Science News for Kids » genes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Deadly new virus emerges http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/deadly-new-virus-emerges/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/deadly-new-virus-emerges/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:36:52 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16035 Microscopic photo of the new germ, shown in false color. Credit: NIAID/NIH

A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year]]> Microscopic photo of the new germ, shown in false color. Credit: NIAID/NIH

A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/deadly-new-virus-emerges/feed/ 0 Whale of a lesson http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/whale-of-a-lesson/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/whale-of-a-lesson/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:28:56 +0000 Eric Wagner http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15907 A North Atlantic right whale lifts its tail to dive in the Bay of Fundy. Credit: Eric Wagner

Once given up as all but extinct, the North Atlantic right whale is making a comeback]]> A North Atlantic right whale lifts its tail to dive in the Bay of Fundy. Credit: Eric Wagner

Once given up as all but extinct, the North Atlantic right whale is making a comeback]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/whale-of-a-lesson/feed/ 0 Fancy feather gene http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/fancy-feather-gene/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/fancy-feather-gene/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:18:13 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15672 This Indian fantail, one of 350 breeds of rock pigeons, has a tuft of feathers called a peak crest. Scientists recently pinpointed the gene mutation responsible for this feather formation. Credit: Michael Shapiro

A tweak in a single pigeon gene causes a distinct feather formation]]> This Indian fantail, one of 350 breeds of rock pigeons, has a tuft of feathers called a peak crest. Scientists recently pinpointed the gene mutation responsible for this feather formation. Credit: Michael Shapiro

A tweak in a single pigeon gene causes a distinct feather formation]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/fancy-feather-gene/feed/ 0 Genetic memory http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/genetic-memory/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/genetic-memory/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:55:08 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15601 A DNA molecule looks like a twisted ladder. Scientists have found a way to use the rungs of that ladder to store data efficiently. Credit: NHGRI

The stuff of genes can be used to store digital data, too]]> A DNA molecule looks like a twisted ladder. Scientists have found a way to use the rungs of that ladder to store data efficiently. Credit: NHGRI

The stuff of genes can be used to store digital data, too]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/genetic-memory/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Crime scene investigators http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:29:25 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15019 The dead do tell tales — if experts care to listen. Forensic anthropologist William Bass arranges a display of how a person’s bones change year by year as we age. This information can help identify a crime victim when little else is known. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

These researchers don’t miss a clue]]> The dead do tell tales — if experts care to listen. Forensic anthropologist William Bass arranges a display of how a person’s bones change year by year as we age. This information can help identify a crime victim when little else is known. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

These researchers don’t miss a clue]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/feed/ 0 Bacteria learn new trick http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bacteria-learn-new-trick/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bacteria-learn-new-trick/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:00:45 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14357 A decades-long experiment growing E. coli bacteria showed the microbes evolved the ability to eat a new food. Flasks of the germs turned cloudy when the bacteria ate citrate. Credit: Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela

Scientists show evolution in action in decades-long E. coli study]]> A decades-long experiment growing E. coli bacteria showed the microbes evolved the ability to eat a new food. Flasks of the germs turned cloudy when the bacteria ate citrate. Credit: Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela

Scientists show evolution in action in decades-long E. coli study]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bacteria-learn-new-trick/feed/ 0 Twins don’t share everything http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/twins-carry-different-flags-on-their-dna-even-from-birth/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/twins-carry-different-flags-on-their-dna-even-from-birth/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:51:11 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13435 At birth, identical twins have differences in the chemical markers attached to their DNA. These differences may help explain why they don't look exactly the same. Credit: Todd Huffman

Twins carry different flags on their DNA, even from birth]]> At birth, identical twins have differences in the chemical markers attached to their DNA. These differences may help explain why they don't look exactly the same. Credit: Todd Huffman

Twins carry different flags on their DNA, even from birth]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/twins-carry-different-flags-on-their-dna-even-from-birth/feed/ 0 What’s on your genes? http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/09/what%e2%80%99s-on-your-genes/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/09/what%e2%80%99s-on-your-genes/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:40:12 +0000 Sharon Pochron http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=6832 mice

Tiny genetic switches create big differences]]> mice

Tiny genetic switches create big differences]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/09/what%e2%80%99s-on-your-genes/feed/ 0