With the New Year comes New Challenges.
This week you are going to do your first Weekly Science Article Report of the New Year. The guidelines are the same with one exception:
You MUST choose your article from a website called Science News Daily. This site publishes articles about all kinds of science, so pick what you like. You can get to the site here:
Science News Daily
And, as a reminder:
For a reminder, here's what to do for this assignment:
1) Citation: Here you will put the name of the article, the author, and where you found it (for example, the New York Times or Science News for Kids).
2) A brief summary: Here you will summarize the article in one or two sentences. This is to give your readers (including me) a sense of what you have read.
3) Reflection: This is the biggest part of your report. I am interested in your response to the article. Please address the following questions in your reflection:
a) What did you think about the article? Did you like it or not? Why?
b) What interested you or surprised you about the article?
c) What questions do you have about what you read? What would you like to know more about what you’ve read?
4) Comments. You are going to comment on the work of at least three other students.
All of this is due by Friday.
Have fun!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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Weekly Science Article Report # 4
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091130161806.htm
2. The article I read was about how long term physical exercise has an anti-aging effect with cells. Research says that the long term exercise activities a very important enzyme called telomerase which therefore stabilizes the telomere and leads to the anti-aging effect.
3. I thought the article I read was very good and gave you a lot of interesting information. The thing that interested me was the main idea. I think that it shows exercise is very important. I would have liked to know a little more about the whole thing in the article, but it still had a lot of info.
Weekly Science Article Report #4
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/51423/title/Texting_and_driving_dont_mix%2C_just_as_suspected_
Texting and driving don’t mix, just as suspected
The article I read about was about how Texting and listening to MP3’s while your driving is even more dangerous than making a call while driving. The research that was conducted came to the conclusion that a persons driving habits’ change wile Texting. A study proved that drivers are more likely to veer into the wrong lane or stay much closer to other cars than what is safe when they text.
Even though the article I read was harder than normal, I still had a very clear understanding of what I was reading about. There was a lot of information in the article but when I broke it down, it wasn’t bad at all. The part that interested me most in the article was the simulation that the test subjects went through to test their reactions. I thought this was a very cool method of gathering data because it gave the most realistic results. One question that I had was; What part of the brain controls the ability to multitask? I ask this question because the brain does not work as well when you multitask.
Adolescents Involved With Music Do Better In School
By Wiley-Blackwell
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110043.htm
This article is about how playing, being part of or even listening to music can help kids, especially teenagers, do better in school, particularly in math and reading. It also talks about how different races and social classes tend to be exposed to music differently.
I thought this article was very interesting because I participate in a lot of music myself, and I never knew that it could affect my grades. I liked the article because the information was presented in a way that wasn’t confusing. I was surprised how it connected music with academic success, and then academic success to social classes and race. Those in a higher social class are more likely to participate in music than those in a lower social class. According to the article, Whites and Asians are most likely to take music lessons, whereas Hispanics and African-Americans are less likely. This means that Whites and Asians tend to be getting better grades and doing better in school simply because they take music lessons. What I really want to know is how exactly does the music effect your learning? It talked briefly about how music is ‘positively associated with academic achievement’ and I understand that; what I really want to know is how your brain comes into play with this equation.
Obesity now poses as great a threat to quality of life as smoking
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100104192029.htm
This article is about how obesity is as bad for you, even worse as smoking is. obesity can get you more susceptable to diseases.
I liked this article very much because it was intresting and simple. It condensed a large load of research, and data into a small and simple article. This article really surprised me how obesity can be so bad for you. According to this article, obesity can get you more susceptable to diseases, and shorten your life span. Experts say that it can do this more than smoking can. This intrested me because obesity rates keeep climbing, but more and more people are going cold turkey. I think that more people can be aware of this article, so instead of just quitting smoking, they should also lose more weight. If this happens, America will be a lot healthier. I wonder how many less years your life expectancy is if you are obese? I also want to know what diseases obese people are more susceptable to?
Champagne Is Good for Your Heart, Study Suggests -- But Only in Moderation
Author Unknown
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215163537.htm
This science article was mainly about how champagne can be good for a person’s heart, if people drink it in moderation. However, drinking too much could lead to problems instead of help.
