Newslings https://newslings.xyz/ en-us © 2026 Newslings Newslings is a 10-minute news show for kids aged 6 to 12, three times a week. Real stories from around the world, told calmly and clearly: space, animals, science, kids doing amazing things, and the big news of the day made easy to understand. Every episode has a word to sound out, a Whoa Fact, something hopeful, and a Big Question for the family to talk about. Pictures, quizzes and a reading coach for every story are at newslings.xyz. Newslings is a 10-minute news show for kids aged 6 to 12, three times a week. Real stories from around the world, told calmly and clearly: space, animals, science, kids doing amazing things, and the big news of the day made easy to understand. Every episode has a word to sound out, a Whoa Fact, something hopeful, and a Big Question for the family to talk about. Pictures, quizzes and a reading coach for every story are at newslings.xyz. The world, for curious kids. 10 minutes, three times a week. Newslings Newslingshello@newslings.xyz https://newslings.xyz/podcast-cover.jpgNewslingshttps://newslings.xyz/ false episodic 7ad28d22-fc61-5f16-8576-1d5b8996dfa7 yes Sun, 08 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT Why Europe Marched Why Europe Marched 14 full newslings-ep014 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep014 Sun, 08 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT Sunday, Nov. 8. Why so many people in Europe marched this autumn, told calmly; stick insects in Australia that turned out to be five kinds, not two; and a runner who ran for 99 days around the UK and Ireland and always finished last on purpose. Plus Diwali, the festival of lights, Ask the Scientist with shark scientist Stephen Kajiura of Florida Atlantic University, the day X-rays were discovered, a poem, the kākāpō's record year, and a new Mystery Sound.

Grown-ups: today's first story is about the protests in Europe this autumn: why people marched, and how leaders in France and Italy answered. It's told calmly, with no upsetting details or pictures.

Ask the Scientist: Stephen Kajiura, Florida Atlantic University.

Poem: "The horses of the sea" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers (LibriVox, public domain).

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sounds: "Stereo_BubbleWrapFire.wav" by DCLV and "Cracking Egg.wav" by MTJohnson on Freesound (CC0).

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]]> Sunday, Nov. 8. Why so many people in Europe marched this autumn, told calmly; stick insects in Australia that turned out to be five kinds, not two; and a runner who ran for 99 days around the UK and Ireland and always finished last on purpose. Plus Diwali, the festival of lights, Ask the Scientist with shark scientist Stephen Kajiura of Florida Atlantic University, the day X-rays were discovered, a poem, the kākāpō's record year, and a new Mystery Sound. Grown-ups: today's first story is about the protests in Europe this autumn: why people marched, and how leaders in France and Italy answered. It's told calmly, with no upsetting details or pictures. Ask the Scientist: Stephen Kajiura, Florida Atlantic University. Poem: "The horses of the sea" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers (LibriVox, public domain). Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sounds: "Stereo_BubbleWrapFire.wav" by DCLV and "Cracking Egg.wav" by MTJohnson on Freesound (CC0). 746 false Counting the Votes Counting the Votes 13 full newslings-ep013 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep013 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT Friday, Nov. 6. The US midterm election, and who won control of Congress (the AP called the House and the Senate for the Democrats); Sydney's new Southwest Metro, a train with no driver; and Brazil's runoff, where President Lula won a fourth term. Plus Juan Sebastián from Colombia, who built a machine that lets deaf people feel birdsong, the first green star, a joke and a new Mystery Sound.

Grown-ups: today's episode covers two elections, the US midterms and Brazil's runoff.

Pictures: the US Capitol (Architect of the Capitol, public domain); Barack Obama voting in 2012 (Pete Souza/The White House, public domain); a Sydney Metro train (Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); the green white dwarf (Mark A. Garlick/University of Warwick).

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sounds: "Card shuffling.mp3" by SomeoneCool15 and "Stereo_BubbleWrapFire.wav" by DCLV on Freesound (CC0).

Today's Big Question: "If your class held an election, what's one thing you'd want everyone to vote on?"

