Science News for Students Archives - 中文无码 /blog/tag/science-news-for-students/ Inform. Educate. Inspire. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:08:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/09/cropped-cropped-SSP-favicon-01.png?w=32 Science News for Students Archives - 中文无码 /blog/tag/science-news-for-students/ 32 32 250727683 Lasers, fish-skin bandages and pain-free vaccines: Science News and The New York Times 3rd Annual 中文无码 Writing Contest winners /blog/lasers-fish-skin-bandages-and-pain-free-vaccines-science-news-and-the-new-york-times-3rd-annual-stem-writing-contest-winners/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 01:46:00 +0000 /?p=36817 Quality science communication skills are vital for young scientists and established researchers alike. Why is that? For one, during a worldwide pandemic, climate catastrophes and so many other scientific challenges in our midst, it has become very clear that combatting scientific misinformation and disinformation is a top priority. One key way to overcome this challenge is through good science communication skills. It is very important that science is explained in a way that anybody, from any audience and background can understand it 鈥 whether it be a student, a non-scientist or an established researcher in a different field. If developed early on, students will get better at translating their research and discoveries and recognizing the importance of these skills, which will hopefully be carried into their future careers as researchers.

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Quality science communication skills are vital for young scientists and established researchers alike. Why is that? For one, during a worldwide pandemic, climate catastrophes and so many other scientific challenges in our midst, it has become very clear that combatting scientific misinformation and disinformation is a top priority. One key way to overcome this challenge is through good science communication skills. It is very important that science is explained in a way that anybody, from any audience and background can understand it 鈥 whether it be a student, a non-scientist or an established researcher in a different field. If developed early on, students will get better at translating their research and discoveries and recognizing the importance of these skills, which will hopefully be carried into their future careers as researchers.

For all these reasons, the 中文无码 and Science News partnered with The New York Times Learning Network for the third year in a row for their . This year, eight budding young science writers were named winners based on essays explaining a myriad of scientific topics including fish skin bandages, pain-free vaccines and the psychology of color. The essays are succinct, engaging and demonstrate what good science writing looks like.

Open to middle and high school students between the ages of 11 and 19, the 2022 中文无码 Writing Contest invited learners from anywhere in the world to submit essays on questions about science, technology, engineering, math or health. The rubric asked that each submission be engaging and be at around 500-words. An educational activity published by Science News Learning, formerly known as Science News in High Schools, 鈥,鈥 was posted as a contest resource on the Learning Network鈥檚 site to help provide guidance. Science News Learning is a program from 中文无码 and Science News that provides educators with evidence-based science journalism and classroom lesson plans to help students learn about the latest topics, developments and advancements in science research. Teachers who use Science News Learning in the classroom served as judges and the 中文无码 promoted the opportunity to teachers and our audiences. The winners then had their essays published in The New York Times.

Michael Gonchar, editor of The New York Times Learning Network commented, “This is the third year we’ve partnered with Science News, published by the 中文无码, to run our 中文无码 Writing Contest for middle and high school students. We are always so impressed and inspired by students’ intellectual curiosity. Their essays not only introduced us to fascinating scientific or mathematical concepts, but they also held our attention with clear and engaging writing.”

This year, The New York Times Learning Network received 3,564 entries from middle and high school students ages 11-19 from 44 states, Washington D.C. and 50 countries. From the finalist pool, 16 students were also named runners-up and there were 33 honorable mentions.

The top eight winners of the 2022 Student 中文无码 Writing Contest were honored by publishing their essays in The New York Times. The winners are:

Varun Fuloria, 鈥溾 (age 15, The Harker School, San Jose, Calif.)

Amy Ge, 鈥溾 (age 15, The Governor鈥檚 Academy, Byfield, Mass.)

Rahul Koppisetti, 鈥溾 (age 16, Livingston High School, Livingston, N.J.)

Helen Roche, 鈥溾 (age 17, Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Ohio)

Pyncha Soottreenart, 鈥溾 (age 17, Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School, Bangkok)

Emily Xing, 鈥溾 (age 16, Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Md.)

