LNGenZ News for Kids: Science

Should artificial intelligence (AI) eventually control basic human rights, the government, and even the military? A growing share of young voters seems to think so. As trust in traditional institutions erodes, young Americans are increasingly looking to technology, not elected… Read More

Deer and other members of the Cervidae family can be found on every continent in the world except for Antarctica. They are considered one of the most successful animal breeds due to their high rate of survivability and their ability… Read More

The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous flowering plant from North and South Carolina. There are only a few of these species in existence, all part of the family Droseraceae. Unlike most plants, Venus flytraps consume insects and spiders and have… Read More

Earth may be the most unusual planet orbiting our sun. After all, what other can boast life –plant, animal, or otherwise? A close runner-up, however, would be the seventh planet out, Uranus. With temperatures as low as negative 357 degrees… Read More

Well, it’s official: Our brains are being fried by short-form videos (SFVs). Defined as “video content lasting a few seconds to a few minutes,” SFVs rack up billions of views across TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts every day. While… Read More

Turkeys are large birds native to North America. The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is known for its fan-shaped tail, gobbling calls, and large wattles hanging from its neck. The birds thrive in a variety of living conditions, such as forests,… Read More

South Florida – primarily the Everglades – is dealing with an exploding population of Burmese pythons. The snake species, now classified as invasive, is causing a significant decrease in the state’s native wildlife population because they are highly successful predators…. Read More

It requires no time travel to experience the Phanerozoic Eon – we’re in it right now! Still, the present eon began an estimated 541 million years ago, so things that happened in the beginning would seem pretty wild to the… Read More

Tasmanian devils are marsupials like kangaroos and koalas, the only large, carnivorous (meat-eating) marsupials alive today. They live exclusively on the Australian island of Tasmania, about 150 miles from the mainland, but at one time they were found throughout the… Read More

Out past Jupiter lies our solar system’s second largest planet, the gas giant Saturn. It is one of the most intriguing members of our system, with its most impressive – but not only – ring system and with its most… Read More

Sloths are dog-sized animals that live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. They are known for moving very slowly – this is due to their extremely low metabolic rate. Because sloths do not move well on the… Read More

Astronomers have discovered another “moon” orbiting the Sun with the Earth. It’s small and asteroid-like with a track similar to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Astronomers have named the object 2025 PN7, informally referred to as “Buwan,” which is Tagalog… Read More