Science News for Kids » environment http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Martian microbes, maybe http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:10:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16101 The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/feed/ 0 Killer cats http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cats-kill-between-1-4-billion-and-3-7-billion-birds-every-year-in-the-united-states-alone/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cats-kill-between-1-4-billion-and-3-7-billion-birds-every-year-in-the-united-states-alone/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:51:22 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15574 Cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds every year in the United States, according to a new study. Credit: Emily Krieger

Puss may pose the single biggest threat to birds]]> Cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds every year in the United States, according to a new study. Credit: Emily Krieger

Puss may pose the single biggest threat to birds]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cats-kill-between-1-4-billion-and-3-7-billion-birds-every-year-in-the-united-states-alone/feed/ 0 The origins of mummies http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:03:33 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13691 South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead ]]> South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/feed/ 0