Science News Explores is for readers of any age, from middle school on up. Publisher: @Society4Science. See also @ScienceNews. Tweets by @LillianHwang
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🎉 Science News for Students is now Science News Explores! 🎉
AND our brand new print magazine, for curious kids 9+, launched in May. Each issue has stories from our site, plus activities & other bonus features only in print. sciencenews.org/subscribe-to…
ALT a photo of the cover of the first Science News Explores magazine issue. The cover has a blue and purple starscape and a planet hiding behind a galaxy. The cover story reads "Planets Gone Rogue." Other pages from the magazine fan out to either side of the cover.
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This device takes a cue from armadillos to protect sensitive cargo. snexplores.org/article/soft-…
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Early humans weren’t always big-game hunters. Tooth marks on a 2-million-year-old fossil show that our ancestors were once the hunted — by big cats. snexplores.org/article/human…
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“There have been times when people have assumed I can't do something. That's really frustrating, but it's also given me the skill to really speak up and advocate for myself.” snexplores.org/article/ocean…
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Some ancient animals didn’t just leave their bodies behind — they left tracks, nests, poops, piles of vomit and other traces of their lives. snexplores.org/article/lets-…
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A past focus on meat-eating may have missed some food trends that helped build the human brain. snexplores.org/article/sugar…
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Earth has frozen over in the past — at least five times. Science fiction is full of takes about how it might happen again and the implications of a modern ice age. snexplores.org/article/snowb…
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Global warming has been contributing to the weakening of one of Earth’s most vital ocean currents. Does this threaten an ice age in in our future? snexplores.org/article/amoc-…
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“I was absolutely gobsmacked,” says one marine biologist. snexplores.org/article/orca-…
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Some kids might want to learn how to code a game for their pals. But what about for non-human friends? Scientists challenged a group of kids to design games for monkeys to play. snexplores.org/article/monke…
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Mammal: Most of these animals have fur and give birth to live young. But rebels — such as the egg-laying platypus — do exist. snexplores.org/article/scien…
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Scientists have now used two quantum devices and a clever math trick to generate truly random numbers for the first time. snexplores.org/article/quant…
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Watch these swirling whirlpools on the sun’s surface; they contain energy that might cause solar flares. snexplores.org/article/plasm…
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Little had been known about red-footed boobies’ time at sea. Now data loggers and tiny video cameras are giving scientists a window into their lives. snexplores.org/article/taggi…
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During tests of their hacking abilities, a group of AI agents got online: they weren’t supposed to be able to do that. Here’s what happened. snexplores.org/article/ai-ag…
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Earth itself has trembled with the excitement of stadium concerts and football games. snexplores.org/article/lets-…
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Clouds and tree cover can mask the smoke and flames of wildfires. But those blazes may not be able to hide from sensors that scan for infrasound rumbles. snexplores.org/article/track…
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Are carbohydrates really evil? “There is no food group that’s bad,” says cardiologist Leslie Cho. “You can't eliminate one whole thing and think you're doing a good job.” snexplores.org/article/carbo…
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What makes artificial sweeteners even sweeter than sugar? snexplores.org/article/sugar…
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Unheard sound might be part of what gives people the creeps at spooky settings. snexplores.org/article/spook…
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Whether smashed between graham crackers and chocolate for s’mores or floating atop hot cocoa, marshmallows make snack time sweeter. snexplores.org/article/exper…
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