I thought that the article was pretty interesting, and it gave me information that I found surprising. Also, compared to the other articles, this one was easier to comprehend. It also gave me new information, unlike some of the other articles that just repeat some information that we already know. Something that surprised me about the article was how some sort of alcoholic drink could have any beneficial effect on the heart. We always learn about how alcohol is bad for the body and development, but it’s new information when it says that some champagne could actually help the flow of blood in the body. Something new that interested me was how a molecule called polyphenols that is absorbed into our body circulation when people drink champagne, slows down the nitric oxide movement in our blood. This means that it will have more time to act on blood vessels, therefore improving the blood flow in humans. Something that I would like to know more about is if there are any alcoholic drinks like champagne that benefit our bodies. Something else that I would like to know more about from the article is how often people should drink champagne so that it will help them instead of harming them. Also, is there a certain age group that this works best on, or is there is an age group that this wouldn’t help?
sweet home idaho...
I liked your response to the article because you chose a very interesting topic. You put a lot of facts that were easy to understand. I have always known being obese was dangerous, but our society makes smoking seem like such a bad thing it's hard to imagine that being obese can be just as dangerous. The only thing I can suggest is that you give more of a comparison between the dangers of smoking and obesity. Like you, I want to know what diseases obesity exposes you to.
awesomecoolguy. . .
i never new that exercise could create an anti-aging affect in cells. i think that you chose a really cool topic that was full of information. you did a really nice job describing the information that was given to you. one thing i thank you could have done better was give a little bit more information about your article.
sillyseekoo11
i really like your response. the reason i liked it was because you made things simple and very easy to understand. i also really like your topic. i found it really interesting that champagne could actually be good for the body in general, but being good for the heart? I would have never thought that that could be possible. like you do, i would also like to know if they're are any other drinks that help the heart like champagne.
sweet home idaho
I really understand why you chose this article. Obesity is one of americas most deadly diseases. i like how you describe what the article was like for you as a reader instead of just saying "it wasn't that hard to read." i also liked how you summed up the article in 2 quick sentences. the one question that i have for you is what makes obese people more likely to get certain diseases than other people
Weekly Science Article Report # 4 Comments
1. nyJETSfan 38, I thought you had a very good article and it was very interesting. I think that you could have had a little more info though.
2. ktcoolio, I thought your article was good and informative. I just think that you could have used a little more detail.
3. sillyseeko11, I thought your article was very good and interesting but it left me with some questions.
nyJETSfan 38. . .
I liked the topic you chose, and it sounds like a very interesting story to read. I think that you put in a lot of facts into it, and you made the article sound very interesting. I think it’s weird that people are able to multi-task like that, like texting and driving. It’s easily predicted that the driver will mess up, but I still think it’s strange that they can do it at the same time in the first place. I also agree with the question that you had about what part of the brain allows the multi-tasking to occur. I also think that it’d be interesting to know why people text while driving in the first place, when they know that it’s dangerous
and risky.
ktcoolio. . .
I thought that you picked a very cool topic! You included a lot of information that I never knew about before. Like how the different races and ethnic groups listen to music differently, and how some listen to it more than others. It’s very interesting to see how music can have any possible effect on how people do academically. Something else that I liked was how you compared yourself to what you learned in the article, like when you said you can relate because you also participate in a lot of music. When I read your questions, it seems like it would be something cool to actually find out. It would be interesting to know how the music effects the learning. Something else that would be interesting to know is what types of classes do kids improve in because of the music benefit.
sweet home idaho. . .
It’s weird to think that obesity can be more harmful than smoking. You put a lot of information in the article, and I really like the topic you picked. I think that it’s a good thing that people can be informed about things like how obesity can be harmful, because there is more awareness out there, and people will be more careful on what they eat. I also think that it would be interesting to know how obesity can affect the life span of a person.
nyJETSfan 38...
I thought that your article was very effective at informing me of these dangers. The topic that you chose was a very good one, considering how many people text, listen to ipods, and call people while driving. You put a perfect mix of fact and opinion so you would not bore us, and you would not misinform us. I too would like to know how people can multi task.
ktcoolio...
I thought that you picked a great topic. The topic intrested me, and was scientific. You did a good job informing me about how music and race sometimes don't mix very well which can end in sub par grades. I would have liked to know which classes are affected positively by music. I would have also wanted to know what makes you do better in school if you play music.
sillyseekoo11...
