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![]() An Eye on the Youth Olympic Games 2010 The Singaport 2010 [Summer] Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for youths that is taking place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. It is the inaugural event of the Summer Youth Olympics, a major sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. Three thousand, five hundred and thirty-one athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will compete in 184 events in 26 sports. The decision for Singapore to host the Games was announced on 21 February 2008 after mail voting by 105 IOC members.
Self-proclaimed Spider Boy scales walls using recycled vaccums No Spiderman costume will do for this 13 year-old. He wanted to be like his hero, Spiderman, so he set about to make his dream a reality. Using two 1,400-watt recycled vacuum cleaners and a little bit of elbow grease, Hibiki Kono made a machine that allows him to scale walls - just like his spindly hero, Spiderman. Window-washing, anyone? slashdot![]() Mars cave opening found by 7th graders
A newly discovered cave on Mars was found as the result of an interesting class field trip... the 7th grade science class from Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found the opening (estimated to be 620 by 520 feet and at least 380 feet deep) while working on a research project with the Mars Space Flight Facility run out of Arizona State University in Tempe. slashdot![]() 13 year-old American becomes youngest to top Mount Everest
Jordan Romero (shown in 2009 photo) became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on May 22, 2010s. Watch the video interview about him breaking the former record as part of his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. slashdot |
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