Science News for Kids » GPS 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 Cool Jobs: The science of secrets http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/cool-jobs-the-science-of-secrets/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/cool-jobs-the-science-of-secrets/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:37:18 +0000 Susan Gaidos http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14594 Chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The chickadee gets its name from its distinctive call. The greater the danger, the more “dees” a chickadee adds to the call’s end. Credit: Christopher N. Templeton

Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages]]> Chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The chickadee gets its name from its distinctive call. The greater the danger, the more “dees” a chickadee adds to the call’s end. Credit: Christopher N. Templeton

Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/cool-jobs-the-science-of-secrets/feed/ 0 Python-palooza! http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/monster-sized-burmese-python-bearing-record-number-of-eggs-retrieved-in-the-florida-everglades/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/monster-sized-burmese-python-bearing-record-number-of-eggs-retrieved-in-the-florida-everglades/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:53:00 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13638 python_feature

Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades]]> python_feature

Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/monster-sized-burmese-python-bearing-record-number-of-eggs-retrieved-in-the-florida-everglades/feed/ 0 Math for hungry birds http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/math-for-hungry-birds/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/math-for-hungry-birds/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 15:00:35 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12666 Scientists have found that when albatrosses forage for food, their flight path looks like a mathematical pattern called a fractal. Credit: Coedekoven/SWFSC/NOAA

Seabird traces patterns while searching for food]]> Scientists have found that when albatrosses forage for food, their flight path looks like a mathematical pattern called a fractal. Credit: Coedekoven/SWFSC/NOAA

Seabird traces patterns while searching for food]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/math-for-hungry-birds/feed/ 0