Wake Up Kids

Wake Up Kids: Science News — Meet the Monkey with Orange Lips! Today’s science scoop: Scientists discovered a brand-new monkey in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. What makes it special: it has bright orange lips (like it’s wearing lipstick!) and its call sounds like a croaking frog. How it stayed hidden: the rainforest is huge and leafy, and people may have mistaken its frog-li...

Wake Up Kids — Science News for Ages 7–9 Today’s big story: meet a brand-new, turkey-sized dinosaur that only ate fruit! Scientists nicknamed it the “Hell Chicken,” and its science name is Infernogallus jamesi. It’s a small cousin of T. rex that lived about 68 million years ago. Where did it come from? Five fossils, including a full skull, were discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in the USA. Th...

Wake Up Kids — Science News for Curious Kids (Ages 7–9) It’s Friday, October 30, 2026—Halloween is tomorrow! Ticky Tocket bursts in with big Friday energy to say: it’s crisp and sunny after yesterday’s rain, so bundle up for a chilly autumn day. Today’s science scoop: scientists at Cornell University studied how mouse brains make “maps” of the world using special cells in the hippocampus—the brain...

Wake Up Kids — Science News for Children (Ages 7–9) Ticky Tocket kicks off a bouncy Thursday with today’s big science scoop: space! Astronomers using the brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory (with a giant, super-powerful camera) spotted a large, icy object even farther from the Sun than Pluto. It’s a strong candidate for a brand-new dwarf planet with the temporary name 2026 ED138. Quick refresher:...

Wake Up Kids — Science News for 7–9-Year-Olds Ticky Tocket kicks off a bright and bouncy Wednesday, October 28, 2026—ready to fill your morning with wonder and smiles! Science story: Engineers built a brand-new robot inspired by puffins. Like the clever seabird, it can fly through the air, fold its wings, dive into the water, and use those wings to swim beneath the waves. Why it’s cool: This “puff...

Wake Up Kids — Science News Summary (Ages 7–9) Ticky Tocket kicks off a happy Tuesday, October 27, 2026, with a cheerful chime and a big science scoop for curious kids! Big news: Scientists have officially discovered a brand-new species of wild cat—the first new wild cat recognized in more than 100 years! This sneaky kitty blends right into its habitat with amazing camouflage and tiptoes on super-...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Ages 7–9 Rise and shine, curious minds! Today’s science scoop is all about a tiny snake from Southeast Asia with a wild escape move: it loops its body, flips into the air, and rolls like a wheel! This speedy cartwheel helps it zoom away faster than normal slithering and totally confuses hungry predators. Big idea: Animals use adaptations—special tricks or behaviors t...

Wake Up Kids: Science News — How Could We Live on the Moon? It’s Friday, and Ticky Tocket kicks off a cheerful show with today’s big science news: NASA has announced a new plan called Ignition to learn how people could live on the Moon for a long time. The Moon doesn’t have shops, rivers, or air, so scientists are testing smart solutions to help future space neighbors: Build strong Moon houses to...

Wake Up Kids — Science News Summary (Ages 7–9) Thursday, October 22, 2026 Science spotlight: Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo discovered a brand-new monkey species with bright orange lips that makes frog-like calls. How cool is that? How it stayed hidden: The rainforest is huge and full of secret places. With so many trees, vines, and shadows, animals can be really hard to spot—even...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Curious Minds (Ages 7–9) It’s Wednesday, October 21, 2026, and Ticky Tocket kicks off a bright, bouncy morning! Today’s Wake Up Kids brings you science news that’s easy to understand and super fun to explore. Science scoop: From far away, asteroid Bennu looked sandy because it heated up and cooled down very fast. But when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew close, surp...

Wake Up Kids: Science News — The Cartwheeling Snake! Ticky Tocket brings a wow-worthy science scoop! Scientists in Southeast Asia filmed a tiny dwarf reed snake escaping danger by doing a cartwheel. It curls into an S-shape, springs into the air, and rolls head-over-tail to move faster and confuse bigger animals that might want to eat it. How cool is that? This surprising snake move shows how anim...

Wake Up Kids – Science News for Ages 7–9 Today (Monday, October 19, 2026), our host Ticky Tocket blasts off with a space story about a strange, lopsided planet called WASP-17b—a hot gas giant far, far away! Scientists from the University of Bristol and Cornell used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study this planet’s sky (its atmosphere). They discovered that one side puffs out like a balloon!...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Children (Ages 7–9) Today’s wow fact: Bumblebees, with teeny-tiny brains smaller than a poppy seed, can solve brand-new puzzles! In experiments, the bees looked around, found nearby objects, and used them to figure things out—pretty clever for such small buzzy buddies. Why it matters: Being smart isn’t about brain size—it’s about how you think. By studying bees, scie...

