LNGenZ News for Kids: Science

A historic defense legislation is now officially in the books with an addition of the sixth branch of the U.S. military, the Space Force. The 3,500-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recognizes the “final frontier” of space as a warfighting… Read More

It’s a bird, it’s a plane … or is it a puppy or a wolf?  That is the question scientists are asking after finding an 18,000-year-old frozen puppy. The fossil was found near Yakutsk, in eastern Siberia, in the permafrost…. Read More

Mars is a simple planet compared to Earth. There is almost no atmosphere, there are no oceans, and the planet has only trace amounts of water. Its climate should be very simple to model, predict, and understand, but Mars is… Read More

A group of students at New York’s Adelphi University recently got a taste of smartphone-free life. As part of a course in technology addiction, titled “Life Unplugged,” students were asked to give up their phones for seven days – the… Read More

“Mom, can we go to the beach?” Increasingly, the answer is no for those who live and vacation in Florida’s vast Gulf Coast region. Karenia brevis algae – commonly called “red tide” because its colorful blooms turn coastal water scarlet… Read More

A new species of ancient human has been found, exciting scientists and changing perceptions on human evolution. The researchers found 13 bones that date back to about 67,000 years ago. The bones come from at least three separate individuals and… Read More

How exciting would it be to be able to go to the moon, especially if you didn’t have to travel in a rocket? Imagine having an escalator or elevator that took you straight there. Just step into the chamber and… Read More

Astronomers keep discovering new planets they don’t understand. Recently, they found a huge planet around a small star named GJ 3512. According to their theories, it shouldn’t exist. It is too large, and it’s made of gas. The Old View… Read More

Climate change is a divisive issue. Many believe manmade climate change will be the end of us all while others don’t think it’s a problem at all. As GenZ’s Onar Åm explained, the science isn’t settled, and for now, we’ll… Read More

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered. A team of scientists found the fossils in 72-million-year-old deposits of marine soil near Mukawa Town in northern Japan. The dinosaur was first nicknamed Mukawaryu, after the site where it was found…. Read More

India has landed a machine on the moon, but the country’s attempts to make a successful moon landing may have failed. The Vikram, a lunar lander containing a rover vehicle that would have carried out experiments on the moon’s surface,… Read More

You may have heard that humans are destroying the planet by using fossil fuels that release a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2). Many scientists agree that CO2 traps heat and leads to global warming. And worse: It is happening very… Read More