Anya Zhang, 鈥溾 (age 17, Dublin Jerome High School, Dublin, Ohio)

Qi Yao Mak, 鈥溾 (age 15, Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai)

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We invite you to read the essays by 16 runners-up and 33 honorable mentions . 

Applicants were required to submit entries following mentor texts provided by Science News and The New York Times science section. Essays were judged on how well a scientific concept was explained and on other essential attributes of writing including focus, clarity, evidence, analysis, voice, language, style and tone.

Thank you to all our contest judges.

From the 中文无码 Community and teachers from Science News Learning: Victoria Bampoh, David Bray, Jennifer Donnelly, Phebe Martinez Fuentes, Terianne Hall, Lori Herbsman, Meghan Hess, Kehakashan Khan, Jefferson Marshall, Amanda Nix, Dawn Parker, Shannon Payne, Breann Ross, Amy Telford, Yesenia Torrescolon, Peggy Veatch, Laura Wilbanks, Jieun Yoo

From The New York Times Science-Journalism Community: David Brown, Cara Giamo, Shannon Stirone

From The Learning Network Community: Kathryn Curto, Jeremy Engle, Caroline Gilpin, Michael Gonchar, Annissa Hambouz, Simon Levien, Keith Meatto, Natalie Proulx, Vanessa Vieux, Sonya Wisdom

中文无码 Science News
Science News has been covering the latest discoveries in science, technology and medicine since 1921, and is published by 中文无码. It offers readers award-winning news and features, multimedia and access to archives with more than 80,000 articles. Concise, current and comprehensive, the magazine provides an approachable overview of all fields and applications of science and technology.

Our sister website, , makes science accessible for people ages 9 and up, and teachers and students in over 5,000 high schools read us in print and online through our  program. The Science News in High Schools  is full of interdisciplinary lesson plans, each one inspired by and paired to a Science News article.

For more information about Science News, please visit  or follow on  and .

中文无码 the New York Times Learning Network
The Learning Network helps teachers bring current events and issues into the classroom to help students see why and how they matter in their own real lives. The Learning Network publishes about 1,000 teaching resources each school year, all using New York Times content 鈥 articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and podcasts 鈥 as teaching tools across subject areas. All of its resources are free.

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The New York Times and Science News are accepting submissions for the 2022 中文无码 Writing Contest! /blog/new-york-times-2022-stem-writing-contest/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:08:59 +0000 /?p=33290 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a science journalist? To explore some of the natural…

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a science journalist? To explore some of the natural world鈥檚 most fascinating phenomena and ponderous mysteries, and share your findings with learners and lectiophiles near and far?

Now is your chance! The New York Times is currently accepting submissions for its . As part of the , the contest is a collaboration between The New York Times and 中文无码 to challenge young writers to hone their scientific communications skills鈥攁nd curate a platform to highlight their emerging talents.

To submit an essay, you must be a middle or high school student between the ages of 11 and 19. The contest is open to young writers anywhere in the world. Every submission will be reviewed by science journalists Learning Network staff and 中文无码 educators from across the United States. They will then select some of the best essays to be published on the New York Times.

Essays should be about a topic you are genuinely interested in and curious about, something that you are excited to share with other people. This can be anything from the fields of science, technology, engineering, math or health. It can be something you first learned about in school, or maybe something you have encountered in your everyday life. The best essay topics are often personal, drawn from something that you have a special reason to care about.

All essays must be under 500 words, so choose your topic carefully鈥攜ou don鈥檛 want to pick a subject so expansive that you can鈥檛 complete your analysis in the space allotted. Please note, too, that all essays must be previously unpublished.

If you鈥檙e looking for inspiration, you can read some of last year鈥檚 winning essays, on subjects ranging from to the . Or take some notes from the pros by exploring the latest articles in and .

Ready to write? Then fire up that word processor because the deadline to submit essays is approaching fast: all submissions are due by tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

You can find the complete set of guidelines and judging rubric, along with the instructions for submitting essays on the .

