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E207: How can magnets help deliver medicines? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/b6r5oEVg69USummary: Scientists tested a new drug delivery process using magnets to help make proteins in synthetic cells.Abstrac…
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E206: Species extinctions: what can we learn from the past? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/b9OvkOCN21ASummary: Scientists found that past extinctions help us understand why species disappear but may not predict extincti…
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E205: How did the Maya civilization react to climate change? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/cbheEPeWzTkSummary: Scientists found evidence of droughts in ancient human history by looking at the layers in a stalagmite from…
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E204: What can bats learn from eavesdropping? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/dYpODn4Q8GoSummary: Fringe-lipped bats get better at identifying frogs and toads by their mating calls as they get older.Abstrac…
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E203: What can rocks tell us about the past? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/u64V_AHfE_sSummary: Researchers used two methods to determine the pressure experienced by rocks in the Grand Canyon to make a mo…
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E202: What if a hummingbird wears a tiny backpack? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/KbvQUJSS298Summary: Scientists tested whether tiny radio-tag backpacks changed how hummingbirds spent their time flying, feeding…
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E201: How can swimming be less of a drag? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/kvbw3exNvf0Summary: Researchers examined the leg movements of shrimp while swimming and found that reducing drag is an important…
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E200: Can living in a multilingual country slow down aging? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/can-living-in-a-multilingual-country-slow-down-aging/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/WQRs-r1iqRcSummary: Researc…
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E199: Thinking about thinking: how do birds make choices? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/thinking-about-thinking-how-do-birds-make-choices/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/SilL7szcPeoSummary: Researcher…
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E198: Why are Arctic rivers turning orange? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/WmpUt1i546USummary: A team of scientists went on an expedition to a river in Alaska to find out why the river suddenly turned br…
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E197: How can fish help us deliver medicines? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/K4wcSGpX9dMSummary: Scientists created a new device copying the remora fish's natural ability to hitchhike on other animals.Abst…
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E196: How can blue-green algae remove plastics from our water? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/YUJcgeSNXboSummary: Scientists engineered cyanobacteria to remove microplastics and extra nutrients from wastewater.Abstract: Mi…
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E195: How do bats work together? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/lH8tXnDGYQ4Summary: Researchers observe spectral bats with a wildlife camera to learn about their parenting and social behaviors…
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E194: How are mountain birds adapting to climate change? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: or watch at: https://youtu.be/EZ07V85q6FESummary: Scientists retraced the steps of an expedition from 30 years ago to see how mountain birds are adapting to c…
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E193: How can we monitor the wildlife trade? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-can-we-monitor-the-wildlife-trade/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/R7oWnWKMEZESummary: Researchers used datab…
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E192: Where do whale sharks have their babies? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/where-do-whale-sharks-have-their-babies/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/JJHuWMotBgwSummary: Scientists studied w…
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E191: How can viruses wake up sleeping cancer cells? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-can-viruses-wake-up-sleeping-cancer-cells/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/ksEuNI3AhXQSummary: Researchers di…
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E190: How do we make better food for honeybees? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-can-we-make-better-food-for-honeybees/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/IRyT-dMDe6cSummary: Researchers improv…
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E189: Why do treehoppers have such strange body shapes? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/why-do-treehoppers-have-such-strange-body-shapes/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/zAqBSz7MnwgSummary: Scientists…
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E188: How do bacteria protect each other from antibiotics? [SJK Audio Edition]
Read this article at: https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-do-bacteria-protect-each-other-from-antibiotics/ or watch at: https://youtu.be/YEX5ycutefYSummary: Research…