I think that you did an excellent job of explaining the minor details of this article. You elaborated very nicely on how, and why it is good for your heart. This was a very good article to choose because it strayed away from the popular belief that all alchohal is bad for you. I would like to know if it is the alchohal, or the other ingredients that are good for your heart.
silyseekoo11
I really liked the way you explained your article because it seems like a complicated topic, but you said it in a very simple way that made sense. It's very interesting that champagne can slow down the nitric oxide movement which improves our blood flow. It's cool how things like alcohol and chocolate are usually portrayed to us as a negative thing to our bodies, when they can actually benefit us like that. I wonder if maybe the scientists who released this information were hesitant because it may influence people that it is ok to drink a lot. Like you, I wonder what ages it affects. I assume it works best on healthy young people who don't drink too much alcohol normally.
Texting and Driving Don’t Mix, Just as Suspected
By Nathan Seppa
Science News
This article talks about the affect that texting has on a person’s reaction time, while they are driving. It lists several experiments that were done that were all slightly different.
I liked reading this article because it is a matter that I see happening in cars that I am in almost every day, when a friend or a parent picks up their phone and reads a text message. I didn’t know that looking at a phone for 2 seconds could really do that much damage, but it really does. I was surprised that when this experiment was being done, the test drivers were on real roads with other cars that were clearly unaware of the experiment. The scientists also compared the reaction times of people talking on cell phones in busy traffic, to the reaction time of people texting. The people who were texting had been far more distracted by the activity. I was also surprised by the results of a study done in 2008. It turns out that with most accidents involving drivers from the ages of 16-19, there were more severe injuries that occurred and most of the drivers were reported to be using their cell phones when prior to the crash. Another interesting statistic was that drivers have their eyes on the road 4 times longer when they are not texting, than when they are texting.
Some questions that I have are:
• Have any tests been done on drivers using blue tooth devices?
• If there are people in the car with the driver while they are texting/talking, does that affect the reaction time more or less, or is it simply the same as when they are alone.
• Have tests been done with drivers listening to MP3 players?
• Is there a difference between young drivers texting/talking and older drivers texting/talking?
Weekly Science Article #4
Title: Do Computers Understand Art?
Author: Unknown
Source: Science News Daily
The article that I read was about how mathematical ways to solve problems can be programmed into computers to identify certain aspects of artwork. Researchers from the University of Girona and the Max Planck Institute found that it is possible for computers to recognize “low-level” artistic qualities (brush thickness, materials used, and colors).
I liked this article because I learned more about how computers and human brains are sometimes thought of as similar, but are so very different. For example, I realized that many times, humans need help from computers to make things simpler, but people take the human mind for granted. Computers can identify some artistic characteristics. However, they cannot identify many things, such as what is shown in the piece and when the piece was created, all of which humans are fairly capable of doing. I was surprised to read that the topic of mathematical algorithms relating to artistic patterns was first brought up in 1933, which seems early to me. After reading this article I still have questions; How would having computers identify art, benefit us. I recommend this article because computers can’t do what some people might think they can.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091202114040.htm
Discovery of the Jekyll-and-Hyde Factors in 'Coral Bleaching'
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009)
Their study appears in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.
This story is about how bleaching has destroyed lots of the worlds coral reefs.
I liked the article because i never knew anything that well about coral reefs, so it was interesting to read. Something that interested me was that 30% of the worlds coral reefs have been already destroyed from bleaching. Also that in lower temperatures, the bacteria are completely harmless to coral. And in warmer temperatures (usually above (75 degrees fahrenheit) the bacteria becomes very harmful and can kill the coral. My questions towards this article is what is causing the bleaching?
nyJETSfan 38...
I really liked the way you explained your article. It was fun to read because most people our age text now, so when were old we shouldn't do it because we wouldn't want to go threw those consequences.
sillyseekoo11..
I really liked your article because I would never think champagne would be good for your heart. You explained the article really well in detail, but not word for word.
ktcoolio...
I thought you explained the article in a really good way for others to understand it. It was interesting to read about because I didn't know that listening to music actually helps kids and teens with like math and reading.
Comments
sillyseekoo11…
I liked this topic because I already had a little bit of background for the subject. I knew that drinking red wine every so often really helps to keep a person healthy, but I didn’t know about champagne. The article you chose really shows how there is a fine line between good and bad, and having just the right amount of something isn’t always easy. Everything you said in your reflection was very insightful, but next time, divide up your reflection into 2 paragraphs so it is easier to read.
Sweet home Idaho…
I liked the article you chose, because it is a good comparison of two things that are just generally not good, but somehow I didn’t find the information as shocking as other people might. Everything in your reflection was good, except I noticed a few punctuation errors in places.
