Science News for Kids » Smithsonian Institution http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 American cannibals http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16940 Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/feed/ 0 Out-of-this-world atmospheres http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/light-from-a-distant-giant-world-hr-8799c-offers-clues-to-the-gases-in-its-atmosphere/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/light-from-a-distant-giant-world-hr-8799c-offers-clues-to-the-gases-in-its-atmosphere/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:14:46 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16202 This illustration depicts the planet HR 8799c (foreground) orbiting its star. Two other planets in the system can also be seen in the drawing. Credit: Image courtesy of Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics; Mediafarm

Light from a distant, giant world offers clues to the gases in its atmosphere]]> This illustration depicts the planet HR 8799c (foreground) orbiting its star. Two other planets in the system can also be seen in the drawing. Credit: Image courtesy of Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics; Mediafarm

Light from a distant, giant world offers clues to the gases in its atmosphere]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/light-from-a-distant-giant-world-hr-8799c-offers-clues-to-the-gases-in-its-atmosphere/feed/ 0 Big squid: All one family http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/genes-show-all-giant-squid-belong-to-one-worldwide-species/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/genes-show-all-giant-squid-belong-to-one-worldwide-species/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:29:31 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16193 A giant squid is unloaded by fishermen at a wharf in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: David Paul/University of Melbourne

Genes show all giant squid belong to one, worldwide species ]]> A giant squid is unloaded by fishermen at a wharf in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: David Paul/University of Melbourne

Genes show all giant squid belong to one, worldwide species ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/genes-show-all-giant-squid-belong-to-one-worldwide-species/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 Bird malaria moves north http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bird-malaria-moves-north/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bird-malaria-moves-north/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:36:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14350 Black-capped chickadees, like the one shown here, stay in Fairbanks, Alaska, year-round. Scientists report that some of the birds have been found with avian malaria, suggesting that the germ that causes the disease has established itself in the far North. Credit: Mdf/wikipedia

Germs that cause a so-called tropical disease make themselves at home in frosty Alaska]]> Black-capped chickadees, like the one shown here, stay in Fairbanks, Alaska, year-round. Scientists report that some of the birds have been found with avian malaria, suggesting that the germ that causes the disease has established itself in the far North. Credit: Mdf/wikipedia

Germs that cause a so-called tropical disease make themselves at home in frosty Alaska]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bird-malaria-moves-north/feed/ 0