Science News for Kids » mucus 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 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 Strong and slimy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:31:25 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15314 Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/feed/ 0 Threatened coral get fishy rescue http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:00:08 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15042 When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back ]]> When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/feed/ 0 A slime with memory http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/a-slime-with-memory/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/a-slime-with-memory/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:21:47 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14497 A slime mold, like the one shown here, leaves a trail of snotlike goo behind it. New research shows that a slime mold can tell where it’s been and usually avoids traveling on its own previous paths. Credit: Courtesy of Audrey Dussutour

Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been]]> A slime mold, like the one shown here, leaves a trail of snotlike goo behind it. New research shows that a slime mold can tell where it’s been and usually avoids traveling on its own previous paths. Credit: Courtesy of Audrey Dussutour

Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/a-slime-with-memory/feed/ 0