SCHOOL TIMES : Did you know?

The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.• The original...

Travel Abroad 16 Jan, 2008

Animal stories: Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 18,000 kinds of grasshoppers in the world. Most grasshoppers are green, brown, or olive-green. The colours of the painted grasshopper warn birds not to eat them. Painted grasshoppers...

Travel Abroad 09 Jun, 2007

Local Briefs

Dilendra wins G-5KATHMANDU: Dilendra Kumar Shrestha became a lucky draw winner of the ‘Play and Win’ contest run by Morang Auto Works during the Martyrs Memorial San Miguel ‘A’ Division League. Along with six G5 motorcycles for the best...

27 Mar, 2007

ANIMAL STORIES: Seals and Sea Lions

It looks like these animals fly through water. They are the seals and sea lions, and to help them fly through water, they have flippers instead of arms and legs. The flippers look like fins, or ‘wings’ and this is why seals, sea lions, and walruses...

Travel Abroad 02 Feb, 2007

Lessons on dreaming big

Kathmandu:Five of us from Nepal were chosen to participate in the 12th National Youth Festival that was held in Pune, India from January 12-16. So along with artist Erina Tamrakar, theatre artiste Bhola Raj Sapkota, tabala player Manoj Gautam and...

Travel Abroad 27 Jan, 2007

Animal stories : penguins

We’ve seen ads of refrigerators using penguins saying “I’m the coolest one” and yes, Adelie and Emperor penguins can stay alive in colder weather than any other animal on earth. For them blizzard winds of 120 miles per hour and temperatures up...

Travel Abroad 13 Oct, 2006

Colourful Jupiter

Nasa has unveiled the most detailed pictures of Jupiter ever taken. Researchers at the US space agency pieced together the maps from images taken as the Cassini spacecraft neared Jupiter on and December 11and 12, 2000. The pictures make up a...

Travel Abroad 31 Mar, 2006

Internet boom boon

Internet is the treasure of vast knowledge and unlimited entertainment. Whether it is for the latest news or online games, Internet has become a necessity in today’s world. With cyber cafes mushrooming in every corner of the world, Internet is easily...

Travel Abroad 09 Nov, 2005

Hummer Expedition in City

Kathmandu, October 9:Four Venezuelans of the ‘Hummer Expedition’ are on wheels to explore the grandeur of nature. Travelling in a Hummer H1— an American sports utility vehicle (SUV) — the four-member team entered Nepal through Lumbini three...

Horoscopes 10 Oct, 2005

PICK OF THE WEEK: Secrets of shiniest moon revealed

The latest findings from the Cassini Huygens mission to Saturn have thrown up some fascinating facts about the shiniest object in the solar system. Enceladus is one of the planet’s moons and was previously thought to have been cold and still. But a...

Travel Abroad 02 Sep, 2005