The Little Explorer

Two gentle pages a week: a big story, a science wonder and new words, for ages 6–8 reading with a grown-up.

Ages 6–8 · 2 pages · Weekly
Covers: World, United States, Science & Tech

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Issues

Date	Issue	Top story
Sat 24 Oct 2026	No. 3	Oil Costs More Again Sources Oil prices rise as Houthis launch another wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia — The National Giant tortoises now outnumber people in Seychelles — Popular Science Early voting surges in several states with competitive Senate races — Spectrum News NASA's Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven — NASA Science https://www.business-standard.com/amp/india-news/delhi-aqi-today-improves-to-223-poor-air-quality-likely-through-sunday-126102300106_1.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261007042113.htm	PDF Poster
Sat 17 Oct 2026	No. 2	Fewer Ships Get Through a Narrow Sea Sources Crude Oil Slips as Hormuz Shipping Risks and US Inventory Draw Support Weekly Gains — Yahoo Finance UK Strait of Hormuz attacks reach record high in October — SAFETY4SEA Oil Prices Today — Vantage Markets World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate fight — Kuwait Times What you need to know about the midterms — blue News Cornell-led team maps uneven atmosphere of distant exoplanet — Finger Lakes 1 (Cornell) Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres — University of Bristol https://quantumzeitgeist.com/atomic-subatomic-nuclear-clock-tu-wien/ https://www.enca.com/sport/saudi-league-postpones-three-matches-after-houthi-attacks-1	PDF Poster
Sat 10 Oct 2026	No. 1	The Ocean Is Running a Fever Sources https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/sea-surface-temperatures-reflect-strengthening-el-nino https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml https://bostonglobe.com/2026/10/08/metro/2026-super-el-nino-strength-record https://time.com/article/2026/10/09/navanethem-navi-pillay-wins-the-2026-nobel-peace-prize/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/world/navi-pillay-nobel-peace-prize-2026-message-impact-intl https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/10/10/isaias-makes-landfall-florida-leaving-hundreds-thousands-without-power/ https://weather.com/2026/10/10/storms/hurricane/liveblogs/live-updates-isaias-pushes-across-southeast https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/weather/live-news/hurricane-isaias-gulf-storm https://nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/press-release https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/nobel-medicine-prize-honours-us-and-german-scientists-for-optogenetics-work https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-saudi-arabia-trump-putin-oil-energy-prices-10-10-26 https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-talks-strait-of-hormuz/	PDF Poster