Awesomecoolguy…
You picked a nice article, but you didn’t write a very complete reflection. Next time just make sure that you answer all of the questions in the requirements fully before you post something. Try and think of some questions you have about the article, and if you didn’t have any you could have just stated that.
Has Science Explained Life After Death?
By Josh Clark
HowStuffWorks.com
I read about certain situations where people have come close to dying and had one of two things or both of them. A near death experience is one of them like one lady says she spoke with deceased relatives or an out of body experience which is pretty self explanatory.
I really enjoyed this article how there are actually scientific ways of explaining it but the fact that it still happens is amazing. Also, this has actually happened to a few people about 18 percent of people that have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest have had a near death experience. Another thing that interested me was that when this doctor attached electrodes to a woman’s brain started mapping certain areas and when he electrically stimulated the angular gyrus (a part of the temporal parietal junction) he could induce her into having out of body experiences and this happened many times repeatedly. I have no questions about what I have read I understood it completely. But it would be cool to learn about that kind of stuff.
Depressed Women Can Lose Weight Just as Successfully as Others do
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091201100551.htm
This article is about the fact that women can lose weight under certain circumstances that most people did not think was possible.
I was interested in this article because I thought that most women either over eat, or stop eating when they are depressed. This article however proved my generalization wrong. Scientists did an experiment which included 190 women (65 were diagnosed with depression disorders; 125 were normal.) After the experiment the scientists found that there were no significant differences between the depressed women, and the other women, with their routines. I found that surprising and so did Dr. Ludman. He said "We expected women with major depression to lose less weight, attend fewer sessions, eat more calories, and get less exercise than those without depression.” That is similar to what I thought. It turns out that with all of the women, if they attended more sessions of diet training they would all lose more weight, compared to those who came to less.
Some questions I have are:
• Why didn’t they do this experiment on men too, or include any information about depression in men?
• Are more women in the United States depressed than men?
• Were there any depressed women who lost a lot more weight than the average woman?
• Could the financial situation of all the women have something to do with the outcome of the experiment?
• Did the same things apply to the women raising kids? Can it change the results?
sweet home idaho...
I thought it was really good you gave a lot of cool information. I thought that it was interesting how obesity can be just as dangerous as smoking. But I think that you could have listed a few more similarities.
My jetsfan 38...
I thought it was really cool how texting and listening to music is worse than talking on the phone. But i think you didn't list enough facts to make it more interesting.
awesomecoolguy...
I think that it's really good that when you excersize as you get older it slows down the agign process. I thought that it was really good but didn't seem in depth enough
[Alcohol Drinkers Not Only Zone Out -- But Also Are Unaware That They Do.]
When people are drunk, they zone out, and their judgement is impared, along with reaction time. However, they also don't know if they are drunk either. That's what this article talks about. The reason people don't know that they're drunk is because alcohol dirupts an individual to realize their mind is wandering, which suggest that alcohol impairs self-awareness. This can explain why people drive when they are drunk: they don't know that they are drunk.
I liked this article because it was very detailed, and gave good evidence. It also gave an idea as to why people actually drive when they are drunk. I found it suprising that drunk people don't know that they are drunk, and that alcohol impares self-awareness. I don't have any questions to ask.
SOURCE:
University of Pittsburgh (2009, May 6). Alcohol Drinkers Not Only Zone Out -- But Also Are Unaware That They Do. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 7, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/05/090505174545.htm
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. :[xxsir<3sevxx]: .
I thought it was interesting to pick something that's generally known to be a bad idea, but back it up with an article with statistics to back it up. I liked it.
. :[sillyseeko11]: .
Very strange, that an alcoholic beverage can actually be good...at least in moderation. That, and the details were nice, too.
. :[awesomecoolguy]: .
I liked it. The article was interesting, and the response was pretty neat. My only reccomendation would be to add a little more detail the next time.
Jan Straßer...
Your article was really interesting because I have never thought that people are unaware they are drunk. It makes sense because sometimes they lie to police officers and they could get in trouble, but in reality they just don't know.
The article I read was Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's Disease from Science News Daily. The author was not stated.
The article was about how electromagnetic waves from cell phones helped improve the memory of mice. They put mice around an antenna and exposed them to a couple hours of electromagnetic waves a day. The waves either improved memory to above normal levels, prevented Alzheimer's Disease or reversed Alzheimer's Disease.