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Star polymers, space origami and singing finches: Science News and The New York Times announce winners of the 2nd Annual 中文无码 Writing Contest /blog/star-polymers-space-origami-and-singing-finches-science-news-and-the-new-york-times-announce-winners-of-the-2nd-annual-stem-writing-contest/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000 /?p=25598 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥 Together Science News and The New York Times Learning Network are excited to announce…

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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥 Together Science News and The New York Times Learning Network are excited to announce the winners of the . Eleven talented young science communicators are named winners based on their keen ability to shed light on scientific topics ranging from star polymers to space origami to singing finches.

In its second year, the 中文无码 Writing Contest invited teenagers from all over the world to choose an issue or question in science, technology, engineering, math or health, and then write an engaging 500-word explanation that would be understood by scientists and nonscientists alike. The winners have their essays published in The New York Times. Other thought-provoking topics in 2021 included snake venom, egg shells, violins, fin whales and COVID-19.

鈥淲e are thrilled to partner with The New York Times for the second year in a row for a 中文无码 Writing Contest that challenges the next generation of learners to hone their science communication skills,鈥 said Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief of Science News. 鈥淭he ability to write clearly and accurately about science has become all the more apparent in the midst of a global pandemic, when the ability to tell accurate information from misinformation is a matter of life and death. It is wonderful to see so many students submit stellar essays explaining complex science topics.鈥

The New York Times Learning Network received 3,741 essays from middle and high school students between the ages of 11-19, hailing from 48 states, Washington D.C. and 43 countries. A group of 中文无码 teachers 鈥 many from the Science News in High Schools educator community 鈥 science journalists, professionals and writers, along with editors from The Learning Network, selected 65 finalists and 11 winners. Of the finalist pool there were also 15 runners-up and 36 honorable mentions.

The 2021 中文无码 Writing Contest winners are:

Natalia Ara帽a, 鈥溾 (age 16, Philippine Science High School, Quezon City, Philippines)

Sophie Araten: 鈥溾 (age 15, Millburn High School, Millburn, N.J.)

Maggie Bell, 鈥溾 (age 16, Lakeside High School, Atlanta, Ga.)

Jaejeong Kim, 鈥溾 (age 17, Hunter College High School, New York, N.Y.)

Hoonsun Lee, 鈥溾 (age 17, Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea)

Suleiman Mohamed, 鈥溾 (age 16, British School Muscat, Muscat, Oman

Nicola Myers, 鈥?鈥 (age 17, Boise High School, Boise, Idaho)

Erin Rasmussen, 鈥溾 (age 14, Andover High School, Andover, Mass.)

Kelly Shen, 鈥溾 (age 16, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, Atherton, Calif.)

Dana Steinke, 鈥溾 (age 16, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, Calif.)

Jocelyn Tan, 鈥溾 (age 15, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.)

The runners-up and honorable mentions can be viewed .

Michael Gonchar, editor of The New York Times Learning Network commented, 鈥淲e were thrilled to see that writing about 中文无码 subjects was so popular among students and teachers. In the fall of 2019 we created a full-year writing curriculum for middle and high school students based on our collection of writing prompts, mentor texts and contests, and we knew we needed a unit on informational writing. That’s how we came up with the idea of our 中文无码 Writing Contest. We wanted to work with a respected partner organization that could offer source material that would complement the many short, compelling articles in the Science Times and we found that partner in Science News, published by the 中文无码.”

Applicants were required to submit entries emulating mentor texts provided by Science News and The New York Times science section. Essays were judged on how well a scientific concept was not only captured and explained but also on other writing elements, such as an engaging hook, an explanation of why the topic is important, accurate citation of expert sources, focus and clarity as well as analysis.