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]]> Friday, Nov. 6. The US midterm election, and who won control of Congress (the AP called the House and the Senate for the Democrats); Sydney's new Southwest Metro, a train with no driver; and Brazil's runoff, where President Lula won a fourth term. Plus Juan Sebastián from Colombia, who built a machine that lets deaf people feel birdsong, the first green star, a joke and a new Mystery Sound. Grown-ups: today's episode covers two elections, the US midterms and Brazil's runoff. Pictures: the US Capitol (Architect of the Capitol, public domain); Barack Obama voting in 2012 (Pete Souza/The White House, public domain); a Sydney Metro train (Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); the green white dwarf (Mark A. Garlick/University of Warwick). Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sounds: "Card shuffling.mp3" by SomeoneCool15 and "Stereo_BubbleWrapFire.wav" by DCLV on Freesound (CC0). Today's Big Question: "If your class held an election, what's one thing you'd want everyone to vote on?" 700 false Election Day Election Day 12 full newslings-ep012 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep012 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT Tuesday, Nov. 3. It's Election Day in the United States, with the midterm elections for Congress and more early votes than any midterm before; voices from 1935, the oldest known recordings of people speaking Louisiana Creole; the sea muppets, tiny fish that look like seahorses but aren't; and students in Serbia who helped choose new leaders. Plus María Andreína Lárez, Chile's read-aloud champion, a Brain Builder about gratitude, a kauri forest planted by hand in New Zealand, a joke from Dominic, and a new Mystery Sound.

Grown-ups: story one is about today's US midterm elections and stays neutral (no candidates, no predictions). Story two mentions that many West Africans in Louisiana had been forced there and made to work as enslaved people.

Recording: Lorenzo Dow Turner, 1935. Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University. Extract via the University of Cambridge.

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sounds: "zipper-01-05.flac" by pbimal and "Card shuffling.mp3" by SomeoneCool15 on Freesound (CC0).

Today's Big Question: "If someone recorded your voice today, and kids heard it in ninety years, what would you want to tell them?"

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]]> Tuesday, Nov. 3. It's Election Day in the United States, with the midterm elections for Congress and more early votes than any midterm before; voices from 1935, the oldest known recordings of people speaking Louisiana Creole; the sea muppets, tiny fish that look like seahorses but aren't; and students in Serbia who helped choose new leaders. Plus María Andreína Lárez, Chile's read-aloud champion, a Brain Builder about gratitude, a kauri forest planted by hand in New Zealand, a joke from Dominic, and a new Mystery Sound. Grown-ups: story one is about today's US midterm elections and stays neutral (no candidates, no predictions). Story two mentions that many West Africans in Louisiana had been forced there and made to work as enslaved people. Recording: Lorenzo Dow Turner, 1935. Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University. Extract via the University of Cambridge. Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sounds: "zipper-01-05.flac" by pbimal and "Card shuffling.mp3" by SomeoneCool15 on Freesound (CC0). Today's Big Question: "If someone recorded your voice today, and kids heard it in ninety years, what would you want to tell them?" 965 false The Ship That Disappeared The Ship That Disappeared 11 full newslings-ep011 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep011 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT Sunday, Nov. 1. A shipwreck near Kekova, Turkey, that may be the oldest ever found, where the wooden ship is gone but its clay jars are still there; Cyclone Arnab reaches India, and how people got ready; and new U.S. coins all about kids' sports. Plus Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera and her plantain-peel mulch, our first Ask the Scientist with Stephen Palumbi of Stanford University, a poem, the answer to our Mystery Sound and a brand-new one.

Grown-ups: today's episode includes a big storm in India, Cyclone Arnab, told through how people got ready. No upsetting details or pictures.

Ask the Scientist: Stephen Palumbi (Stanford University).

Poem: "Boats sail on the rivers" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers for LibriVox (public domain).

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sounds: "velcro tearing sound" by satanicupsman and "zipper-01-05.flac" by pbimal on Freesound (CC0).

Today's Big Question: "If you could leave something in a jar for people to find thousands of years from now, what would you put in it?"

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]]> Sunday, Nov. 1. A shipwreck near Kekova, Turkey, that may be the oldest ever found, where the wooden ship is gone but its clay jars are still there; Cyclone Arnab reaches India, and how people got ready; and new U.S. coins all about kids' sports. Plus Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera and her plantain-peel mulch, our first Ask the Scientist with Stephen Palumbi of Stanford University, a poem, the answer to our Mystery Sound and a brand-new one. Grown-ups: today's episode includes a big storm in India, Cyclone Arnab, told through how people got ready. No upsetting details or pictures. Ask the Scientist: Stephen Palumbi (Stanford University). Poem: "Boats sail on the rivers" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers for LibriVox (public domain). Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sounds: "velcro tearing sound" by satanicupsman and "zipper-01-05.flac" by pbimal on Freesound (CC0). Today's Big Question: "If you could leave something in a jar for people to find thousands of years from now, what would you put in it?" 704 false The Very First Trophy The Very First Trophy 10 full newslings-ep010 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep010 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Friday, Oct. 30. The Milwaukee Brewers win the World Series for the very first time; a pause in the fighting in one town in Ukraine, so people can get help; and a tiny Scottish island that made a giant discovery. Plus Kim Ji-on and her phone-grip smoke filter, a town in Australia that turns purple in spring, a spider that might be dreaming, a poem, the answer to our Mystery Sound and a brand-new one, and six baby dolphins in the Mekong River.