I thought the article was really interesting. I also thought that it was informational in a good way. It shows that there is medical benefit for using a cell phone. Also it gives people an excuse to use cell phones.
It surprised me that there actually is benefit from using cell phones. I had heard that you could get a tumer from using cell phones, but at the end of the article it said there is no evidence to prove that. The fact that the mice never were hurt by the electromagnetic waves surprised me. Mice are a lot smaller than humans so something that is small to a human could be a lot larger to a mouse.
I am wondering, even though it happened on a mouse, how are they expecting it to happen on a human? Humans are a lot bigger than mice. I am also wondering, how the mice are an equal distance from the electromagnetic wave antenna if the cages were stacked on top of each other? Wouldn't the mice on top be a different distance than the mice on bottom? One thing I would have liked to know more about is the opposing arguement. I would have liked to know about the negative things about using a cell phone.
Jan Straßer
I thought that your topic was very interesting. I understand that people don't know that they are actually drunk, but wouldn't they know how many beers, glasses of wine, or shots they had? Also, wouldn't they know how many beers, glasses of wine, or shots it takes to make you drunk?
abcd
I thought your response was great, but I don't understand what an out of body experience is. I thought it was really cool how a doctor can simulate an out of body experience.
cookiemonster1132
I thought your report was really good. I agree with you on your question of what causes the bleaching. A question I have is why does the temperature make the bacteria harmful or not?
Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities, Worldwide Study Finds
Author: Unstated
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100105112303.htm
The article was mostly about how girls are just as capable as boys in mathematics when giving the same tolls/rights. Scientists and researchers did multiple different studies about how why it seems boys are better at math because of their confidence and motivation.
I did not like that article because it was so repetitive and gave new information. The only thing I took out of this article is the it seems boy are better than girls at math because of their confidence, but are just as able to perform such abilities. I wasn't really surprised at the article even though I had never heard that stereotype before. I was just poorly constructed. All the article had was tests researchers did, but they all learned the same thing. It was like reading the same thing ten times. I do not have any questions because I was bored by this article.
7200gummybears,
I agree, this was an interesting article. You did a good job analyzing the article and taking away from it the important points. Your questions are great and overall, you did an amazing job and I can't criticize.
nyJETSfan 38,
You also did a good job taking the main points from that article, i just think you should add a little more though.
ktcoolio,
You did a good job reporting and I agree on your question, how exactly does music help you achieve academic goals.
umm... i wrote my review and comments in the seventh grade period 5's post. Sorry.
A black future by tom Siegfried
I got this article from sciencenews.org
This article talks about a hadron collider that is the biggest ever made. The collider is outside under Geneva. The collider will smash protons together so fast that they fear it will produce black holes. The black holes are too small to make a threat to humanity. The black holes will allow the scientist to gather information on how the universe was mad.
I liked this article because we have found a way to find the way the universe was made. This device also was used in a movie that made me more interested in it and how it works. The device was also used to make dark matter which would be able to destroy a big area. The things I still want to learn about is how this universe was created and how does the black matter get produced.
7200gummybear: That was a really great review. The topic you picked was really cool. It's so weird how only a year or so ago, we thought cell phones gave you tumors, but here we find the can actually reverse a disease that affects so many people! It really proved how quickly science can change. All in all, you did a great job!
cookiemonster1132: Great article! This was a really cool post to read, especially because you included facts inside of it. It made the article seem a lot more important by talking about how many reefs have already been destroyed. You did a great job too!
sillyseekoo11: I thought you did a wonderful job explaining your thinking, and the article itself. I totally agree with what you're saying, how DARE taught us only about how bad alcohol is, but no one ever seems to stop and think about the good side of it. This article really helped to expose that part of the story. The way you wrote was really easy to read. Great job!
Comments
sweethomeidaho…
I thought that your report was fairly well done. I liked how you mentioned the structure of the article and not just the content. I also thought that you asked really good questions. I would also like to find these things out. However, I think that you can improve a little bit on your spelling and grammar.
ktcoolio…
I was very interested in the article that you reported on because I am very involved with music, as well. I liked how you summarized some of the facts mentioned in the article. I also want to know the answers to the questions you asked (its weird that the article didn’t mention anything about that). You could probably improve on explaining what types of musical activity improve your academics more.
cookiemonster1132…
I thought that you could have added a little more to your article about what you thought of it and not just listed facts about it. However, you did a good job providing and presenting those facts.