Wake Up Kids: Science News — The Super-Speedy Cube-Solving Robot! Rise and shine, junior scientists! In this episode, we’ve got a wow-worthy science scoop that’s faster than a blink. Science scoop: Students at Purdue University built a robot named “Purdubik’s Cube” that solved a Rubik’s Cube in just 0.103 seconds (about one-tenth of a second)—zoom! That’s quicker than you can blink your eyes! Why...

Wake Up Kids — Science News for Ages 7–9 Happy Tuesday, August 18, 2026! Ticky Tocket kicks off the morning with big energy in a fresh, kid-friendly science news roundup. Today’s big space story: Astronomers spotted a giant “river” of gas in space—about one trillion miles long (that’s a 1 with 12 zeros!). It drifted past three young stars that have a big, spinning pancake of gas and dust where bab...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Ages 7–9 Join Ticky Tocket for today’s science scoop! Bumblebees can solve brand-new puzzles by picking up and moving little objects to reach what they need. Even with tiny brains, these busy bees use big ideas—proof you don’t have to be big to be clever! Today’s takeaways: stay curious, try things step by step, and cheer on others. Small steps can lead to big wins—j...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Ages 7–9 Good morning! Ticky Tocket kicks off Monday, 3 August 2026 with two zippy science stories to wake up your brain and your smile. First up: NASA’s brand‑new Roman Space Telescope is getting ready to blast off and travel nearly a million miles from Earth! Its mission: look for faraway planets and map billions of galaxies. There’s even a tiny memory card on boar...

Wake Up Kids: Science News for Curious Minds (Ages 7–9) It’s Wednesday, 29 July 2026, and host Ticky Tocket is here with big, friendly science news to brighten your morning. Space surprise: Scientists spotted a supermassive “runaway” black hole roaming near the edge of its galaxy—far from the middle where these giants usually live. They couldn’t see the black hole itself, but they caught a huge fl...

Wake Up Kids: Science News with Ticky Tocket Rise and shine, curious minds! On Tuesday, 21 July 2026, Ticky Tocket brings you a sweet space discovery perfect for kids aged 7–9. Astronomers have spotted a tiny sugar molecule in huge clouds of gas and dust near the center of our Milky Way. A molecule is a super-small building block of everything, and this sugar is like the kind in raspberries—one of...

**Wake Up Kids** *July 20, 2026* **Episode Summary: Wake Up Kids** Rise and shine, young scientists! Welcome to a brand-new episode of *Wake Up Kids*, the bouncy Monday morning science podcast made just for curious minds aged 7 to 9. Join your energetic host, Ticky Tocket, for a fun-filled wake-up call on July 20, 2026! In today's science scoop, we dive into the tickly, super-speedy world of **sne...

**Title:** Wake Up Kids **Date:** Friday, the 17th **Description:** Calling all curious young scientists! Join host Ticky Tocket on this Friday, the 17th, for a brand-new episode of *Wake Up Kids*, the science news podcast made just for kids aged 7 to 9! Today, we are uncovering an out-of-this-world space mystery. Listeners will learn about a sneaky space rock named 1998 SH2 that had everyone fool...

**Title:** Wake Up Kids **Description:** Welcome to **Wake Up Kids**, the daily science podcast made especially for curious minds aged 7 to 9! In this episode dated the 16th, your host Ticky Tocket brings you a thrilling discovery from outer space. She tells the amazing story of a brand-new planet found orbiting a faraway star called Beta Pictoris! This cold, faint gas giant was playing a game of...

**Wake Up Kids** *Date: 14th* Welcome to *Wake Up Kids*! In this episode, host Ticky Tocket shares an out-of-this-world science scoop perfect for curious kids aged 7 to 9. Did you know that scientists have discovered sugar—the exact same kind found in raspberries—floating in a giant cloud of gas and dust right in the middle of the Milky Way? Because sugars are important building blocks for living...

**Wake Up Kids** *Science News for Curious Minds (Ages 7-9)* **Episode Summary: Wake Up Kids** Rise and shine! Start your Monday morning right with host Ticky Tocket on this special July 13th, 2026 episode of *Wake Up Kids*. Today, we are looking up at the night sky for a fascinating science scoop. Did you know that the tiny, twinkling stars we see at night are actually enormous, blazing balls of...

**Wake Up Kids** *Date: The 10th* *Topic: Science News for Kids (Ages 7-9)* Have you ever looked up at the sky after a rainstorm and wondered where that magical rainbow came from? Join host Ticky Tocket on today’s episode of *Wake Up Kids* for a colorful science adventure perfect for curious kids aged 7 to 9! In this episode, Ticky uncovers the secret behind how rainbows are formed. She reveals th...