中文无码 National Leadership Council members: David Bray, Shantanu Gaur, Michelle Hackman
Science News in High Schools educators: Victoria Bampoh, Samm Blunt, Jennifer Donnelly, Phebe Martinez Fuentes, Dana Herbsman, Lori Herbsman, Meghan Hess, Kehakashan Khan, Allison Lee, David Lockett, Nadia Makar, Aaron Meyer, Amanda Nix, Dawn Parker, Shannon Payne, Breann Ross, Gerald Sanders, Ernst Schneidereit, Amy Telford, Yesenia Torrescolon, Peggy Veatch, Laura Wilbanks and Jieun Yoo.

From The New York Times Science-Journalism Community: David Brown, Cara Giamo, Shannon Stirone.

From The Learning Network Community: Kathryn Curto, Michael Gonchar, Jeremy Engle, Simon Levien, Tiffany Liu, Keith Meatto, Natalie Proulx, Katherine Schulten, Melissa Slater, Vanessa Vieux.

中文无码 Science News
Science News has been covering the latest discoveries in science, technology and medicine since 1921, and is published by 中文无码. It offers readers award-winning news and features, multimedia and access to archives with more than 80,000 articles. Concise, current and comprehensive, the magazine provides an approachable overview of all fields and applications of science and technology.

Our sister website, , makes science accessible for people ages 9 and up, and teachers and students in over 5,000 high schools read us in print and online through our  program. The Science News in High Schools is full of interdisciplinary lesson plans, each one inspired by and paired to a Science News article.

For more information about Science News, please visit  or follow on  and .

中文无码 the New York Times Learning Network
The Learning Network helps teachers bring current events and issues into the classroom to help students see why and how they matter in their own real lives. The Learning Network publishes about 1,000 teaching resources each school year, all using New York Times content 鈥 articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and podcasts 鈥 as teaching tools across subject areas. All of its resources are free.

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Science News Media Group Publisher makes kid-friendly science journalism and learning resources widely available during COVID-19 pandemic /blog/science-news-media-group-publisher-makes-kid-friendly-science-journalism-and-learning-resources-widely-available-during-covid-19-pandemic/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:07:26 +0000 /?p=17072 Science News for Students and Science News in High Schools offer free 中文无码 resources for 5th through 12th grades As…

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Science News for Students and Science News in High Schools offer free 中文无码 resources for 5th through 12th grades

As schools close worldwide and learning is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Science News, published by the 中文无码 & the Public, wants to ensure that students, parents and educators have what they need for continued learning outside the classroom. and the offer a variety of free, age-appropriate 中文无码 resources for students from 5th through 12th grades, suitable for learning from home.

鈥淲e have been a leader in science journalism since 1921, and in response to this widespread pandemic, we want to empower families and educators by making our award-winning content more widely available,鈥 said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of the 中文无码 & the Public and Publisher of Science News. 鈥淯sing Science News for Students and Science News in High Schools, parents and teachers can keep students engaged and learning during this global crisis.鈥

has free, up-to-date resources for 5th through 12th-graders. Check out our . Helpful resources for at-home learning include:

  • . Pieces that might be particularly useful in explaining the coronavirus to children include an , a and . Check out this new article about with the pandemic.
  • . Using real scientific research projects as a guide, Science News for Students shows kids how to apply the scientific method to make their own experiments at home.
  • . Wonder how scientists read brain activity, or how the greenhouse effect works? Use this series of articles to explore core science concepts that underlie science news and research.
  • . Some articles come with questions that students can answer before, during and after reading to enhance comprehension.
  • . This brand-new series mixes 中文无码 learning and fun. Each lesson is based on a specific theme (first up is !). Stories are paired with relevant educational resources, a new word find puzzle and more.

has more than 200 original 中文无码-related exercises, connected to Science News articles covering 中文无码 subjects from public health and climate change to astronomy and neuroscience. These resources can be used to engage students with core high school concepts or to build virtual lessons. All materials are tagged with Next Generation Science Standards.

