Curious Kids^[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.^[2]. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving? – Dave H., age 12, Atlanta Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors^[1] following Trump’s negotiation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The deal would create a new U.S.-only version of the app, bringing it into compliance with a...

It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about suicide. In the earliest days of the internet, bulletin boards featured suicide discussion groups^[1]. To this day, Google hosts archives of these groups, as do other services.

Google and others can host and display this content under the protective cloak of U.S....