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Turtles and their babies threatened by us!!!

September 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

  Well as we don’t know yet we have been harming our turtles and their babies. We have been threatening them because we try to put signs and nets but no one listens. Even when they say they  are about to be ext inced we just don’t seem to get the message through our  heads. Poachers have [...]

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A robot in the ocean?

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

              Scientists are always creating new robots for different jobs. One of the newest robots has been made to travel across the sea floor. Many scientists, engineers, and marine biologists have worked on this robot for four years. The robots name is Benthic Rover. This robot moves along the ocean floor taking pictures and measuring [...]

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What do Health, Climate, Ecosystems and Financial Markets Have in Common?

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

           Though these terms may seem different, they all have one common factor: change.  The shift in the above are all proving to be warning signs of a drastic change in our world. Also, they are all slowly reaching there “tipping point,” because they are shifting so suddenly. The current state of these things are exceeding [...]

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Crocodiles talk in their eggs

September 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Scientists have done research, proving that crocodiles communicate while still in their eggs. Just before they hatch they talk to each other. Scientists were puzzled why the crocodiles communicate before they even hatch. They thought of a few ideas, the main idea they came up all together, so that the mother can take them all [...]

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Turning Bacteria into protein

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

        Researchers at the University of  British Columbia have been trying to find a way to turn Caulobacter crescentus, a bacteria, in to protein. Researchers have found that there is a single protein layer on the surface of the bacteria. These researchers believe that this protein could be used as a vaccine.  Most of these researchers [...]

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Plants using Steriods

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Researchers have finally found the key missing link in the plants steroid hormones. This discovery may lead to further studies on how to use this finding to create better crop yields and  possibly even to help us better understand how human diseases work.  The missing link that was discovered was how the pathway in cells of Arabidopsis [...]

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Mosquitoes- Using Physics to Help Kill Them

September 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics, Uncategorized

When you move your hand quickly through water, the water moves around the hand. It is the same in air. Because mosquitoes are so light, they can float on the air current you create when you go to hit them. Clapping from both sides lets your aim be less precise because when the air comes [...]

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How Best To Swat Mosquitoes, Avoid Stings.

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics, Uncategorized

Due to the unusuallt heavy rains in the eastern half of the United States this spring the number of mosquitoes was ten times more this summer than it ever has been. According to Maryland State entomologist, Jeannine Dorothy, wetter weather means more mosquito eggs being layed and more adult mosquitos to swat. Jeannine and her [...]

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Speedy Computing

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics, Uncategorized

Do you remeber the slow speeds of Dial-Up Internet? Nowadays people get peeved when our high speed internet is working just a little bit slow. What if we were able to have internet that moved even faster and more secure? This could be very benificial for people all across the world.  Not only would things [...]

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Human Influences on Climate Change

September 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

This article shows evidence that humans are affecting climate change. According to a proven cooling trend, summer temperatures were cooling in the Arctic at .2 degrees Celsius per year. However, by the middle of the 20th Century, the summer temperature in the Arctic was .7 degrees Celsius above what the trend predicted. This incongruity suggested [...]

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