Recently added articles from Science News for Kids:
Batteries built by viruses.
Oct 28, 2009; ... What do chicken pox, the common cold, the flu, and AIDS have in common? They're all diseases caused by viruses, tiny microorganisms that can pass from person to person. It's no wonder that when most people think about viruses, finding ways to steer clear of viruses is what's on people's ...
Giant snakes invading North America.
Oct 28, 2009; ... There may be a strange, slithering invasion coming from the South. Big snakes like anacondas, boa constrictors and pythons now live in the wilds of southern Florida. Although not originally native to the United States, some of them are now being born there. Most were people's pets (or the ...
The secret life of fruit flies.
Oct 21, 2009; ... View a video of fruit flies displaying unusual courtship behavior. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fruit flies linger over a bowl of rotting fruit. To untrained eyes, the flies may look like a swarming nuisance, but scientists have found that flies' swoops and buzzes are ways ...
Flu river.
Oct 14, 2009; ... What if the solution to one problem causes other problems down the road? That may be the case in the ongoing struggle to fight the flu. Flu season is almost here, which means more and more people may be taking Tamiflu in the months ahead. Tamiflu is a popular anti-flu drug that treats both ...
Three strikes wiped out woolly mammoths.
Oct 14, 2009; ... People have been fascinated by woolly mammoths fora long time. Before people even knew how to grow crops or make things from metal, they were decorating their walls with pictures of mammoths. Scientists have found an ancient figurine of a mammoth that was carved from a mammoth tusk in ...