Hello
2010 is the year of the tiger, and hopefully this is good luck for the big cats. According to WWF, the number of tiger in Southeast Asia's Mekong river region have dropped from 1200 to 350 since the last year of the tiger. This was mostly caused by poaching, because body parts are used in some traditional medicine. In order to stop this, the leaders in the area are meeting in Thailand to discuss what can be done. I wish all poaching would stop.
Here's the link;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100126-tigers-greater-mekong-video/
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
goldfish and science
Hello World, Ms Monroe, and my mother.
National Geographic News has some fascinating news for us high school biology students. In Japan, a bunch of university scientists have created see-through goldfish. The transluscency is caused by errors in the genes that cause skin color. This doesn't harm the fish at all, researchers say, and is easier to look after than the see-through frog developed in 2007. While the existence of the fish may ease the hearts of Daoist biology students, reasearchers will most likely be interested in watching cancers and other diseases develop. I think that this has the potential for being a help to science, it will probably become another expensive fad pet, like the glow in the dark fish.
Here is the link;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100113-see-through-goldfish-picture/
National Geographic News has some fascinating news for us high school biology students. In Japan, a bunch of university scientists have created see-through goldfish. The transluscency is caused by errors in the genes that cause skin color. This doesn't harm the fish at all, researchers say, and is easier to look after than the see-through frog developed in 2007. While the existence of the fish may ease the hearts of Daoist biology students, reasearchers will most likely be interested in watching cancers and other diseases develop. I think that this has the potential for being a help to science, it will probably become another expensive fad pet, like the glow in the dark fish.
Here is the link;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100113-see-through-goldfish-picture/
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Groundhog News, 1/27
Hello world
Today, the National Post released an article concerning Punxsutawney Phil, the prophetic woodchuck of America. The article contained both sides of an argument about whether Phil should be replaced with a robot. PETA thinks that the lights and crowd that gather around him on February second are harmful to him, and that it would be more humane to use a robot. The president of the Groundhog club disagrees. He says that Phil is treated nearly as well as a small middle class child, and that the results wouldn't be communicated as well with a robot. I think that the groundhog should not be replaced, since he seems to be in much better shape than his wild counterparts, considering how many fans he has.
Here is a link to the article;
www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=2491504
Today, the National Post released an article concerning Punxsutawney Phil, the prophetic woodchuck of America. The article contained both sides of an argument about whether Phil should be replaced with a robot. PETA thinks that the lights and crowd that gather around him on February second are harmful to him, and that it would be more humane to use a robot. The president of the Groundhog club disagrees. He says that Phil is treated nearly as well as a small middle class child, and that the results wouldn't be communicated as well with a robot. I think that the groundhog should not be replaced, since he seems to be in much better shape than his wild counterparts, considering how many fans he has.
Here is a link to the article;
www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=2491504
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