WhizKids.ca
WhizKids.ca Logo

  • Computers
  • Ecology
  • Education
  • Internet
  • Math
  • Technology
  • Special Features
  • Curious Kids
  • Computers
  • Ecology
  • Education
  • Internet
  • Math
  • Technology
  • Special Features
  • Curious Kids

Month: September 2025

Ecology

Rare species can be mapped more accurately with new statistical approach

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

Information on Earth’s biodiversity is increasingly collected using DNA-, image- and audio-based sampling. At the same time, new statistical analysis methods are being developed to make more out of the collected data, providing detailed information […]

Education

Pianists’ subtle finger movements influence variations in timbre, according to new study

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

While it is known that auditory characteristics like loudness and tempo are associated with the physical movements of musicians, more subtle features, like timbre (also known as the “tone color” or tonal quality), are not […]

Education

Statistics don’t lie—but they can be misleading

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

When it comes to deciding how significant a statistic is, Université de Montréal education professor Sébastien Béland is clear: “Our goal is to change practices in order to improve quality in the social sciences and […]

Ecology

Climate change could erase 80% of whitebark pine’s current habitat across the Rockies and Northwest

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

A new study, led by federal agencies in collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver, shows that the whitebark pine tree—an iconic, high-elevation tree that stretches from California’s Sierra Nevada through the Cascades and Rockies […]

Education

Gestures and intonation can boost comprehension in children with developmental language disorders

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of language, even if they do not have other auditory, intellectual or neurological problems, and are only affected […]

Education

Classroom support benefits found unequal as black male students show limited mental health gains

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

For Black boys living in the poorest neighborhoods, positive school experiences showed no significant effect on depressive symptoms, according to a Rutgers study.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Animals on ice: How conservationists use freezers to ‘biobank’ wildlife

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

What’s lurking in your freezer: a lasagna or deep-frozen pizza? Conservationists rely on freezers too—but they run much cooler than your model, with the thermostat set to a frosty -196°C, the temperature of liquid nitrogen. […]

Ecology

Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago: What caused their extinction?

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

Three million years ago, an extinct relative of today’s great penguins—emperors and kings—lived in Aotearoa New Zealand.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Female crabs are more sensitive to underwater power cables, study suggests

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

New research has found that female crabs show significantly greater sensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from underwater power cables than males, which transmit electricity from offshore installations including wind farms.This article was originally published on […]

Ecology

The air is humming with insects, but we’re blind to what’s happening to them

September 23, 2025 Phys Org

Spring in Australia has arrived like a celebration. Magpies are warbling in the morning, wildflowers are bursting open across bushland, and the air is humming with life as tiny creatures have stirred back into action […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 6 7 8 … 41 »

Top Stories In Pictures:

Curious Kids: Wonder Why? Series

  • Curious Kids: Why do leaves change colour?
    December 18, 2021
  • Curious Kids: How are languages formed?
    December 15, 2021
  • Curious Kids: What is brain freeze?
    December 13, 2021

Also on WhizKids.ca

  • BlueYonder Training
    May 1, 2025
  • Two officers charged in fatal wrong-way pursuit on Highway 401, Ontario watchdog says
    January 18, 2025
  • The Role of Bilingual Education in Shaping Canada’s Future Generations
    January 18, 2025
Popular Headlines:
  • Understanding problems tougher than solving them, mobile game experiment shows
    September 25, 2025
  • Relationships help determine whether students report hazing, study shows
    September 25, 2025
  • Rapid rise of private club and travel teams found in youth sports
    September 25, 2025
  • German study indicates high levels of self-censorship and perceived restrictions for scholars specialized in Middle East
    September 24, 2025
  • Graduated, now what? Survey of young Africans shows degrees don’t always land them a job
    September 24, 2025
  • Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students
    September 24, 2025
Hot Topics:
  • Mushrooms may have been part of early human diets: Primate study explores who eats what, and when
    September 28, 2025
  • Scientists find marine life thriving on World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea
    September 28, 2025
  • Alaska’s Fat Bear week is more than a bit of fun—for the animals, size is a matter of survival
    September 27, 2025
  • New World screwworm parasite detected in northern Mexico near US border
    September 26, 2025
  • How does neighbor density affect seedling survival in tropical trees and lianas?
    September 26, 2025
  • What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds
    September 26, 2025
Special Features:

CONTACT US

TERMS OF USE

PRIVACY POLICY

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions of Use
  • Contact Us

© 2024 WhizKids.ca