Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A Plot to Kill President the
For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS
A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
GOING WITH YOUR GUT
HOW DO MICROBES AFFECT OUR HEALTH? LET'S COUNT THE WAYS...
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Putting the Pieces Together
Americans needed to begin to put the past behind them, come together, and plan for the future in the spring of 1865. But Abraham Lincoln, the man best equipped to lead them and who had hoped to restore the country as smoothly and peacefully as possible, had been assassinated.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A Helping Hand
The spring season is hard in any agricultural society. Plants and animals are too small to eat.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Getting Started
Beginning in April 1861, two armies— both made up of American soldiers—began fighting each other in the Civil War.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
PEACE TALKS
The fall of Fort Fisher made clear that the Confederacy’s days were numbered. Southerners were tired and hungry.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
LAST SHOTS
The last Confederate forces in the Civil War didn’t surrender in the spring of 1865 or on a battlefield.
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January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
If everything the human brain does is basically sets of electrical impulses, how exactly does that translate into a state of mind?
You're not the only one asking this question. Every neuroscientist in the world is wondering the exact same thing, says Zach Mainen
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
A 12-Year-Old Girl's Election Sticker Is a Winner
VOTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM FOR AMERICANS, A MEANS OF DOING ONE'S CIVIC DUTY AND A WAY AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPRESS THEIR VOICE. In 1971, the United States lowered its voting age to 18. But that doesn't mean kids and teens under 18 can't participate in elections in various ways.
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
EARTH'S TINIEST BUILDERS
THE HIDDEN WORLD OF MICROBES IN THE EARTH'S CRUST
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
MUMMIES SPEAK
ABOUT MICROBES, MIGRATION, AND MORE
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
BUG Detective
A burglar sneaks into a house on a quiet street in New York City. He walks through the house, touching countertops and door handles. Finally, he steals a single card from a full deck. Then he leaves.
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Muse January 2025: Invisible Kingdom
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Animals on my Mind
WHY DO FURRY FRIENDS HELP US FEEL GOOD?
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
THE BIG-CITY LIFE OF STEVEN J.BIKE SHOP RABBIT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Bicycle Roots is a full-service bike shop. It's in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Joe Lawler is the co-owner and service manager. Perhaps more important, he's \"dad\" to the shop's most popular employee. That's Steven J. Lawler.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
HOW TO CONQUER THE WORLD
A brief history
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
CAT PEOPLE, DOG PEOPLE, GECKO PEOPLE
What your ideal pet reveals about you
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
What would happen if meteors hit Earth?
You may have seen Ameteors fly into Earth's atmosphere, in the form of shooting stars.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
WORKING WORMS
DON'T JUST THROW THOSE TABLE SCRAPS AWAY! LET A BOX OF WORMS TURN THEM INTO SOMETHING USEFUL.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
A Mars Rock Found With Leopard Spots Could Be a Sign of Ancient Life
IN JULY, NASA'S PERSEVERANCE ROVER CAME ACROSS A SPOTTED ROCK IN WHAT WAS ONCE A RIVERBED IN THE JEZERO CRATER ON MARS.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Ancient Egyptians May Have Used a Water System to Lift Stones to Build Pyramid
HOW ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BUILT THE MASSIVE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT MORE THAN 4,000 YEARS AGO HAS LONG BEEN A TOPIC OF WONDER AND DEBATE.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Para Athlete Uses Exoskeleton Suit to Carry the Olympic Torch
In July, a 36-year-old French tennis para athlete, Kevin Piette, got a chance to participate in this summer’s Olympic torch relay without using a wheelchair.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Seals Can Make Big Dives Thanks to Their Big Hearts
SEALS AND SEA LIONS, WHICH ARE SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS, CAN HOLD THEIR BREATHS UNDERWATER FOR ESPECIALLY LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Wild Ones
WHAT FACTORS DRIVE PEOPLE TO BUY MONKEYS, TIGERS, AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS?
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Dog Rescue Saves Lives
THE ARGUMENT FOR ADOPTING A NO-KILL GOAL
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Muse November-December 2024: Pets on the Mind
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Is it possible to die of boredom?
To figure out if we can die of boredom, we first have to understand what boredom is. For help, we called James Danckert, a psychologist who studies boredom at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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April 2024
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
SO, WHAT IS A PRIMATE?
What do you have in common with the aye-aye, sifaka, siamang, and potto? If you said your collarbone, you re probably a primatologist—a person who studies primates. If you’re not, read on.
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April 2024
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
THE LEFT OVERS
A lot has happened for modern humans to get to this point. We lost most of our hair, learned how to make tools, established civilizations, sent a person to the Moon, and invented artificial intelligence. Whew! With all of these changes, our bodies have changed, too. It’s only taken us about six million years.
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April 2024
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
SERGE WICH
Serge Wich’s favorite days at work are spent out in the forest, studying orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo or chimpanzees in Tanzania.
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April 2024
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Dr. Ape Will See You Now
HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY PRIMATES THAT USE MEDICATION.
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