Science News for Kids » University of Bristol http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Flower power http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/electric-field-around-flowers-may-help-bees-find-nutritious-blooms/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/electric-field-around-flowers-may-help-bees-find-nutritious-blooms/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:10:55 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15962 Scientists report that bees and flowers appear to have a charged communication. In addition to a flower’s color and scent, its electric field may also bring in bees, a new study shows. Credit: Emily Krieger

Electric field around flowers may help bees find nutritious blooms]]> Scientists report that bees and flowers appear to have a charged communication. In addition to a flower’s color and scent, its electric field may also bring in bees, a new study shows. Credit: Emily Krieger

Electric field around flowers may help bees find nutritious blooms]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/electric-field-around-flowers-may-help-bees-find-nutritious-blooms/feed/ 0 Piercing a buried polar lake http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:48:41 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15458 This 1,000-meter hose — spooled onto an enormous and very heavy container — was used as a drill to pierce deeply through Antarctica’s ice. Credit: J. Raloff/Science News for Kids

Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.]]> This 1,000-meter hose — spooled onto an enormous and very heavy container — was used as a drill to pierce deeply through Antarctica’s ice. Credit: J. Raloff/Science News for Kids

Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/researchers-in-antarctica-drilled-through-a-half-mile-of-ice-to-reach-water-that-hasnt-had-contact-with-the-atmosphere-for-thousands-of-years/feed/ 0 New Jurassic flier http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/flying-jurassic-dinosaur-pterosaur/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/flying-jurassic-dinosaur-pterosaur/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:36:46 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13670 An artist’s depiction of what the new pterosaur might have looked like. Credit: M. Van Rooijen

Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs]]> An artist’s depiction of what the new pterosaur might have looked like. Credit: M. Van Rooijen

Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/flying-jurassic-dinosaur-pterosaur/feed/ 0