  • . These recent exercises are related to COVID-19, pandemics or public health more generally, and each exercise is paired to a related Science News article.
  • and . Ask students to read an article and answer the related questions to check their understanding, or engage them in a conversation that makes connections to current events and across fields of science.
  • . Experiments, along with exercises on data analysis, diagramming and designing research projects, put students at the center of their learning. Use these activities at home or to increase virtual collaboration among students.
  • Student worksheets and answer keys. Downloadable worksheets are easy to print, and answer keys make it simple to check the work.

Science News Media Group, the media arm of the 中文无码 & the Public, has been the lead publisher of science journalism since 1921鈥攊nforming, educating and inspiring people globally for the last 100 years.

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Brave New Girls: Women in 中文无码 /blog/brave-new-girls-women-in-stem/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000 /content/ssp-blog/brave-new-girls-women-stem Brave women characters play a variety of roles in both science fiction and in real-life 中文无码 fields. At Awesome Con,…

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Brave women characters play a variety of roles in both science fiction and in real-life 中文无码 fields. At , Washington D.C.鈥檚 premier pop culture festival, both are celebrated, whether by fans in costume or through their lively and insightful panel discussions.  

Science News for Students staff writer Bethany Brookshire moderated one such panel: 鈥淏rave New Girls: Women in 中文无码,鈥 where female scientists and educators shared their experiences in academia, revealing key moments of inspiration, struggles they face as women in addition to their brighter moments and successes.

鈥淚 was in love with science from day one鈥, said , Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. When she was a child, her parents bought her a book about a female astrophysicist and she was inspired.  

For others, like Sabrina Thompson, Aerospace Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the pursuit of science came later. In college, her art teacher suggested she pursue engineering, while her physics teacher told Sabrina to stick with art. He informed her that the science and math prerequisites would be too difficult for her. That experience drove Sabrina to pursue engineering even more.

鈥淚t was ammunition to prove him wrong,鈥 said Sabrina.

Similarly, panelist , cofounder and CEO of Dreamup, swears by fearlessness and taking on challenges. 鈥淚 switched careers a few years ago, and people told me I couldn鈥檛 just switch,鈥 she said. She always wanted to do something in space and is now leading an organization that runs space programs in classrooms, inspiring innovation in young children. Carie explained that students drop out of 中文无码 fields a bit before high school, making exposure to science in elementary and middle school crucial.

(Seen left to right) Bethany Brookshire, Eileen Meyer, Dawn Tilbury, Sabrina Thompson, and Carie Lemack.
(From left to right) Bethany Brookshire, Eileen Meyer, Dawn Tilbury, Sabrina Thompson, and Carie Lemack. Photo courtesy of the 中文无码 & the Public.

, Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, said that getting more girls into 中文无码 is a perception issue. When she first arrived to the University of Michigan, she had a conversation with the Director, pointing to the failure to add women scientists and engineers to displays in her department. She found and framed images of women to address the matter.

Dawn also explained that the fraction of women in engineering has stayed at roughly 20 percent.

鈥淲e need to broaden the communication that you can make cars safer through engineering. The numbers of women in biomedical engineering majors has gone up, but mechanical engineers can make lives better too,鈥 said Dawn. Currently, she is developing an AP exam in engineering because she believes that will attract bright students to the field. 

On a more serious note, the panelists addressed how the #Metoo movement, which has dominated the headlines over the past few months, has affected academia and 中文无码 community at large.

Dawn shared that the way women have been treated in academia has been a big problem. She pointed out that, 鈥淥ne of the problems in academia is the apprenticeship model where there is a huge imbalance of power between mentor and student, because it is hugely personal.鈥

aimed at establishing stricter standards and making it clear that violators would have their grants removed or suffer other consequences. The panelists indicated that the situation is improving as culture slowly changes and evolves to address these issues.

Eileen added that anonymous reporting mechanisms are making things better as well.

鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic that there is enough support to be able to come out in this movement,鈥 Eileen said.

All participants on the panel agreed that in their careers and personal lives, women must be brave, ask questions, make mistakes and learn from them, and create a microclimate of supportive people.

