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Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Warm Temperatures Turn Sea Turtles Female
Your genes determined whether you were born with a male or female body. But that’s not true for all animals. In sea turtles, like many other reptiles, being male or female depends on temperature.
3 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
A Matter Of Taste
The Tongue, the Nose, and the Brain All Work Together to Notice Flavors.
8 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Uma Parasar Food Chemist
Do you ever wonder what makes some packaged foods and drinks taste great? Well, a chemist such as Uma Parasar might be the one to thank. Parasar is a senior research fellow with the research and development flavors team at International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. (IFF). You can taste flavors her lab has created in all kinds of things—juices, yogurts, candy, potato chips, and chocolate. Specifically, as a toxicologist, Parasar is responsible for making sure the flavors her company makes are safe to eat and drink.
2 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Air Around Us
What’s in air—and why it matters.
3 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Mathemagician!
Try these arithmetic tricks
2 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Carolyn Bertozzi
Chemist and Medical Researcher.
2 min |
September 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Eyewire
Mapping brain cells is a challenge. So is designing a game that helps you do it.
2 min |
July/August 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
When Good Science Goes Bad
If you raise your hand in class, will the teacher notice right away? Do you spend most of your class time learning or is too much other stuff going on all around? Does your teacher know your strengths and how they differ from the kid’s next to you? Your answers to these questions depend partly on the number of students in your class.
6 min |
July/August 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Flawed Genius
Steve Jobs' Impressive, Messy Career
4 min |
July/August 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Art Alert! The Case Of The Masterpiece That Wasn't
Han van Meegeren was a painter with a problem. He tried to sell artwork under his own name, but the critics of the 1920s weren’t keen on it. They were excited by newer, abstract forms of art, like cubism or surrealism. Van Meegeren, on the other hand, painted in a very traditional, realistic style.
7 min |
July/August 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Does Your Dog Need A Fitbit?
HOW MANY steps did you take today? If you wear a fitness tracking device such as a Fitbit, you know the answer. Fitness trackers help people set goals for physical activity. Reaching those goals helps them lose weight and stay healthy.
2 min |
February 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Wild Science of Water Bears
Huge Discoveries Could Come From Tiny Tardigrades.
5 min |
May/June 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Fish in the Desert
Desert living is challenging for any creature, but what if your home was just one small pool of water? That’s the predicament of a fish—yes, a fish—that lives in the Mojave Desert.
6 min |
May/June 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Healing Waters
Manufacturers of structured water, also called “living water,” promise their product will recharge and detoxify your body.
7 min |
May/June 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Would You Drink Toilet Water?
ASTRONAUTS DRINK their own pee—after it’s been cleaned. So do people in some parts of California and Australia.
1 min |
May/June 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Packing Spheres in a Thousand Dimensions
Head-in-the-clouds math has surprisingly useful results.
4 min |
January 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Denise Herzing Marine Mammal Behavioral Biologist
For more than 30 years, Denise Herzing has observed Atlantic spotted dolphins in their natural habitat, the waters near the Bahamas. She is interested in developing new ways for human to communicate with wild dolphins.
5 min |
April 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Say What, Horse?
How We’re Starting to Hear What Horses Have to Say
4 min |
April 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Science Wants You
Volunteer, make real discoveries, and have a whole lot of fun.
1 min |
May/June 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Don't Cry Over Spoiled Milk
Make an ancient food with microbes.
2 min |
January 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Turning Tables
A complex proof leads to a simple fix.
2 min |
November/December 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Doctor Robot-O
WILL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES OF THE FUTURE BE LEARNING MACHINES?
3 min |
November/December 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Ready, Set, Eclipse!
An observer’s guide to the August 2017 eclipse.
7 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Marla Geha - Astronomer
Marla Geha works at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
3 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
There She Blows!
Imagine a frozen, icy world where huge geysers shoot water vapor up higher than the tallest mountains on Earth.
1 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
So Long, Saturn
Cassini’s Marvelous Mission Is Coming to an End.
5 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Cassini Gallery
The Cassini spacecraft, seen above in an artist’s concept, was named after a French-Italian astronomer.
1 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Truth About Pluto
Once upon a time, Pluto was a planet. Then one day it wasn’t a planet.
5 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Name Game
Nicknamed “the thunder lizard,” the Brontosaurus was one of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth.
1 min |
July/August 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Should Humans Worry About Killer Asteroids?
An asteroid impact likely wiped out the dinosaurs.
2 min |