Science News for Kids articles from May 2007

Science News for Kids archives from May 2007

A living fossil.(Brief article)
May 2, 2007

An earthlike planet.(Brief article)
May 2, 2007

The wind in the worlds.
May 2, 2007

How to fly like a bat.
May 9, 2007

Liquid Mercury.
May 9, 2007... Mercury is the least studied planet in our solar system, and scientists continue to debate some basic facts about the small body. One lingering question is whether Mercury has a liquid core. New research now suggests that it does. The...

Talking with hands.
May 9, 2007

A great ball of fire.
May 16, 2007... It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's the hugest, most spectacular star explosion ever recorded, and astronomers are marveling at what they've just seen. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When a really big star (some are 10 times as big as our sun)...

The book of life.
May 16, 2007... So far, scientists have named about 1.8 million living species, and that's just a fraction of what probably exists on Earth. With so many plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms covering the planet, it can be tough to figure out what type...

Two suns in the sky.
May 16, 2007... Sunsets can be beautiful to watch, but the pinks and purples of a fading Earth day might be boring compared with sunsets on planets outside our solar system. After all, we have only one sun in the sky. It now appears that some planets may have...

Don't eat that sandwich!
May 23, 2007... Oops! In the rush to get to school, you drop a piece of toast on the floor. Do you throw it away or decide it's still OK to eat? If you're like most people, you eat it. Maybe you follow the "5-second rule," which claims foods are safe to...

Life on the down low.
May 23, 2007... There are few places that scientists haven't explored. In their searches for exotic life on Earth, researchers have ventured into even the driest deserts and the steamiest jungles. But conditions in the deep ocean are so extreme that very...

Little beetle, big horns.(beetles)
May 23, 2007... A dung beetle is squirming in my hand. It's only the size of my pinky fingernail, but I can feel its spiny legs poking my skin. I try not to think about where those legs have been. Why? Because I know that Armin Moczek, a biologist at...

Baby talk.
May 30, 2007... Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new study suggests that babies between...

Earth's poles in peril.
May 30, 2007... The North and South poles are remote and frigid places that receive lots of animal visitors but few human tourists. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But even if you never plan to visit the polar bears in the north or penguins in the south, now...

Sun beating.(sun)
May 30, 2007... Getting bullied is no fun, but it still happens sometimes--even to the sun. When our sun was very young, a huge, exploding star gave it a beating, according to new research. The solar system hasn't been the same since. [ILLUSTRATION...