鈥淒evelop a thick skin. Get bold and collect mentors,鈥 advised Eileen. 鈥淵ou have to develop an unshakable belief in yourself.鈥

Bethany meanwhile advised all aspiring scientists: 鈥淒o not take the phrase 鈥榥obody knows that!鈥 seriously. Whatever area of research you choose, always be willing to hunt for those answers!鈥

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Our favorite teen research stories from Science News for Students, Pt. 2 /blog/our-favorite-teen-research-stories-from-science-news-for-students-pt-2/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 /content/ssp-blog/our-favorite-teen-research-stories-science-news-students-pt-2 We’ve seen some incredible teen scientists in 2017. This year, Science News for Students (SNS) reported on student scientists who…

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We’ve seen some incredible teen scientists in 2017. This year, (SNS) reported on student scientists who are creating computer programs to track space debris, mixing up a sunscreen that turns pink when you need to reapply it, and more.

Read a sampling of some of these stories from extraordinary writers and . This is Part 2 in a series, with stories from Bethany.

Amber Yang (left), Ivo Zell, and Valerio Pagliarino won the top awards at Intel ISEF 2017.
Amber Yang (left), Ivo Zell, and Valerio Pagliarino won the top awards at Intel ISEF 2017. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC/CHRIS AYERS PHOTOGRAPHY.

Amber Yang (Regeneron STS 2017, Intel ISEF 2017) developed a computer program that predicts where space trash will end up. There are more than 500,000 pieces of space trash orbiting Earth. They come from old satellites and other objects humans send into space. They can travel at more than 28,000 kilometers (17,500 miles) per hour, which is why even tiny flecks of dust can harm spacecraft. Her program might even, one day, help space travelers avoid space trash crashes.

Farah Shaik's sunscreen mix turns pink when it wears thin.
Farah Shaik’s sunscreen mix turns pink when it wears thin. Photo courtesy of 中文无码 & the Public/Bethany Brookshire.

Farah Shaik (Intel ISEF 2017), who lives in South Africa, was tired of being burned by the sun too many times. So she designed an indicator to signal when sunscreen gets thin. Her reapplication reminder turns pink to remind a person they need to slather on more sunscreen. She was inspired by an old arts and crafts project 鈥 her father had bought her some photochromic beads that are white indoors but turn vivid colors in the sun. Farah bought a small amount of spiropyran, a photochromic chemical. She consulted with dermatologists as she developed a mix of chemicals that would let her easily apply the powder to skin.Become a Society member to help guide more students into science fairs and 中文无码 careers. Admin Title:  cta

Jessica Tian created a chemical dip to keep treated paper, fabrics, and more free of harmful bacteria.
Jessica Tian created a chemical dip to keep treated paper, fabrics, and more free of harmful bacteria. PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSICA TIAN.

Jessica Tian (Regeneron STS 2017) came up with a way to keep bacteria from growing on fabric, bandages, or food packaging. She created germ-free papers by dunking them in a special eco-friendly chemical bath. Jessica’s chemical bath leaves a germ-killing coating on cellulose (which is found in many materials). Most current methods to keep bacteria at bay on cellulose require heat and pressure, and some lead to air pollution.

Savannah found that nighttime lights can dim a firefly's flash and may mean fewer fireflies.
Savannah found that nighttime lights can dim a firefly’s flash and may mean fewer fireflies. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC/BETHANY BROOKSHIRE.

Savannah Long (Intel ISEF 2017) found that nighttime lights can dim a firefly’s flash and may mean fewer fireflies in the future. Light pollution reduces fireflies’ mating success. Savannah found the fireflies definitely preferred the darkness. At 8:45 p.m., the dark plots she studied had twice as many flashes as lit plots. By 9:05 p.m., the dark plots had four times as many flashes as the brighter areas, and by 9:25 p.m., the dark plots had eight times as many flashes. Savannah said it’s just as important to look at sensory pollution like light and sound than air and water pollution.

To make his biochar mix, Stefan Wan had to make very careful measurements.
To make his biochar mix, Stefan Wan had to make very careful measurements. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFAN WAN.