Grown-ups: today's episode looks back at a short ceasefire in one town in Ukraine, Oleshky, set up so food and medicine can get in. No upsetting details.

Poem: "Hurt No Living Thing" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers for LibriVox (public domain).

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sounds: by Kat466 and satanicupsman on Freesound (CC0).

Today's Sound It Out word: invention (in · ven · tion).

Today's Big Question: "If a spider could dream, what do you think it would dream about?"

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]]> Friday, Oct. 30. The Milwaukee Brewers win the World Series for the very first time; a pause in the fighting in one town in Ukraine, so people can get help; and a tiny Scottish island that made a giant discovery. Plus Kim Ji-on and her phone-grip smoke filter, a town in Australia that turns purple in spring, a spider that might be dreaming, a poem, the answer to our Mystery Sound and a brand-new one, and six baby dolphins in the Mekong River. Grown-ups: today's episode looks back at a short ceasefire in one town in Ukraine, Oleshky, set up so food and medicine can get in. No upsetting details. Poem: "Hurt No Living Thing" by Christina Rossetti, read by Maggie Travers for LibriVox (public domain). Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sounds: by Kat466 and satanicupsman on Freesound (CC0). Today's Sound It Out word: invention (in · ven · tion). Today's Big Question: "If a spider could dream, what do you think it would dream about?" 745 false The Real Stars The Real Stars 9 full newslings-ep009 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep009 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Tuesday, Oct. 27. The real stars hiding in Van Gogh's The Starry Night; Ebola, and the doctors, nurses and scientists working to stop it; and why the clocks went back this weekend. Plus Payton Obert and her lemonade stand that became a charity, marigolds for the Day of the Dead in Mexico, a snake that rolls like a wheel, a joke from our listener Lucile, a poem, our very first Mystery Sound, and a baby walrus who found a new home.

Grown-ups: today's episode explains the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa calmly, without numbers or upsetting details. The main ideas: it spreads only through close contact with someone who is very sick, helpers are working hard, and the risk far away is low.

Poem: "Escape at Bedtime" by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Willy for LibriVox (public domain).

Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Mystery Sound: by Kat466 on Freesound (CC0).

Today's Sound It Out word: constellation (con · stel · la · tion).

Today's Big Question: "If you could invent a new way to move, like rolling instead of slithering, what would it be?"

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]]> Tuesday, Oct. 27. The real stars hiding in Van Gogh's The Starry Night; Ebola, and the doctors, nurses and scientists working to stop it; and why the clocks went back this weekend. Plus Payton Obert and her lemonade stand that became a charity, marigolds for the Day of the Dead in Mexico, a snake that rolls like a wheel, a joke from our listener Lucile, a poem, our very first Mystery Sound, and a baby walrus who found a new home. Grown-ups: today's episode explains the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa calmly, without numbers or upsetting details. The main ideas: it spreads only through close contact with someone who is very sick, helpers are working hard, and the risk far away is low. Poem: "Escape at Bedtime" by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Willy for LibriVox (public domain). Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mystery Sound: by Kat466 on Freesound (CC0). Today's Sound It Out word: constellation (con · stel · la · tion). Today's Big Question: "If you could invent a new way to move, like rolling instead of slithering, what would it be?" 796 false The Cucumber King The Cucumber King 8 full newslings-ep008 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep008 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Sunday, Oct. 25. Today on Newslings, the first Sunday Edition: why kids' phones are in the news, from Pennsylvania's new school phone rule to Australia and France; a cucumber farmer in Egypt whose land was hiding a giant stone head of the pharaoh Ramses the Second; and why Lisbon is saying goodbye to rental scooters. Plus Jonathan Thai, 17, and his Pedal Forward Foundation, a pepper party in Espelette, France, a game board carved on a 1,000-year-old bread shovel, This Day in History (the first home microwave, 1955), a poem, two goats with a job in Tokyo, and Hoad's Wood in England, cleaned up at last.

See the Pedal Forward Foundation: https://pedalforwardfoundation.com

Poem: "Windy Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Willy for LibriVox (public domain).

Today's Sound It Out word: exception (ex · cep · tion).

Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you found something really old in your garden, what would you hope it was?"

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]]> Sunday, Oct. 25. Today on Newslings, the first Sunday Edition: why kids' phones are in the news, from Pennsylvania's new school phone rule to Australia and France; a cucumber farmer in Egypt whose land was hiding a giant stone head of the pharaoh Ramses the Second; and why Lisbon is saying goodbye to rental scooters. Plus Jonathan Thai, 17, and his Pedal Forward Foundation, a pepper party in Espelette, France, a game board carved on a 1,000-year-old bread shovel, This Day in History (the first home microwave, 1955), a poem, two goats with a job in Tokyo, and Hoad's Wood in England, cleaned up at last. See the Pedal Forward Foundation: https://pedalforwardfoundation.com Poem: "Windy Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Willy for LibriVox (public domain). Today's Sound It Out word: exception (ex · cep · tion). Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you found something really old in your garden, what would you hope it was?" 745 false The Wonderland of Rocks The Wonderland of Rocks 7 full newslings-ep007 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep007 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Friday, Oct. 23. America gets a brand-new national park, Chiricahua in Arizona, full of stone towers made by a volcano; Shanghai's new opera house has a roof you can walk on; and Thailand helps rice farmers wait for a better price. Plus Oscar Whitfield, 14, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his dung beetle photo, pumpkin boat races in Oregon, corals that help each other heal, a poem, and giant tortoises bouncing back.

See Oscar's photo: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/14-year-old-photographer-wins-one-of-wildlife-photographys-biggest-awards-with-image-of-a-dung-beetle-on-a-mission-to-roll-its-precious-cargo-up-a-sandy-slope-captured-on-a-family-game-drive-in-zimbabwe

Poem: "October's Party" by George Cooper, read by Roger Smith for LibriVox (public domain).

Today's Sound It Out word: volcano (vol · ca · no).

Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you could design a building that everyone was allowed to climb on, what would it look like?"

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]]> Friday, Oct. 23. America gets a brand-new national park, Chiricahua in Arizona, full of stone towers made by a volcano; Shanghai's new opera house has a roof you can walk on; and Thailand helps rice farmers wait for a better price. Plus Oscar Whitfield, 14, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his dung beetle photo, pumpkin boat races in Oregon, corals that help each other heal, a poem, and giant tortoises bouncing back. See Oscar's photo: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/14-year-old-photographer-wins-one-of-wildlife-photographys-biggest-awards-with-image-of-a-dung-beetle-on-a-mission-to-roll-its-precious-cargo-up-a-sandy-slope-captured-on-a-family-game-drive-in-zimbabwe Poem: "October's Party" by George Cooper, read by Roger Smith for LibriVox (public domain). Today's Sound It Out word: volcano (vol · ca · no). Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you could design a building that everyone was allowed to climb on, what would it look like?" 700 false The Super El Niño The Super El Niño 6 full newslings-ep006 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep006 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wednesday, Oct. 21. Georgia sets a record for early voting on the first day of a midterm election, a super El Niño changes the weather around the world (and sends six times the usual water over Iguazú Falls), and judge Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus Raji Doshi, 13, whose seaweed invention won America's Top Young Scientist, our first Brain Builder, the olive harvest in Tuscany, a Whoa Fact about the European nightjar, and why walking is good for you.

Today's Sound It Out word: election (e · lec · tion).

Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you could give a prize to someone you know, for making things fairer or kinder, who would it be, and why?"

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]]> Wednesday, Oct. 21. Georgia sets a record for early voting on the first day of a midterm election, a super El Niño changes the weather around the world (and sends six times the usual water over Iguazú Falls), and judge Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus Raji Doshi, 13, whose seaweed invention won America's Top Young Scientist, our first Brain Builder, the olive harvest in Tuscany, a Whoa Fact about the European nightjar, and why walking is good for you. Today's Sound It Out word: election (e · lec · tion). Grown-ups: today's Big Question is "If you could give a prize to someone you know, for making things fairer or kinder, who would it be, and why?" 750 false The Record-Breaking Rover The Record-Breaking Rover 5 full newslings-ep005 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep005 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Monday, Oct. 19. A rover on Mars breaks the record for driving farther than any vehicle on another world, scientists finally see how a honey bee's tiny stinger pumps, and Brazil changes its constitution to give workers a second day off each week. Plus Max Ku, 12, wins skateboarding silver at the Asian Games, a Whoa Fact about the shrinking Moon, and London's new super sewer cleaning up the River Thames.

Today's Sound It Out word: rover (ro · ver).