1) The title of my article is Spectacular Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes,
There is no author for my article. The source is cited instead. The story source is Adapted from materials provided by Imperial College London. I found my article on the web site Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100104092452.htm
2) The article that I read was about how ancient lakes were discovered on Mars. The article described about how long ago the lakes were there on Mars and where they were on the moon corresponding to the earth.
3)
a) I thought that the article was a very well written article and it was very informational. I liked this article very much. The reason I liked it is because it had a lot of facts in it but the facts were not just crammed in every single paragraph, they were spread out between who found the research and a little bit about Mars’ past.
b) What interested me in this article was how the scientists estimated that the lakes were there on Mars about 3 billion years ago and the lakes were about 20 km wide along the equator.
c) One question that I have is how they figured out how long ago the lakes were on Mars. I would like to know more about how they figured out how long ago the lakes were there on Mars.
1. Awesomecoolguy, I think that you could have read over it and checked the grammar. I also think that you could have said a little bit more about what you read. But other than that, I think you did a good job.
2. sweet home Idaho, I agree with ktcoolio. Your response was very informational and very easy to understand. The think that I would suggest would to say a little bit more about how obesity is worst then smoking. I have the same questions as you, what are some of the diseases that obese people are more likely to get then people who aren’t obese and how long of a life span do obese people have on average?
3. cookiemonster1132, I think that you did a good job on your reflection but I think that you could have added a little bit more about it. I think that you put in very interesting facts and the same question come to my mind, what is causing all of the bleaching?
Weekly Science Report Article #4
Article: Newly Discovered Ankylosaur Dinosaur Is ‘Biological Version Of An Army Tank’
Author: ScienceDaily
Found it at: www.sciencedaily.com
My article was about paleontologists who found a new species of dinosaur. This dinosaur’s was extremely hard to kill.
I liked this article because it gave a lot of information about how well built the dinosaur was, and it wasn’t just about its location and its history. What really surprised me about this article is that they compared something really old (the dinosaur) to something really modern (a tank), and normally people wouldn’t compare a dinosaur to something modern, they would compare it to another dinosaur. I would like to know more about how it related to the other dinosaurs. Like how was the ankylosaur better self-protected than another type of dinosaur? I would also like to know a couple dinosaurs that were alive when this dinosaur was.
COMMENTS
1) ktcoolio
I think you have a lot of great questions. Maybe, what I would have done differently, is explain a little bit more about the information you got, and how it all connects because I really couldn’t understand how everything is looped there.
2) sweet home idaho
I think you did a really great job at explaining your article. You went into enough detail so people could understand what you were talking about, but not too much to overwhelm people. What I would have done differently though, is I would have gone into more depth on smoking vs obesity. You gave a lot of facts about obesity, but now how it links to smoking.
3) cookiemonster1132
I think you did a really good job explaining what your article was about. I think you couldv’e put a little more information about how it related to the title. Jekyll and Hyde are two completely different people like good and bad. You only gave negative effects, I think you shouldv’e added some positive ones.
Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's Disease
University of South Florida Health. 7 January 2010. 7 January 2010
.
This article was about the effects that electromagnetic waves, (that are emmited
from cell phones) have on the brain. After running many tests for over 2 years,
scientists at the University of South Florida have discovered that electromagnetic
waves may help prevent, and even reverse the effects of Alzheimer's and
other memory loss.
This article really interested me, and although it was pretty long, I enjoyed reading
it. This whole article suprised me because I had always heard that cell phones
can cause problems with your brain, but this article says just the opposite. The
scientists running these experiment have tested mice both with and without
beta amyloid build up which causes Alzheimer's. "It was...astonishing that
the electromagnetic waves generated by cell phones actually reversed memory
impairment in old Alzheimer's mice.", said lead author Gary Arendash, PhD,
USF Research Professor at the Florida ADRC. The sick mice, with pre-existing memory
loss seemed to gain back some of the memory they once
had after being exposed to electromagnetic waves for a long period of time.
Also the normal mice with no pre-existing memory loss seemed to also gain
better memory from the exposure. Scientists have not yet been able to prove
this same result for humans, but I would like to be updated on that if they do.
Depression medication may offer mood lift via personality shift
Bruce Power, ScienceNews
In this article, Bruce explains how a depression medicine, Paxil, works. It also explains how it changes your personality, which changes your mood that essentially cures depression.
I liked this article because whenever I see an anti-depression ad on TV., I always wonder how it works. This article explained to me about how the brain cells react to everything differently based upon the amount of a certain chemical messenger that it has, and the medicine contains more of the messenger, making the personality of the user better.