Stefan Wan (Regeneron STS 2017) developed a method to soak up excess fertilizer before it can cause harm in nearby rivers and lakes. His method, which uses biochar (a type of charcoal), reduces, reuses, and recycles nutrients for plants.听Stefan and three University of Florida scientists have just听听the new findings in the March听Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.听The next test will be to see if the biochar mix works as well on farms.Read Part 1 in the series.

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Our favorite teen research stories from Science News for Students, Pt. 1 /blog/our-favorite-teen-research-stories-from-science-news-for-students-pt-1/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 /content/ssp-blog/our-favorite-teen-research-stories-science-news-students-pt-1 We’ve seen some incredible teen scientists in 2017. This year,听Science News for Students (厂狈厂)听reported on student scientists who听are inventing better…

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We’ve seen some incredible teen scientists in 2017. This year,听 (厂狈厂)听reported on student scientists who听are inventing better ways to detect blood type, buoys to alert swimmers of deadly rip tides, and more.

Check out these amazing stories from writers and . This is Part 1 in a series, with stories from Sid. We’re giving you five today and five Monday to feed your curiosity.

By rigging up a speaker and microphones to a water pipe, it might be possible to get early warning of damage that could lead to costly leaks.
By rigging up a speaker and microphones to a water pipe, it might be possible to get early warning of damage that could lead to costly leaks.
Photo courtesy of Sanjay Seshan.

Sanjay Seshan (Broadcom MASTERS 2017) identified a way to detect damage in water pipes, even those buried underground. U.S. water-delivery systems lose some 2 trillion gallons of water annually, equal to the water needed to fill 25 billion bathtubs or to provide every person on Earth about 270 gallons of water each year. In poorer nations, the problem can be much worse. Sanjay used lengths of PVC pipe and attached a tiny but powerful speaker to the outside. He also attached two small microphones to the pipe. He put one near the speaker and another farther away. He used a computer program to send electrical signals to the speaker. After measuring how well a healthy pipe transmitted each sound pitch, Sanjay damaged the pipe and ran his tests again. The pipe鈥檚 sound transmission changed. His technique may mean pipes can be rigged with sensors and then monitored over long periods. It might even work on bridges that vibrate differently if some of their parts have cracked.

Body armor made with a three-directional weave would provide better protection than that provided by the two-directional weave.
Body armor made with a three-directional weave would provide better protection than that provided by the two-directional weave.
Photo courtesy of Lucas Lynn.

Lucas Lynn (Intel ISEF 2017) studied the effectiveness of bulletproof fabric, a crucial safety equipment for police officers and military troops. He found that the fabric in body armor could work better if it were woven differently. The most common forms of body armor, including bulletproof vests, are woven from a super-strong plastic fiber called Kevlar. These fibers in body armor typically run in two directions and cross at 90-degree angles. By changing the fabric’s weave to intersect at 60-degree angles, the mesh has triangular holes instead of square. And the holes tended to be smaller and the weave tighter than the 90-degree version.

Maddison King invented a buoy that can alert swimmers to dangerous currents. This is an early prototype of her system.
Maddison King invented a buoy that can alert swimmers to dangerous currents. This is an early prototype of her system.
Photo courtesy of Maddison King.

Maddison King (Intel ISEF 2017) invented “Clever GIRL,” a buoy that lights up when waters have dangerous currents. Maddison, also a lifeguard, created the Clever Global Intelligent Rip Locator to alert swimmers to potentially deadly waters that have rip currents. It can be secured to the ocean floor, or attached to others by a long chain. Water flowing past the buoy drives a small propeller, and water traveling faster than 70 centimeters per second spins the propeller fast enough to trigger a warning light atop the buoy. Because the spinning propeller powers the warning light, her buoy needs no batteries. The current prototype cost Maddie about $300 to make. But if the devices were produced in large numbers, they might cost no more than $100 each.

