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Kids Science NewsCan a Tiny Electrical Current Read Quantum Information Without Destroying It?
Scientists have proposed a new way to read quantum information using a tiny oscillating electrical current. Computer simulations achieved up to 99.85% accuracy.
Kids Science NewsCould a Journey to Mars Damage Astronauts' Hearts Years Later?
A study in rats reveals how deep-space radiation and weightlessness may affect the heart, immune system, and blood cells long after a Mars mission.
Kids Science NewsScientists Reveal the Hidden Scale of Australia's Indigenous History
Scientists estimate that 2.22 million Indigenous Australians lived before colonization, with a devastating 93% population decline by 1861.
Kids Science NewsAI Uncovers 9,389 Hidden Reactions That Could Help Turn CO2 Into Fuel
AI helped scientists discover 9,389 chemical reactions that could improve how carbon dioxide is transformed into methanol and other useful chemicals.
Kids Science NewsCan AI Really Be Conscious? A New Study Reveals What Makes Us See Humans Differently
Can AI be conscious if it acts just like a human? A study of nearly 1,100 people reveals why we judge AI awareness and human consciousness differently.
Kids Science News2026 Nobel Prize: How Antarctic Ice Catches Ghost Particles from Space
Meet the scientist who helped turn Antarctic ice into a giant detector for mysterious ghost particles from space!
Kids Science NewsScientists Discover a Golden Tree Coral So Strange It Needs a New Family!
A dazzling golden coral found deep off Costa Rica is so unusual that scientists created an entirely new family for it!
Kids Science NewsWere Animals on Earth 200 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought?
Tiny fossils from Mongolia are making scientists rethink when the very first animals appeared on Earth.
Kids Science NewsCuriosity Has Spent 5,000 Days on Mars—and Look at the View!
NASA's Curiosity rover has spent 5,000 Martian days on Mars and celebrated by sending home an amazing view of the Red Planet.
Kids Science NewsCosmoCube: The Tiny Spacecraft Listening for the Universe Before the First Stars
CosmoCube could use the Moon as a radio shield to search for an ancient signal from the universe before the first stars appeared.
Kids Science NewsWhat If You Could Travel Forever Through Space?
Space looks flat to scientists, but that does not tell us whether the universe goes on forever or secretly loops back around.
Kids Science NewsTwo Bizarre Sea Spiders Just Revealed Their Creepy Secrets
Scientists discovered two strange sea spiders in the Salish Sea, including one with hairy legs and another covered in tiny parasites.