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 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…
ALT 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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One of the most common drugs in the world — caffeine — may cause unrecognized harm to young brains. snexplores.org/article/caffe…
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Art and scuba diving help Victoria Glynn better understand how marine invertebrates respond to stressors. snexplores.org/article/evolu…
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In less than a day, these insects can color shift — from a deep blue-green to a vibrant coppery green. snexplores.org/article/bees-…
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How is imagining something different from really experiencing it? New brain scans offer clues. snexplores.org/article/brain…
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Knowing how a deliberate impact changes an asteroid’s orbit can help make planetary defense plans. snexplores.org/article/dart-…
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This week’s word is synesthesia. Billy Joel, Lorde and Billie Eilish are just a few singers who share a curiously colorful type of this trait. snexplores.org/article/scien…
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Coral reefs support at least a quarter of all marine species. That’s pretty impressive, given that they cover less than one percent of the seafloor. snexplores.org/article/what-…
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In an age of AI, it can be difficult to tell truth from fiction. But objects at the Smithsonian’s Museum Support Center let us see and touch and smell and study our planet’s reality. snexplores.org/article/smith…
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To infinity — and beyond the bell-shaped rocket engines. The aerospike may soon be standing by for liftoff. #RegeneronISEF snexplores.org/article/aeros…
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Echolocation: It’s not just for bats and whales. Some people use this sound-based technique to get around, too. snexplores.org/article/human…
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This wildflower “explosion” happens when deserts have unusually rainy years. snexplores.org/article/scien…
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Dice games were an important part of social interactions in early Native American cultures. The oldest dice are more than 12,000 years old! 🎲 snexplores.org/article/nativ…
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Hawaii is paving its roads with good intentions — and old fishing nets. snexplores.org/article/hawai…
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Humans evolved in fairly cold climates. Yet human-caused warming has set our planet onto a hot new path. A look back at Earth’s history could tell us where this might lead. snexplores.org/article/how-h…
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Passionflower-powered chewing gums may one day offer accessible new ways to manage anxiety. #RegeneronISEF snexplores.org/article/chewi…
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Matter is much more common than antimatter — but why? Here’s one possible explanation. snexplores.org/article/antim…
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The lives of black holes continually surprise scientists. snexplores.org/article/black…
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Using #neurofeedback, scientists trained people’s minds to become immune boosters. The findings could help researchers target brain-body circuits in cancer and other life-health contexts. snexplores.org/article/posit…
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Over 900 million people use ChatGPT each week. How should we handle the sometimes dangerous influence of our AI helpers? This teen made an app. #ISEF2026 #RegeneronISEF snexplores.org/article/app-g…
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Do you play Pokémon Go? If you ever scanned a landmark while playing, those images will now help delivery robots find their way around. snexplores.org/article/pokem…
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