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Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Just How Buggy Is Your Phone?
WHAT ITEM in your home crawls with the most germs? If you said the toilet seat, you’re wrong. Kitchen sponges top the list. But cell phones are pretty grimy too. They contain around 10 times as many germs as toilet seats. People touch their phones, laptops, and other digital devices all day long, yet rarely clean them.
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January 2018
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Ready For Some Cryotherapy?
At this very moment around the world, athletes are stepping almost naked into freezing cold chambers.
1 min |
January 2019
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The Future Of Money
From the gold standard to virtual tokens
5 min |
April 2019
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How (And Why) Banks Handle Money
How (and why) banks handle money
3 min |
April 2019
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Is It Possible To Avoid A Robot Rebellion?
ROBOT OVERLORDS roll, stomp, and fly through movies and comic books.
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November/December 2017
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Cathy O'Neil
DATA SCIENTIST
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November/December 2017
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Out Of Left Field Cafe
HOW DO SCIENTISTS PASS THE TIME AT FAR-FLUNG RESEARCH SITES?
4 min |
September 2017
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Could You Live Without Your Phone?
WHAT WOULD you do with your time if you couldn’t use a cell phone, computer, or other digital device? Would you perish of boredom? Or would you feel happier and more relaxed? Some teens have tried it and lived to tell the tale.
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September 2017
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XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ
Xiuhtezcatl (pronounced SHU-tez-caat) Martinez is a 16-year-old with big hopes for the Earth’s future. Since he was 6, he has dedicated his life to the fight for global environmental health. By age 13, he had received a presidential award for his work and was selected as one of the leading youth changemakers by the Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council. Xiuhtezcatl, whose name means “Turquoise Mirror,” has brought together youth from around the world to act as warriors defending our planet.
4 min |
February 2017
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Berry Thirsty
On a virtual farm, would you grow strawberries or raspberries?
2 min |
February 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Fasten Your Seat Belt
What if We Treated Melting Ice Like Other Possible Catastrophes?
4 min |
February 2017
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Planet Search
Math helps us chart the universe.
2 min |
July/August 2017
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The Old-Fashioned Dream Lab
How Did Scientists Without Modern Technology Study the Dreaming Mind?
6 min |
November/December 2016
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What Do Animals Dream About?
Peek Inside the Minds of Sleeping Animals.
5 min |
November/December 2016
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Dreams Gone Bad
The Truth Behind Midnight Hauntings.
6 min |
November/December 2016
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Consolidating Dad
The dream machine makes me uncomfortable.
7 min |
November/December 2016
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Are Non-Digital Toys Doomed?
ONCE UPON a time, toys didn’t whirr or flash. they didn’t connect to the cloud or unlock special content.
2 min |
April 2018
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Guess What I'm Thinking
Telepathy May Transform From Parlor Trick to the Real Deal.
3 min |
April 2017
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Brain Chains
Will Actual Mind Melding Make the World Smarter—or Scarier?
8 min |
April 2017
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What's In A (Dog's) Name?
SOME SHELTERS ARE RETHINKING BREED LABELS.
2 min |
February 2018
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The Motion Of The Heart
WILLIAM HARVEY’S RADICAL THEORY OF CIRCULATION
5 min |
October 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Should Blood Tests Be Part Of A Healthy Person's Routine?
IT’S A TYPICAL morning: you wake up, take a shower, brush your teeth, and then prick your arm with a tiny needle.
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October 2017
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Do Bionic Limbs Give Athletes An Unfair Advantage?
MARKUS REHM can leap much farther than the length of your family car. He’s a world champion long jumper. But he only has one leg. He wears a device called a prosthesis in place of his missing leg. You’d think that a missing leg would cause problems—especially for an athlete. But the prosthesis Rehm wears is specially designed to propel him forward. It’s a lightweight, curved metal blade. Some call Rehm “Blade Jumper.”
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May/June 2018
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Hall Of Mirrors
Hall Of Mirrors
2 min |
May/June 2018
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Lending A Hairy Hand
Chimpanzees are similar to humans, even when it comes to helping.
5 min |
May/June 2018
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Water Fleas, Transform!
Small Shape-shifters Prepare for Attack.
2 min |
May/June 2017
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Searching for Source of Life
Imagine yourself inside a Mini Cooper–sized rocket. Try not to bump into either of the two other crewmembers or any of the computers, buttons, and joysticks that will help steer your course.
6 min |
May/June 2017
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Hidden Treasures, Lasting Costs
Test the power of water erosion.
1 min |
May/June 2017
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Nathalie Miebach - Data Artist
“Artists can help us look at data differently and find alternative ways of thinking about it.”
3 min |
November/December 2018
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Carrie C. Wall
Marine Scientist, Ocean Data Expert, Little Sister.
3 min |