Science News for Kids » humpback http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cool Jobs: Scents of science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/better-understanding-of-the-sense-of-smell-inspires-research-into-everything-from-whales-to-electronic-noses/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/better-understanding-of-the-sense-of-smell-inspires-research-into-everything-from-whales-to-electronic-noses/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:42:08 +0000 Pippa Wysong http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14135 Humpback whales sometimes breach, or leap into the air. Some scientists believe the behavior allows the marine mammals to smell scents wafting over the water. Credit: NOAA

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