Science News for Kids » China 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 Killer-flu update http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/killer-flu-update/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/killer-flu-update/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 17:22:45 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=17310 Map showing provinces in eastern China where early cases of the new bird flu emerged in February through April 15, 2013. Credit: World Health Organization/ Western Pacific Regional Office

Infection that recently developed in China shows signs of being easy to spread and hard to kill]]> Map showing provinces in eastern China where early cases of the new bird flu emerged in February through April 15, 2013. Credit: World Health Organization/ Western Pacific Regional Office

Infection that recently developed in China shows signs of being easy to spread and hard to kill]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/killer-flu-update/feed/ 0 Flagging loose bolts http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:11:48 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=17105 Mei Kam (left), Mei Di Zhu (center) and Jia Ying Zhong (right) designed a “smart washer” that provides an alert when the nut holding the washer on a bolt comes loose. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger]]> Mei Kam (left), Mei Di Zhu (center) and Jia Ying Zhong (right) designed a “smart washer” that provides an alert when the nut holding the washer on a bolt comes loose. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/feed/ 0 Deadly new flu http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/new-kind-of-influenza-h7n9-that-started-in-birds-is-now-taking-a-toll-on-humans/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/new-kind-of-influenza-h7n9-that-started-in-birds-is-now-taking-a-toll-on-humans/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:10:23 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16649 h7n9_a_lg

The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses]]> h7n9_a_lg

The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/new-kind-of-influenza-h7n9-that-started-in-birds-is-now-taking-a-toll-on-humans/feed/ 0 World’s oldest pots http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:18:37 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13205 One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/feed/ 0