Science News for Kids » Barack Obama http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ‘Cool’ research for the president http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/06/cool-research-for-the-president/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/06/cool-research-for-the-president/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:28:34 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=17661 wh_taketwo

White House welcomes a cross-section of young scientists and engineers]]> wh_taketwo

White House welcomes a cross-section of young scientists and engineers]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/06/cool-research-for-the-president/feed/ 0 ‘Print’ almost anything http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:00:38 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16757 Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/feed/ 0 A plant enemy’s enemy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:52:04 +0000 Jill Richardson http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16267 When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/feed/ 0 The first moon walker http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/neil-armstrong-made-history-in-1969-first-man-to-walk-on-moon/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/neil-armstrong-made-history-in-1969-first-man-to-walk-on-moon/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:58:43 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13728 armstrong_feature

Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he planted his feet — and a flag — on the moon]]> armstrong_feature

Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he planted his feet — and a flag — on the moon]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/neil-armstrong-made-history-in-1969-first-man-to-walk-on-moon/feed/ 0