Rebecca E. Hirsch
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    • Living Fossils
    • Where Have All the Bees Gone?
    • When Plants Attack
    • The Monarchs Are Missing
    • Plants Can't Sit Still
    • De-Extinction
    • Birds vs Blades?
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    • Ages 5–9
    • Ages 10-14
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Articles for ages 10 to 14

When writing for older children, my goal is to tap their sense of wonder and adventure, help them make connections, and surprise them with new ways of seeing the world.
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Please do not touch the Australian stinging tree
Science News for Students, Online November 25, 2020
Its leaves are covered with sharp needles that inject a spider-like venom
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Many student athletes face risk of concussions that heal slowly
Science News for Students, Online November 2, 2020
Recovery appears longer for girls and any high school athlete with a previous concussion
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New solution for carbon dioxide: Turn it into ‘green’ fuel
Science News for Students, Online September 21, 2020
Chemists develop a novel catalyst that turns a greenhouse gas into ethanol
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Pesticides contaminate most food of western U.S. monarchs
Science News for Students, Online August 17, 2020
Poisoned milkweed plants may be killing off this butterfly, at least regionally, scientists worry
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Flesh-Eaters or Friends?
Muse, May/June 2018
Meet the carnivorous plants of Borneo and their animal helpers
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Your Microbial Jungle: Atlas of the Human Ecosystem
Muse, January 2018
Take a tour of your body and meet the microbes that live on and in you.
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Mount Everest: What a Mess!
Odyssey, Nov/Dec 2014
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Saving Fallingwater
Odyssey, May/June 2014
When Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous house was voted the greatest work of American architecture, there's was just one problem: tt was falling down

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Wind Farms Are Coming: Scientists Race to Protect Marine Wildlife
Odyssey, April 2014
With offshore wind farms coming to the mid-Atlantic, scientists want to protect marine birds, but first they have to find them.

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Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?
Odyssey, April 2011

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  • Books
    • Living Fossils
    • Where Have All the Bees Gone?
    • When Plants Attack
    • The Monarchs Are Missing
    • Plants Can't Sit Still
    • De-Extinction
    • Birds vs Blades?
  • Articles
    • Ages 5–9
    • Ages 10-14
    • Adults
  • Blog
  • Visits
  • About
  • Follow
  • Contact
    • Press