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SCIENCE
Two Planets Discovered Sharing the Same Orbit
2011.02.25
 This is the first time scientists have seen this take place, two planets sharing the same orbit around a star. In our solar system, each planet orbiting around the Sun does so in its own orbit. Mercury has the orbit closest to the Sun and Venus is next in line with the Earth next. Click the following link to read up on what the Kepler telescope has now discovered: "In a cosmic first, the Kepler telescope has discovered two planets sharing the same orbit. There is a theory that says our moon was created when a body sharing our orbit crashed into Earth, but up until now no one had found evidence of co-orbiting planets elsewhere in the universe." [ Visit Website ]
CCF Kids
Inside the White House
11.09.10
Have you ever visited the White House? It's the place where the President of the United States and his family lives. It's also recognized as the symbol of the President, the President's Administration, and the United States. Thousands of visitors come to the White House on a daily basis. Now you can tour the White House on the internet.
CHILDREN
Save the Tiger Month
09.01.2010
September is Save the Tiger month.  The Save the Tiger Fund organization is a program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and on their website they have a wonderful article that tells us how children in Russia celebrated Tiger Day in 2000 and how many conservation organizations around the world now hold the last Sunday in September as Tiger Day.
Education
Charter School Defies Odds: Thurgood Marshall Academy in D.C.
2010.09.20
 Few things are more gratifying to us than seeing how one generation can help the next generation succeed. On Aug 20, 2010, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools wrote: In recent weeks, three high-performing public charter schools were featured in local and national news. The Thurgood Marshall Academy in Washington, D.C., was profiled in a “CBS Evening News” segment titled “Charter School Defies Odds.”
CHILDREN
What's the Worst Thing About Being an Astronaut?
09.15.10
 "A new report has detailed a scary new thing that happen to earthlings when they venture into the cold nothingness of the great beyond...their fingernails fall off!" [TIME NewsFeed]. Check out some of the worst things about being an astronaut on this TIME NewsFeed article. Then read the full list of space-dangers over at Thinkquest. [ Visit Website ]
CCF Youth
Answering 64 Job Interview Questions: General Guidelines
2010.06.10
 Our website is visited by children of all ages, and by educators and parents alike. We found the 64 Job Interview Questions to be so helpful that we have designed an entire section off of the CCF website just for them. Whether you're a high school or college graduate, or an already employed person interviewing for another job, Ian Kennedy has put together for us a great tool that will help you ace your job interview. Browse through the 64 questions and their suggested answers and, if you find them helpful, we would love to hear back from you via our feedback page.
CCF Youth
Can you get published if you're under 18?
This article is part of our expanded F.A.Q. section
 For the past year I've kept a profile page on myspace and have joined and participate in various groups. In one of them, Jessica M., a 14-year old yet-to-be-published writer from Lafayette, Louisiana had good questions on how do teens go about getting published. With her permission, we've posted the transcript of our conversation.
HEALTH & FITNESS
New study suggests food to be as addictive as heroin/cocaine.
Nutrition & Fitness writer
 Nature Neuroscience recently published a study headed by scientists at the Florida-based Scripps Research Institute. Their findings show that rats who get a buffet style environment of all-you-can-eat dining, will become addicted to this lifestyle in the same way that druggies will become addicted to heroin or cocaine. The brain responds similarly to junk food and drugs. Think of receptors as doors in your brain. And Dopamine as your brain's happy chemical, sauntering around. Gorging on yummy fatty food will close Dopamine doors in your brain. Shutting out the happy! So you will have to eat more food, to get just as happy. And in our society, more is readily available.
HEALTH & FITNESS
The 10 Commandments of Marathon Fueling
Nutrition & Fitness writer
You've spent months training for your upcoming race: diligently logging miles on the road and treadmill alike. So what could keep you from having an excellent race day? Nutrition. What you eat before, during, and after a marathon can make or break your performance. So here are some guidelines to make sure your eating habits aren't counterproductive to the time you've spent in physical training. You can consider them "the Ten Commandments of Marathon Fueling."
NEWS
Run Antarctica with Christine!
Your tax-deductible donation will make a difference!
Think about the coldest place on earth, a place so big that it's approximately the size of the United States and Mexico combined. Think about a place where 99% of its surface is covered by a permanent ice sheet, averaging over a mile in thickness, and sometimes even three. Think about one of the last pristine places on earth, an entire continent devoted to science. Then picture a young woman running a marathon there.
Awards
2010 ALA Youth Media Awards
2010.01.18
American Library Association announces literary award winners
BOSTON - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, audiobooks and video for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Boston.
Awards
Follow the ALA Youth Media Awards live on Jan. 18, 2010
2010.01.15
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) will provide a free live webcast of its Youth Media Awards, a national announcement of the top books and media for children and young adults, on Jan. 18, at 7:45 a.m. EST. The award announcements are made as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, which will bring together librarians, publishers, authors and guests to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from Jan. 15 to 19.
NEWS
Xerox Technology to Fuel Espresso Book Machine
2010.01.14
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2010 -- Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) digital technology will bring speed and exceptional image quality to books produced on demand by the patented Espresso Book Machine®. This cutting-edge book solution, sold by On Demand Books, LLC, produces millions of copyrighted, public domain, out-of-print, or rare texts for consumers in a matter of minutes.
NEWS
The Espresso Book Machine: An ATM for books
Updated 2010.01.15. Article originally posted in 2006
 We originally heard about the Espresso Book Machine from a CNN article published in 2006 that looked at innovations coming our way in 2007. Since we first posted this news item to the CCF website in 2006, the machine has gotten smaller and faster. Now, a January 14, 2010 press release by the Xerox Corporation announced that Xerox' technology is to fuel the Espresso Book Machine. The 2006 CNNMoney.com article stated that, "Buying a book could soon be as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending
machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library
was scheduled to receive its machine in February." With Xerox's addition to the mix, an ATM for books is fast becoming a realigy.
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