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A science magazine written especially for students in grades 7-10. Coverage includes recent developments in the physical, earth, and life sciences. Regular features include science experiments, puzzles, and brain teasers.
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Science World back issues
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In the pink.(LIFE/HEREDITY)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Seven hot-pink katydids recently made their debut at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Katydids are usually green, and not much is known about what causes the hot-pink variety. But Jayme Necaise, the Insectarium's director of animal and visitor...
One giant leap.(GRAPH IT/MOON)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the first time astronauts successfully landed on the moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neff Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the surface of Earth's nearest neighbor. Millions watched on...
Sky lights.(PHYSICAL/LIGHT)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Is this town in Idaho the site of an alien invasion? These" strange light beams aren't extraterrestrial; they are actually a phenomenon caused by cold, moist weather.
The source of the colorful columns, called light pillars, is millions of flat ice crystals...
Sweet remedy.(LIFE/HUMAN BODY)(research on blood vessels)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Think pink poufs of cotton candy are found only at carnivals and fairgrounds? At Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, scientists are churning out the confection in the lab. They hope the sweet treat will help them create small blood vessels, or capillaries, to...
Toughing it out.(GRAPH IT/MINERALS)(on wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009... Step aside diamonds, there's a tougher material in town. Using computer simulations, researchers have found two minerals that beat diamond as nature's hardest substance: wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite.
Like diamonds, these materials are crystalline solids (solids whose atoms, or...