaur discoveries, Avatar breaks records, Oz "toadzilla" Jan 25, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Texas biotech company closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth, two dinosaur discoveries – one in India and one in the US, Avatar and its director, James Cameron break box office records and Australian park rangers discover a massive cane tone the size of a small dog, given the name “toadzilla” – all that news and more!

Kid News This Week: Chinese New Year, Oz marathon marathoner, drone dog-saver, epic search for cat Jan 18, 2023

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Kid News This Week: Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the rabbit – what does that mean? Australia’s marathon marathoner who ran 150 marathons in a row, the English woman who uses her drone to save lost dogs and Bolivia’s epic search for a cat that went missing after taking a BOA flight – all that and more!

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