Grown-ups: today's breakfast question is "If you got one extra day off, every single week, what would you do with it?"

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]]> Monday, Oct. 19. A rover on Mars breaks the record for driving farther than any vehicle on another world, scientists finally see how a honey bee's tiny stinger pumps, and Brazil changes its constitution to give workers a second day off each week. Plus Max Ku, 12, wins skateboarding silver at the Asian Games, a Whoa Fact about the shrinking Moon, and London's new super sewer cleaning up the River Thames. Today's Sound It Out word: rover (ro · ver). Grown-ups: today's breakfast question is "If you got one extra day off, every single week, what would you do with it?" 688 false The Dinosaur by the Lake The Dinosaur by the Lake 4 full newslings-ep004 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep004 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Friday, Oct. 16. A brand-new dinosaur from Zimbabwe, a Labrador who sniffs out "sea vomit" to protect Scotland's sea, why the seas are rising and how the world agreed that island countries will always stay countries, a 13-year-old's water-saving app, the giant stone jars of Laos, two silly limericks by Edward Lear, and a big piece of sea Norway is protecting.

Today's Sound It Out word: dinosaur (di · no · saur).

Grown-ups: today's breakfast question is "If you could protect one special place in nature, forever, which would it be?"

The limericks are read by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox (public domain).

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]]> Friday, Oct. 16. A brand-new dinosaur from Zimbabwe, a Labrador who sniffs out "sea vomit" to protect Scotland's sea, why the seas are rising and how the world agreed that island countries will always stay countries, a 13-year-old's water-saving app, the giant stone jars of Laos, two silly limericks by Edward Lear, and a big piece of sea Norway is protecting. Today's Sound It Out word: dinosaur (di · no · saur). Grown-ups: today's breakfast question is "If you could protect one special place in nature, forever, which would it be?" The limericks are read by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox (public domain). 699 false Home From Space Home From Space 3 full newslings-ep003 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep003 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wednesday, Oct. 14. Sophie Adenot comes home; Loki, and 56 more new creatures; Students in France speak up; Kids Who Rock: Bodhana Sivanandan; Whoa Fact: Sharks have hidden ears; Poem Pocket: Who Has Seen the Wind?; Solar power under the sea.

Sound It Out word: astronaut (as · tro · naut).

Today's Big Question: If you lived in space for eight months, what would you miss most?

See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz.

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]]> Wednesday, Oct. 14. Sophie Adenot comes home; Loki, and 56 more new creatures; Students in France speak up; Kids Who Rock: Bodhana Sivanandan; Whoa Fact: Sharks have hidden ears; Poem Pocket: Who Has Seen the Wind?; Solar power under the sea. Sound It Out word: astronaut (as · tro · naut). Today's Big Question: If you lived in space for eight months, what would you miss most? See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz. 644 false The Space Slingshot The Space Slingshot 2 full newslings-ep002 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep002 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Monday, Oct. 12. Juice, the space slingshot; Lions with a giant dinner; Brazil's big election; The pelican who knocked; Kids Who Rock: Lian Yunzhi; Whoa Fact: Earth's balance point moves; Paid to photograph wildlife.

Sound It Out word: gravity (gra · vi · ty).

Today's Big Question: If you rode along to Jupiter, what would you pack?

See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz.

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]]> Monday, Oct. 12. Juice, the space slingshot; Lions with a giant dinner; Brazil's big election; The pelican who knocked; Kids Who Rock: Lian Yunzhi; Whoa Fact: Earth's balance point moves; Paid to photograph wildlife. Sound It Out word: gravity (gra · vi · ty). Today's Big Question: If you rode along to Jupiter, what would you pack? See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz. 649 false The Very Late Hurricane The Very Late Hurricane 1 full newslings-ep001 https://app.newslings.xyz/?ep=ep001 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Friday, Oct. 9. The very late hurricane; Ghost particles in the ice; A path for elephants; The quietest place in America; Kids Who Rock: Carmela; One storm, two names; Poem Pocket: Autumn Fires; Tigers are coming back.

Sound It Out word: hurricane (hur · ri · cane).

Today's Big Question: See you Monday

See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz.

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]]> Friday, Oct. 9. The very late hurricane; Ghost particles in the ice; A path for elephants; The quietest place in America; Kids Who Rock: Carmela; One storm, two names; Poem Pocket: Autumn Fires; Tigers are coming back. Sound It Out word: hurricane (hur · ri · cane). Today's Big Question: See you Monday See the pictures, take the quiz and read along at newslings.xyz. 581 false