Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child A new article online says that fasting can “crush” type 2 diabetes- or in other words, changing the way we eat can cure one of the biggest diseases. That sounds amazing! But is it true? Twice-a-week fasting CRUSHES Type-2 Diabetes: Insulin resistance defeated by autophagy A recent NEWS…
Photo by Javier Miranda on Unsplash Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child 3 city-killing asteroids could strike Earth within weeks — generating a million times more energy than Hiroshima atomic bomb A recent headline in the Mainstream News Three huge asteroids that could smash into Earth within WEEKS?! Woah! Sounds pretty bad. But before you run off…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Imagine you’re an astronaut floating on the International Space Station. You tip a watering can over a plant… and instead of water pouring out, it just stays in a ball, wobbling around in the air! That’s because in space, there’s almost no gravity. And with no gravity, water…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Imagine a world where robots designed to save lives can fix themselves when they break.What if your plaster could check that you are healing and give you medicine when you need it? Picture astronauts floating high above Earth, safe because their spacesuit seals any tears in seconds.This could…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Not Everyone Has a Hospital Nearby Imagine you’re really sick and need surgery but the nearest hospital is hours away. For people living in the small villages or in poorer countries, this is a big problem. They don’t have many doctors nearby, and they might need to travel…
Photo by cottonbro studio: Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Did you know that stomach cancer affects over one million people around the world every year? The problem is worse for people who live far away from hospitals, like in small villages or poorer places. These people might not get the right treatment soon…
Photo by Sébastistien Vincon Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Did you know that right now, there are tiny pieces of plastic travelling all around the world? They are floating in the ocean, resting on mountaintops, and some even end up inside animals and people too! These tiny bits, called microplastics, are smaller than a sesame…
Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Can we really build houses on the Moon? Imagine looking up at the Moon and knowing that people are living and working there, maybe even building rockets to explore other planets! Sounds like something from a movie, right? But believe it or not, scientists are working hard to…
Photo by Jeshoots Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child Imagine you could get to the other side of the world in just 90 minutes. How cool would it be to have lunch in another country and be back before bedtime? Or maybe you dream of traveling across your country in the time it takes to…
Photo by Neom on Unsplash Toggle Switch Select Reading Level Adult Child A Magical World Under the Sea When I was 18, I took a dive into the ocean and found myself floating above a coral reef. It was like a glowing underwater city. Full of colour, movement, and tiny creatures zipping around like they…
