Science News for Kids » mutate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:30 +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 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