No frostbite for dogs
When playful pups skid across an icy pond or romp in a snowdrift, their paws plunge into frosty places. If…
Category: biology
Dolphin dimples detect electricity
German scientists have found that Guiana dolphins can detect tiny electric fields using special organs in their snouts ---…
Gut Instinct
For every cell in your brain, bones, organs and blood, there are 10 bacteria. They’re not going anywhere, so you…
Germy weather
Some people see hail; others see opportunity. I wrote a short snap for Science News for Kids about what a…
Wormy underground
Scientists have discovered a new kind of nematode living in three-quarters of a mile underground in a gold mine in…
Silky spider footprints
Can spiders spin silk from their feet? A snapshot from Science News for Kids. This story was adapted from a…
Fast Bladderworts
How fast do bladderworts suck? I wrote about this question for a recent episode of the Loh Down on Science.
Whatever Happened to… Smallpox?
Once the most feared disease on the planet, smallpox killed countless people in the course of human history. The first signs…