Issue November/December 2021 - Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children (2025)

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Kids who can't help wondering whether video games really kill their brain cells, or what a gentleman ladybug is called, will find the answers here, in articles written by award-winning authors and accompanied by high-quality illustration and photography. MUSE is perfect for any kid interested in science, history, and the arts. Grades 5-9

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YOUR TURNMuse Mail’Vark Vet I love Muse!!! I think it’s the most fun and interesting magazine in the whole wide world. My favorite Muse characters are Whatsi and O. O is kind of silly and they’re both funny. Cate makes really wild inventions. My favorite animal is an aardvark. They are sooo cute and sooo cool. I really want you to make an issue about them. I love animals and science and I know a lot about both. I love to learn about the science of animals. I want to be a vet when I grow up. I love reading the “Muse Mail” section. It’s so fun to read. PLEASE put this letter in Muse magazine. —SOPHIA Z. / Age 8 / New York P.S. Hey Whatsi, do you like Cate or…5 min

YOUR TURNTo the Sea, To the Sea!Hello, all! I wish I could say that I am yet another dragon, or an alien, or any other awesome being. Alas, I am a plain ol’ Homo sapiens.I’ve been subscribed to Muse since January 2016, so I’m somewhat of a veteran. (I mean no offense towards those old enough to remember the Great Cat-Dog Debate. I am impartial on that front.) I’m the proud owner of a male rat named Peter. I am a massive Tolkien fan, but almost every fandom that has been mentioned in the “Muse Mail” section has been a love of mine at one point or another. I miss Kokopelli, and I would be willing to work out a deal with O for his animal translator helmet.I’m interested in a career in marine biology, and…1 min

YOUR TURNTo the Sea, To the Sea!Hello, all! I wish I could say that I am yet another dragon, or an alien, or any other awesome being. Alas, I am a plain ol’ Homo sapiens. I’ve been subscribed to Muse since January 2016, so I’m somewhat of a veteran. (I mean no offense towards those old enough to remember the Great Cat-Dog Debate. I am impartial on that front.) I’m the proud owner of a male rat named Peter. I am a massive Tolkien fan, but almost every fandom that has been mentioned in the “Muse Mail” section has been a love of mine at one point or another. I miss Kokopelli, and I would be willing to work out a deal with O for his animal translator helmet. I’m interested in a career in marine…1 min

YOUR TURNMuse Mail’Vark VetI love Muse!!! I think it’s the most fun and interesting magazine in the whole wide world. My favorite Muse characters are Whatsi and O. O is kind of silly and they’re both funny. Cate makes really wild inventions. My favorite animal is an aardvark. They are sooo cute and sooo cool. I really want you to make an issue about them. I love animals and science and I know a lot about both. I love to learn about the science of animals. I want to be a vet when I grow up. I love reading the “Muse Mail” section. It’s so fun to read. PLEASE put this letter in Muse magazine.—SOPHIA Z. / Age 8 / New YorkP.S. Hey Whatsi, do you like Cate or Aarti better?I hope…5 min

DEPARTMENTSVisiting VenusNASA is planning to send two robotic spacecraft to an exciting destination: Venus. Several robots have gone to Mars, and some are exploring its surface now. But Venus, Earth’s other closest neighbor, is harder to visit. That’s because it’s extremely unfriendly. Venus has a poisonous atmosphere, clouds of sulfuric acid, and extreme pressure and heat. Soviet spacecraft that landed on the planet in the 1970s and 1980s only sent back data briefly before they stopped working (and, presumably, melted). One of the new NASA missions will be a sphere that flies down through Venus’s atmosphere, measuring gases and taking pictures. The other robot will stay safely up in space, orbiting the planet to map its surface. The missions should launch between 2028 and 2030, NASA says.…1 min

DEPARTMENTSVisiting VenusNASA is planning to send two robotic spacecraft to an exciting destination: Venus.Several robots have gone to Mars, and some are exploring its surface now. But Venus, Earth’s other closest neighbor, is harder to visit. That’s because it’s extremely unfriendly. Venus has a poisonous atmosphere, clouds of sulfuric acid, and extreme pressure and heat. Soviet spacecraft that landed on the planet in the 1970s and 1980s only sent back data briefly before they stopped working (and, presumably, melted).One of the new NASA missions will be a sphere that flies down through Venus’s atmosphere, measuring gases and taking pictures. The other robot will stay safely up in space, orbiting the planet to map its surface. The missions should launch between 2028 and 2030, NASA says.…1 min

Issue November/December 2021 - Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children (2025)

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