Bees Reveal Nature Secrets

Bees Reveal Nature Secrets: Extensive Molecular Differences Between the Workers and the Queen

November 2, 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101102171606.htm

In this current event, I will be expressing and telling you about the new investigation that has answered very intensive questions. I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised. So come on, keep reading and experience a new adventure through the complex world of science.

This very profound and important investigation was led by Professor Ryszard Maleszka of the Australian College of Medicine, Biology and Environment. He was also accompanied by his colleagues from the German Cancer Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. Their work defines the first details and differences of the “environmentally influenced chemical marking of DNA”. Meaning the difference in DNA and how it affects nature. This specific marking is crucial to brain differences. Now many scientists can notice what genes have to be tuned in order to perform the differences of behaviors between animals and humans. “This finding is not only crucial, but far reaching, because the enzymes that mark DNA in the bee are also the enzymes that mark DNA in human brains,” said Professor Maleszka. This is another important statement that Maleszka pointed out. Due to the fact that the enzymes that mark DNA in the bee are the same with us, people can now deeply study the relationship and tuning of this spectacular find. Another intriguing fact was that more than 550 genes were different in the minds of the workers and the queen. As Malezska states, this is probably the biggest fact that represents the difference in behavior. This specific investigation, also answers one of the biggest questions in life. This study most importantly demonstrates how the outside world is “linked: to the DNA and how the environment can modify our personal “genetic hardware”. These risky and bizarre actions cannot be performed on humans and therefore, humble honey bees are pioneers of this important investigation.

In conclusion, Maleszka has performed one of the most important investigations so far. He has brought research to a whole new level. In my opinion, this specific study can answer life’s most challenging questions and make life easier.

Reflection

For me, this article or investigation, taught me a lot about our complex mind and how it works. Here are some of the main points that stuck in my mind after reading this article. Firstly, due to my curiosity, I researched facts about brain function to make this easier to understand. Secondly, I learned about genes and how the environment can potentially affect. I found this very interesting. Lastly, I learned everything possible about bees and humans and how they connect. This brings up another lesson in which animals are like humans. This is a fact that not many people respect and should be respecting. This topic would connect with animals and survival but at the same time brain function.

To conclude, this article is very catchy and interesting and can be associated mith many different aspects of life.

Major Chemical Spill in Hungary

On October 5, 2010 a major Eco disaster took place in Hungary, in the surrounding Budapest area, mostly impacting rural villages and towns. This disaster supposedly happened after a reservoir damn broke and an 2 meter high massive industrial wave flooded the areas and wiped away any materials in its way. This wave flooded many villages and left a number of streets and houses covered with red-sludge. Hundreds of helpless people were evacuated from villages from this terrible wave. This disaster has so far killed 4 people and injured a hundred others. This chemical wave is slowly spreading through surrounding countries including Serbia. There is also instant actions in how we can stop a terrible scene to happen. Some suggest dams while so suggest different types of ideas. In my opinion, safety measures are drastic because of this risky chemical combination. After all, this combination can potentially take away many lives and this is the fact that we are trying to cancel out. To conclude, this drastic chemical spill took place on October 5, 2010 in the surrounding villages of Budapest and has consisted of great attention. I certainly hope that drastic measures be held to prevent this spill from being a world wide issue.

In my opinion, I think this tragic event fits our topic of class in a couple of ways. Firstly, the chemical spill has a lot to do about chemicals and how they cope. This spill also represents the bad ways chemicals can influence our world. Secondly, this event can also combine with the upcoming essay about effects of harmful chemicals. I truly believe that this topic would be a perfect topic for elaborating on. Thirdly, this event elaborates more on compounds and safety measures that have to be taken when referred to chemicals. God knows when something like this could happen again, but much worse. Those are the times where we have to be ready, because as you have seen, chemicals can kill. To conclude, I personally think this video was very tragic but completed the necessary components of a chemical awareness video.

As I mentioned earlier, this video has much to do about chemical awareness, similar to the Blue Gold which is about water awareness. They both try to make the world a better place by taking action. The videos try to raise awareness about a certain topic that needs instant major attention.

