Science News Explores

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Science News Explores is for readers of any age, from middle school on up. Publisher: @Society4Science. See also @ScienceNews. Tweets by @LillianHwang

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Science News Explores @SN_Explores Aug 2, 2022

🎉 Science News for Students is now Science News Explores! 🎉

AND our brand new print magazine, for curious kids 9+, launched in May. Each issue has stories from our site, plus activities & other bonus features only in print. sciencenews.org/subscribe-to-e…

a photo of the cover of the first Science News Explores magazine issue. The cover has a blue and purple starscape and a planet hiding behind a galaxy. The cover story reads "Planets Gone Rogue." Other pages from the magazine fan out to either side of the cover.

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An ant colony doesn’t need a leader to set it in motion. Any ant can set the rest of its nest into action. Coordinated action. snexplores.org/article/ants-s…

www.snexplores.org Why ‘sleeping’ ants suddenly explode with activity For decades, scientists have puzzled over what triggers some colonies of ants to burst from rest into community-wide action. Math may now explain the mystery.

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Static can ignite industrial fires, gum up pharmaceutical manufacturing, fry delicate electronic circuitry and hamper scientific experiments and space exploration. snexplores.org/article/static…

www.snexplores.org Static electricity remains shockingly mysterious Despite studying static charge for centuries, scientists still aren’t clear on precisely how it works.

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Microbes are “cool and versatile.” And we’re going to need them as our allies in dealing with climate change. snexplores.org/article/microb…

www.snexplores.org Microbes can make valuable chemicals more sustainable Food waste-fed bacteria may someday make chemical ingredients for medicines, cosmetics and more.

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Surprise! The Grinch may have more in common with pythons than people, at least when it comes to his heart. snexplores.org/article/grinch…

www.snexplores.org Would growing a big heart make the Grinch strong? In the classic Dr. Seuss tale, the Grinch’s heart grows in an instant. That probably wouldn’t have been good for him — unless he was a snake.