The thing that surprised me about the article is how more than half of patients treated with Paxil still had depression. It amazes me with all the thought goes into a product that seems as if will work without fail, it can still be somewhat unsuccessful.
The questions I have are what did depression meds. do before this method was used, and how the relationship with the brain cells and chemical messengers work. I would like to know more about this topic because I have a few family members with depression and it would help me to know what is happening to them when they take these meds.
Dear ktcoolio
I found the article that you wrote about very interesting. Out of all the things I would have thought could improve your grade listening to music probably would have been the last thing. I would also like to know how does listening to music affect your grades. I would guess that it is because the same connections you make in your brain while playing music are the same connections you make while solving a math problem. I also don't think that whites and Asians do better in school soley because they play an instrument. It probably just helps.
Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's Disease (Science News Daily)http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100106193217.htm
A study was done on mice, that shows too much exposure to electro-magnetic waves could prevent, or reverse Alzheimer disease.
I liked this article, because it kind of explained everything you would be confused about, and my grandmother died from alzheimers, so im really fascinated with the whole topic. I definitly learned a lot of interesting things, because I had always thought that the electro-magnetic waves were a way to cause cancer, and now im figuring out that it actually brings back your memory, and also prevents the loss of it.
Well, I think it is kind of obvious that this article was very surprising, just the fact of what was mentioned in it. I also found it interesting because they did the study on mice. I mean, i know they do a lot of studies on mice, or "lab rats", but i honestly didnt know that mice could develop alzheimers. I also thought it was interesting that sometimes the electro-magnetic waves would even bring the memory up to a much higher level than normal.
They say that they are trying to find out the exact amount of electro-magnetic waves needed for the prevention of alzheimers. I wonder how long that will take. Will they fix cell phones to have this effect when used? I also dont fully understand how it could restore your memory.
Offthelist818: I really liked your topic, and I think you made a good choice for an article to reflect on, but it was a little broad as far as the info went that you described. It interests me to learn how the universe is mad, though. :)
Jan Straber: I loved your report. You're article was very interesting and your description was great. I really want to read it now. You could have given a little more response, but good job.
Sillyseekoo11: Your topic was a good one because it surprised me a lot that champagne is good for you if used in the right amounts. Only problem is, this makes champagne and other alcoholic beverages seem a lot healthier than they are. You worked really hard on this and you always seem to have the best blog report, so keep it up.
Dear LaLaLand72
I was astounded at the article you found and I also thought that cell phones could only damage your brain. The summary that you gave for the article was excellent. However I would like to know a little more about the science behind this recent discovery. Also while this is interesting I don't think that using waves from a cell phone is a cure because of the health affects that could come with it. All around you did a good job and your article was one of the most interesting I have ever heard of.
Dear sillyseeko11
I really enjoyed reading your article. I was not very suprised that champagne in moderation is good for you because I already know that a glass of red wine at dinner can help lower your cholestrol. Although I agree with Bigsnow's comment that it makes drinks seem much healthier that they are, I also think we all know that the drinking problem is with teenagers and I don't know many teenagers drinking red wine and champagne. Great job sillyseeko11!
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pikachu, I liked your reveiw because i could tell that you were really interested in the topic you read about, which made me more interested to read your reveiw. I'm a little bit comfused about how the article was written by a time traveler, and would like to know more about that. Your reveiw could of had more info, but like you said, the article itself didnt have
much info...Nice job!
RNGRSofNY, I don't exactly understand why you chose this article if you are not interested in this topic, and it was poorly written. But I liked that instead of just saying that you hated it, you gave reasons why, and where it could be improved...Good work!
RHCPfan911, I liked how you used facts from the article, but without boring
the reader. I liked how you said that many people veiw the human brain as very
similar to computers, when it is in fact very different. I would of liked you to of said more about how computers identify artwork but overall...Nice work!
7200gummybears said
said that cell phones could help protect humans from Alzheimer’s. Just one thing is that I thought the phone's give off bad radio waves.
sillyseekoo11 said
Said that champagne is healthy for your heart and i found that a little weird but it makes sense because of what it is made of. I like how it got me thinking a little about the subject.
Ktcoolio said
I thought that was interesting that music can make you become smarter. I thought it was weird on how the same music can help someone differently because of what they do and who they are.