Newly Discovered Planet May Be First Truly Habitable Exoplanet

Summary

A specialized team consisting of planet hunters led by the astronomers at the University of California and the Carnegie Institution of Washington have discovered an earth sized planet (three times the size of earth) orbiting a close by star. The discovered planet is in the middle of the planets "habitable zone" where H2O can exist on the planets surface. If authenticated, this planet can be the first potential planet that humans could actually survive on. To astronomers a habitable planet would be a planet that could actually sustain life, not necessarily a planet that could be lived on. These finding were based on the 11 years of observations at the observatory in Hawaii. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institutions stated the following, "Our ability to find potentially habitable worlds is now limited only by our telescope time." This newly invention will yet be released in public also including many minor names that contributed to this miraculous discovery. It all started when two planets were found around the dwarf star Gliese 581. This improved the number to six orbiting planets which is the second largest system after ours. The most interesting planet, Gliese 581g is three times the mass of earth and as Vogt stated, enough gravity to hold down an atmosphere. This incredible planet is 20 light years away from earth and had practicably enough characteristics as earth. "We had planets on both sides of the habitable zone--one too hot and one too cold--and now we have one in the middle that's just right," Vogt said. This planet is also locked to the star meaning that the planet does not rotate, therefore, one side is always exposed to light and the other is always exposed to darkness. The planets temperatures range from -31 C - -12 C. In one side, its gets really hot while on the other it gets really chilling and cold. It was a really challenging job to find this incredible planet but the researchers are fascinated on how fast they found Gliese 581. Plus, according to the percentages, they have come to an conclusion that there are possibly billions of planets that have the same attributes. Once again, this planet was really special and many researchers and astronomers hope this planet can actually sustain life. This project was financed by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

In conclusion, there are many other planets to be discovered and finally some day, we hope we will be able to take the human civilization and transfer it to another planet.

Reflection

In my opinion, this article was very useful for developing my knowledge and it made the memories from the astrology unit. Firstly, I learned how hard planet hunters work. They never accept breaks and try to discover planets for 24 hours. There hard work payed off with this event and now we possibly have a habitable planet. I also learned a lot about habitable planets and there aspects. Now I know what type of planet is a habitable one and how it becomes a habitable planet. As I said earlier, this project also brought back memories from the astronomy unit. I now know more about the atmosphere and gravity a planet holds and more about the core of the planet. This article mostly connects to the astronomy unit and I personally think it would help students understand planets a little bit better.

In conclusion, I want to state that this article really helped my mind develop and become stronger. I also hope this planet will become a new earth!

Green PLastic

After I finished watching this video, I learned many things, one being that "Green PLastic has a bad and good impact on the world. Firstly, that Green Plastics are made out of corn, sugar canes, sugar beets and other materials. I also learned that PLA is very effective in producing materials such as diapers, socks etc. These plastics are "green" because they do not use any fossil fuels as raw materials to make plastic. They are also green because they can decompose on their own without even polluting the environment.

Green Plastics also has harmful aspects. I look at it as a cycle. To harvest these crops used for plastic, you need fertilizers which contribute to water pollution. Motor vehicles used for harvesting, transporting, planting etc release carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming. Factories used to produce plastics also need electricity which usually comes from fossil fuels.Many trees would also be cut down which would increase deforestation and less oxygen.

Some compounds I found were methane, water or H2O, lactic acid and carbon dioxide.

These two videos try to tell us what is going on in the world around us and give us interminable ways on how we could improve on its factors. They talk about polluting and the cycle of polluting. They also raise awareness on how the precious world should be treated.

In conclusion, i want to state that this video was really interesting and helped me understand more about the outside world.

Atomic Theory Reflection

Here is the link to the website containing the video:

http://www.101science.com/Chemistry.htm#Chemicals_and_Interactions

Reflection On What I Learned

In my opinion, this video was very interesting and really helped me sum the information we learned in 21 minutes. Here are some factors that I really picked up during his video presentation.

Firstly, the main factors, such as the protons, electrons and neutrons were explained in great detail. The great diagrams and pictures also helped me stick the basics into my head.

