Monday, November 16, 2009

The Future of Evolution: What Will We Become?




You've probobly heard of how humans used to be, and how they haved changed. Well, You've also probobly NOT heard or thought of how we will appear or think in the future. Scientists are pondering that question. Also, you may have seen a cartoon showing creatures that are slightly different from humans. Scientists choose against that, because it would cause women to die during child birth. So, what we will develope into is a mystery, but we surly develope, due to changes in nature such as global warming and air polution.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Extra Credit

"In Science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurred."

This quote means to me that to get credit for a scientific achievement,
you must use that idea to create something, whether it is an invention,
or something not as solid like a formula. But, if you don't, and someone
else does, you don't get any credit.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Is too much sleep making you tired?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/30/oversleeping.health.effects/index.html

Have you ever felt groggy and slow like a turtle after sleeping? Well, believe it or not, it could be
fore two reasons. The obvious one is that you did not get enough sleep. That would mean five hours
or less. The one that most people is okay is oversleeping. There has been two studies showing that
there are severe and minor consequences to habitually oversleeping and under sleeping both:
  • increased mortality(less life)
  • sleep drunkenness
So if you're sleeping too much or too less every day, be prepared for a short life.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Researchers Create Artificial Memories in the Brain of a Fruitfly


Biologists want to learn more about the fly, so they wrote memories into the cells of a fruit fly's brain. It was written by a shinning light of the fly's brain. The goal was to learn how learning in general works. Also, to They used a fly because it's genes can be easily manipulated easily. With the help of licorice and tennis shoes odors, the team is now able to understand more about the fly's learning system. But, when they go to a fly expert, thay learn that there are still many missing parts to the puzzle. Even though they only discovered a little, I think it was really cool how thy wrote memory into the fly, like onto a computer!

To read the article, click here:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20fly.html?_r=1#

Friday, September 18, 2009

Man Sized Dinosaur Was a Tiny T. Rex








A new dinosaur was found, weighing only 150 lbs., having a body length of only 9 feet, and exactly 100 times smaller than the famous Tyranasautas rex. Yes, a tiny T. Rex, or if you prefere its scientific name, the Raptorex Kriegsteini. Surprisingly, it has many qualities that were thought only to be gifted to the large dinosaurs. The Raptorex may seem quite unalarming and docile, but in truth it is just as killing as its towering brother. Only a fool would go wandering straight into a Raptorex.