Science News for Kids » NASA http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ‘Print’ almost anything http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:00:38 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16757 Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> Caption: For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab

3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/3-d-printers-allow-people-to-build-almost-anything-they-can-imagine-from-toys-to-food-buildings-to-body-parts/feed/ 0 When one question leads to another http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +0000 Susan Gaidos http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16330 Student Erika DeBenedictis spent years studying the so-called interplanetary superhighway. Her persistence paid off: In 2010, Erika placed first in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research. Credit: Martin Lo, Caltech

Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end]]> Student Erika DeBenedictis spent years studying the so-called interplanetary superhighway. Her persistence paid off: In 2010, Erika placed first in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research. Credit: Martin Lo, Caltech

Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/when-one-question-leads-to-another/feed/ 0 Martian microbes, maybe http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:10:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16101 The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Green Science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:36:50 +0000 Sharon Oosthoek http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15989 White spruce grow across northern North America, from Alaska to Labrador. As Arctic temperatures rise, spruce are spreading even farther north. Credit: Mark W. Skinner at USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Scientists get at the root (and stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) of the relationship between plants and their environment]]> White spruce grow across northern North America, from Alaska to Labrador. As Arctic temperatures rise, spruce are spreading even farther north. Credit: Mark W. Skinner at USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

Scientists get at the root (and stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) of the relationship between plants and their environment]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/cool-jobs-green-science/feed/ 0 Meteor explodes over Russia http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:52:29 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15726 This streak of light shows the meteor’s entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The image was captured by a European weather satellite. Credit: EUMETSAT

Surprise: No one saw it coming]]> This streak of light shows the meteor’s entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The image was captured by a European weather satellite. Credit: EUMETSAT

Surprise: No one saw it coming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/feed/ 0 Climate’s troublesome kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:12:56 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15484 During a climate event known as El Niño (shown on the left), the surface of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms along the equator (red). During a La Niña event (on the right), the same region cools (blue). Credit: NOAA

The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world]]> During a climate event known as El Niño (shown on the left), the surface of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms along the equator (red). During a La Niña event (on the right), the same region cools (blue). Credit: NOAA

The recurring climate events El Niño and La Niña trigger long-lived changes to weather around the world]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/climates-troublesome-kids/feed/ 0 Ice on Mercury http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:55:16 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15168 This image of Mercury’s north pole region shows areas in shadow (red) according to new MESSENGER data and the location of bright spots (yellow) that are likely exposed ice deposits. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory

MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun]]> This image of Mercury’s north pole region shows areas in shadow (red) according to new MESSENGER data and the location of bright spots (yellow) that are likely exposed ice deposits. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory

MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/feed/ 0 A diamond planet? http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:37:56 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14998 Image_55Cancri_e

Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth ]]> Image_55Cancri_e

Distant, carbon-rich world could contain one-third its weight in gems that are relatively rare on Earth ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/a-diamond-planet/feed/ 0 Watching our seas rise http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/satellites-coral-reefs-ancient-roman-fishponds-and-sinking-cities-help-us-understand-how-humans-are-changing-sea-level/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/satellites-coral-reefs-ancient-roman-fishponds-and-sinking-cities-help-us-understand-how-humans-are-changing-sea-level/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:52:14 +0000 Douglas Fox http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14790 Sandy-storm-surge_feature

Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level ]]> Sandy-storm-surge_feature

Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/satellites-coral-reefs-ancient-roman-fishponds-and-sinking-cities-help-us-understand-how-humans-are-changing-sea-level/feed/ 0 Curiosity’s watery find http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:17:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14442 This jagged Martian rock formation contains pebbles that were moved by water billions of years ago. Credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA

Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed]]> This jagged Martian rock formation contains pebbles that were moved by water billions of years ago. Credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA

Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/feed/ 0