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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In the new study, some people had more than one mosquito species find them particularly tasty. But no one was a favorite for all three species. snexplores.org/article/skin-…
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Got a broken toy or ripped piece of clothing? Circular cities want you to fix it or find new creative uses. At a loss for how? Check out some of these projects. snexplores.org/article/circu…
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What do Jell-O, contact lenses and 3-D printed human tissue have in common? They all rely on hydrogels. snexplores.org/article/lets-…
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Equations as we know them couldn’t have been written before the year 1557. Learn why. snexplores.org/article/what-…
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Blood Falls is home to a unique set of microbes that might give scientists a clue to how life could work on other planets. snexplores.org/article/scien…
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The universe’s missing matter may be hiding in vast clouds of thin gas. Fast radio bursts helped astronomers map it across intergalactic space. snexplores.org/article/missi…
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A plant in Death Valley survives scorching heat by cooling its leaves as much as 13 degrees C below the surrounding air. snexplores.org/article/extre…
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Advances in digital tech and AI are transforming how scientists listen to nature. And the result is great news for wildlife across the globe. snexplores.org/article/bioac…
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Float like a butterfly... swim like a bee? snexplores.org/article/bees-…
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Use AI as a coach, not a crutch, scientists say. snexplores.org/article/ai-ma…
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An invisible superhighway of microbes courses through the atmosphere. It holds clues about disease transmission and extraterrestrial life. snexplores.org/article/life-…
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At 464° Celsius (862.7° Fahrenheit), the surface of Venus is far too hot for life as we know it. But a zone with Earthlike temperatures high in its clouds may be habitable. snexplores.org/article/clues…
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Future telescopes might look for pigments and trace gases produced by microbes on other planets — signs of life that could be light-years away. snexplores.org/article/life-…
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Is this it? A single dot on a graph could be the first direct detection of a dark-matter particle. Then again, it could be something less exciting. snexplores.org/article/lz-fi…
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The Japanese art of paper folding has inspired new designs for robots, telescopes and more. snexplores.org/article/lets-…
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Fire may look like a simple one-step chemical reaction. But this week’s word — pyrolysis — shows us this phenomenon arises from several chemical steps. snexplores.org/article/scien…
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Also unusual: There’s been a very rapid swing from a La Niña, last winter, to a very strong El Niño — all in less than a year. That might be the fastest such swing ever seen. snexplores.org/article/recor…
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Naked mole-rats exposed to this powerful smell will not fight or mate. When the odor disappears, chaos ensues. snexplores.org/article/naked…
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Humans think farts are funny, but for some animals, farts have a function — from communication to floatation. snexplores.org/article/anima…
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