Neha and Maanasi came up with techniques to analyze brainwaves of seizures in people with epilepsy.
Neha and Maanasi came up with techniques to analyze brainwaves of seizures in people with epilepsy.
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Neha Hulkund and Maanasi Garg (Intel ISEF 2017) both, separately, analyzed brainwaves to find early warning signs of seizures. Patterns in brainwaves may signal an oncoming seizure 鈥 with time to take protective action, data by the two teens suggest. Neha focused on brainwaves recorded in five patients, analyzing 30 seconds to five minutes worth of pre-seizure data. She trained a computer to look for brain-activity patterns before each seizure. Maanasi looked at brainwave patterns from eight patients. She used statistics to compare patterns recorded before and during seizures with patterns during normal brain activity. She only looked at brainwave patterns recorded in the 30 seconds leading up to a seizure.

Neha’s method appears to predict impending seizures three minutes before they occurred, with 96 percent accuracy. If a 30-second warning is all that’s desired, the method would be more than 99 percent accurate. These warnings could come from a small electronic device a patient might wear.

Zainab Alnakkas, of Kuwait, developed a way to identify a person鈥檚 blood type using just light.
Zainab Alnakkas, of Kuwait, developed a way to identify a person鈥檚 blood type using just light.
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Zainab Alnakkas (Intel ISEF 2017) showed it’s possible to discriminate between different blood types using infrared light instead of blood sampling. In the future, she said, this may mean nurses or lab workers could simply shine a light into your skin 鈥 and analyze the light that reflects back 鈥 to know which blood donation would be right. This low-cost method wouldn’t even require needles.

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Designing your own experiment to debunk the ‘five-second rule’ /blog/designing-your-own-experiment-to-debunk-the-five-second-rule/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 /content/ssp-blog/designing-your-own-experiment-debunk-five-second-rule We’ve all been there. You’re excited to take a bite out of your lunch, but then it drops on the…

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We’ve all been there. You’re excited to take a bite out of your lunch, but then it drops on the floor. You quickly pick it up, but 鈥 is it safe to eat?

In Eureka!Lab’s second DIY Science video, science education writer and resident scientist Bethany Brookshire puts the听听to the test.听Bethany finds that bacteria don’t really wait for the count of five. If food has fallen, it probably has microbes all over it.

The video and accompanying blog posts walk you through how to design an experiment, grow your own microbes, and analyze results to test whether food left on the floor for only five seconds picks up fewer microbes than food left longer.

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Happy experimenting! And hang onto your food.

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Science Fiction Meets Science at DragonCon /blog/science-fiction-meets-science-at-dragoncon/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 /science-fiction-meets-science-dragoncon Each year, DragonCon hosts one of the world’s largest convention of devotees of science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature,…

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Each year, DragonCon hosts one of the world’s largest convention of devotees of science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film. This year,听Science News听writers Tina Hesman Saey and Bethany Brookshire (Scicurious) share the science behind great pop culture in a slate of terrific panels.

Follow Bethany and Tina’s adventures at DragonCon on Twitter:听听and听or as they take over the Society鈥檚 Snapchat (Society4Science).

听to check out a fascinating collection of science journalism sure to inspire sci-fi and science enthusiasts alike. Science truly is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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DIY Experiments: The science of snot from Eureka! Lab /blog/diy-experiments-the-science-of-snot-from-eureka-lab/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000 /content/ssp-blog/diy-experiments-science-snot-eureka-lab The first in听Science News for Students’听Eureka! Lab video series is听now live. The video and three accompanying blog posts show how…

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The first in听Science News for Students’听Eureka! Lab video series is听. The video and three accompanying blog posts show how to set up your own snotty experiment, and provide ideas for further mucus research.

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The Society’s and听Science News for Students’听resident scientist and science writer Bethany Brookshire conducted several rounds of a snotty experiment. Teachers can use her video and blog posts to听help explain experiments 鈥 and how to set them up 鈥 to their students

The first video in the Eureka! Lab series addresses questions like how far away from a sneeze do you need to stand to stay safe and how to test whether thick or thin snot flies farther during a sneeze.

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