Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [2]. Why do my parents always act like they know best? – Taliyah, age 12, Gwinnett, Georgia Nobody likes getting bossed around, but your parents’ bossiness is probably
... Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same – they record instants in the lives of many different extinct organisms, back to the earliest creatures that walked on four feet[1], 380 million years ago.
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An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection really can change the world, according to psychology research
Political chasms[1], wars, oppression … it’s easy to feel hopeless and helpless watching these dark forces play out. Could any of us ever really make a meaningful difference in the face of so much devastation?
Given the scale of the world’s problems, it might feel like the small acts of human connection and solidarity that you do have...
Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using electricity
When you think of electric fields, you likely think of electricity – the stuff that makes modern life possible by powering everything from household appliances to cellphones. Researchers have been studying the principles of electricity since the 1600s[1]. Benjamin Franklin[2], famous for his kite experiment, demonstrated that lightning was...