Polar Bears changing habitat in response to sea ice conditions
I could not find the author but the story originated with the Arctic Institute of North America. I got the story from Science Daily News.
This article was all about how polar bears are changing where they live because of the drastic changes to ice land masses. During the mid 1980's around %12 of polar bears were found off ice areas. In a study done in 2005 about %90 of polar bears were found off ice.
This could present a huge problem with interaction between polar bears and people. In the 80's %88 of polar bears were on areas where humans rarely went. Now there are so many polar bears seen in places that many people may visit.
I liked this article it was interesting that so many polar bears had to move from what was there home for years. It makes me wonder how the species will be able to survive. This would be tough considering all there adaptations were to the snow and cold. If they are not in freezing cold temperature than how will that heavy coat affect them. Also is polar bears move all the way to forest area how easy would it be for another animal to see its white coat and just escape, this would result in polar bears having a very poor diet. The only way that they will be able to survive and prosper is if they evolve and no one can predict how long that could take.
I would like to know where all these polar bears are going to be. I also want to know what they are going to do with these polar bears that could become possibly as rare as pandas. I am interested in what animal police and animal protection agencies will do to protect people form this new predator on the loose.
Next time I think I should pick a harder article, I feel like I didn't read a very tough article and I want to learn about more complex and sophisticated things.
Making Hair Realistic In Computer Animation
Adapted from Reasearch from Cornell University (Doesn't state the author.
The article talks about how computers have rendered hair in the past, and how they will in the future. Historiclly, computers were not as powerful as today and showed hair as a single object. Todays high graphics processing speeds have allowed for the calculation of how light reflects off of every individual hair.
I liked reading the article because it explained how game consoles and computers rendered certain things and what is going on "Behind The Scenes" in a computer. The article talks about how the new technology the is being introduced is so processor intensive. This interests me because it shows how far computers have risen in power in only the past 3 years. I still want to know how much power this new rendering technique will take up. Will anyone who wants to play new games on their PC or MAC need to spend 400 dollars to upgrade their computer which is only 2 years old?
Comments:
LaLaLand72:
I really liked how you explained the article in detail and how cell phones affect you. Recently I saw a radiation - resistant Blackberry case, so i was interested in this topic.
Jan Straßer:
I think that your comment was really interesting because it talks about things from the drunk person's perspective. Maybe somebody will develop a driving game that simulates drunk driving.
sillyseekoo11:
I thought that it is really interesting how you explained how alchol affects the human body. This is important, because the "wine is good for your health" excuse is often used to drink more.
Weekly Science Article Number Four
From Crickets to Whales, Animal Calls Have Something in Common
Adapted from information provided by the University of Florida
Science News Daily
The article was about how you can take the calls or sounds made by any animal or insect and if you apply a mathematical equation to make it the “same size” and so that they make the sound with the same “instrument” like voice box, wings, or muscles. The article tells you that if you give someone say the shape and size of an animal even if it is extinct they could give you an estimate of what they sound like.
I think it is really interesting how all different animals and insects can all be related with voice. It is just so amazing that people are trying to tie all living things together by what can connect us to other people, our voice. Normally similar research has been done but only within the confines of the same species like birds. It surprises me that this is the first time people have though to do this, it says that people have been comparing calls from the same species for centuries and no one has ever really compared living things from different species. I would like to know the mathematical equation that was used to alter the animal sounds, I know they would not have changed the sounds, but how would they have gotten the cricket to the size of a whale? I would like to know how they came up with the idea to compare all animals. I would also like to know what they did to get the sounds to be the “same” because if a monkey uses a voice box and an insect uses its wings how would they be able to make the cricket a voice box?
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awesomecoolguy:
I really think that the topic you chose was really interesting. It would have been really interesting if the article told how the exercise affects the cells to make them younger. I didn’t read the article but it seams like it would make a bigger affect on people to get out and exercise. You made the article really easy to understand.
ktcoolio:
It sounds really cool that music helps kids in school. Especially how it not only helps with English but in math too, I would have thought that it would have helped more with English because of the lyrics. I think that it is really interesting it would be cool if someone went from not doing music to doing music and see how it affected their grades. You made me really want to read the article.
sillyseeko11:
I really like the your topic, its in the news a lot about how red wine in moderation is also good for you so its interesting how it seams that any alcohol in moderation is good for you. I really like how you had a lot of the information in stuff that I understand. I think it is kind of like a oxy-moron, people only tell us how horrible alcohol is for us but there actually are benefits of it.
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