Karena Phan

Karena Phan is an Editorial Assistant at Time for Kids. Before joining TFK, she was an intern at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington, DC. Karena grew up in Sacramento, California, and graduated from the University of California, Irvine, in 2018 with a bachelor's in literary journalism and a minor in digital information systems. In college she was one of the first news interns at her campus radio station news program, KUCI News, where she found her passion working in a newsroom. She is excited about helping bring media literacy into the classroom and contributing her skills to the TIME for Kids team. In her free time she loves to rock climb, read comic books, and explore new food places.

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Science

Asteroid Blast

May 19, 2020

NASA is planning to launch the DART mission in 2021. DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The goal of the mission is to see if NASA can change the course of objects in space, such as asteroids, that might…

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New Black Hole

May 7, 2020

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced on May 6 that astronomers have found a black hole that is closer to Earth than any yet discovered. The object is about 1,000 light-years away. It’s close enough that the two stars nearest…

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Kids in the Kitchen

April 22, 2020

Be Our Chef is a new cooking competition show. It takes place at Walt Disney World, in Florida. On the show, five families cook up tasty dishes inspired by Disney stories and family traditions. Contestants’ creations are judged by a…

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Stream On

April 10, 2020

For people staying indoors to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, watching movies and television shows on streaming platforms has become the go-to form of entertainment. TIME for Kids has put together a list of great shows and movies…

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Environment

Kid Heroes for the Planet

April 6, 2020

Earth Day is April 22. It’s a day when people around the world work to help the planet. But many people, including kids, care deeply about protecting the Earth and its inhabitants every day. TIME for Kids spoke with a…

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Back to Nature

April 1, 2020

The IMAX documentary Into America’s Wild highlights the natural beauty of the United States. It follows a long-distance hiker, a former astronaut, and a pilot. They explore some of America’s stunning landscapes. These include Utah’s Pando aspen grove and Arizona’s…

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Business

Going Cashless

March 12, 2020

Picture this: You saved up your allowance. You finally have enough money to buy that toy or game you’ve been dreaming of. You go to the store and find the item. But when you get to the register to pay,…

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Fighting For Change

March 4, 2020

Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins has a disorder called cerebral palsy. She uses a wheelchair. As a child, it was hard for her to do simple things like eat lunch with her friends in school, because there were no wheelchair ramps in the…

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Making Breakthroughs

February 19, 2020

Throughout United States history, black women have faced discrimination because of both their race and their gender. Changing the Equation profiles more than 50 black women who overcame obstacles to become pioneers in the world of STEM. STEM stands for…

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Teen Finds New Planet

January 17, 2020

NASA recently announced a new planet. It was discovered by 17-year-old Wolf Cukier during his summer internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in Maryland. Wolf monitored data collected from TESS, a NASA satellite. TESS stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey…

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