The other important aspect I learned was the one with the organization of the atom. He drew where the protons,neutrons and electrons were. He also greatly defined the orbits and orbitals which really helped me understand the electrons job in the atom.

Next, he really deeply explained the mass, number and weight which allowed me to combine and see how they all connect with each other. One example of this would be the atomic number and mass. He demonstrated how they both are used to fond the amount of neutrons.

After that, he stated some very intriguing facts and comments that I have not heard before. What blew mine and his mind is that actually all the things we look at are not really solids but empty space. They just look the way they are because the way lights reflects on them. There were some other interesting comments along the way.

I also enjoyed how he was using philosophy and the philosophers mind. His thinking and explaining made you ask a lot of inquiry question regarding the topic. I also adored how he kept everything steady and mysterious. This aspect really made me eager to watch the 20 minute video.

In conclusion, I want to state that this video had a positive effect on me and hopefully my classmates. This video also helped pound in the swirling information that was orbiting around my head. After all, this video helped me sum up all the information we have learned about chemicals.

Current Events-Most Penguin Populations Continue To Decline

Summary

This interesting article I read was about how the penguin population is decreasing. Not long ago, over 180 penguin biologists, officials and zoo professionals have come together to discuss this fearing problem. They have come to a conclusion that 10 out of the worlds 18 species have had a decline in their population over these couple of years. There are four main reasons of this intimidating happening. Firstly, the population has decreased because of climate changes. One example of this would be the blockage of cold water currents. These cold currents have brought many schools of fish for the penguins to eat. But now, the cold water currents are permanently blocked. Therefore, the penguins do not have enough food to live. The massive icebergs also cause problems for the helpless penguins.

The second main reason on why penguin population has gone down is because of overfishing. The large amount of fishing going on has prevented the penguins from getting their food so now they are fighting for their own food. The catching of fishes means that the penguins do not have anything to eat so lower breading success and vulnerability is a big problem. Penguins are also caught in various fishing nets.

Thirdly, oil spills and chronic pollution have killed many penguins over this time. This oil usually comes from sunken ships and ships crossing the sea.

Lastly, mammalian predators are also a problem. Till now, penguins have lived in remote areas where there has been no animal predators. But now, the introduction of weasels and foxes in different areas has a had a huge impact on small population of penguins.

In conclusion, penguins are in great danger and this is what the biologists are trying to stop.

Reflection

I chose this intriguing article because of my love for animals. I think I learned a lot from this article. It taught me how small aspects that don't really matter to someone, in this case people, can affect other beings, in this case the helpless penguins. Another valuable aspect I learned is actually how much attention is faced toward this problem. I am actually very glad to see that there are many people out there that want to help these penguins. I am also hoping that this article will raise awareness of the endangered animals, not only penguins. I my opinion, people have faced so much to the natural world and forgot all about the beautiful animals that roam through earth. I personally really enjoyed this article and learned quite a lot form it. I am sure that I will keep all the information about monkeys and endangered animals. People should worry about Global Warming or Water Loss, but they should never forget the beauty inside the animals. Remember people, animals have feelings too. They can feel anger, pain, sadness and happiness.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100906145115.htm

5 New Facts Regarding Water

1. Once evaporated, a water molecule spends ten days in the air.

Honestly, I did not know this fact about water and I found it very helpful. The moment I read this article I thought of a way it could help us gather water. If we knew how much time the molecules stayed in the air, we could predict where the rain would go and how strong it would be. Maybe be could build some sort of machine who could collect the rain and we could have fresh water. In this way water supply could increase. I think that this perfectly connects with the water video due to the fact that it can help the increase of fresh water. It also can connect with Macedonia. My country could take some risks and try to use this useful fact.

http://www.mamashealth.com/water/waterfacts.asp

2. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily can decrease the risk of breast cancer by 79 %, and one is 50 % less likely to develop bladder cancer.

I chose this fact because I found the information very interesting. I could not believe that drinking water can actually decrease the likability of getting cancer. I am really curious why this information is not so known because I believe it can help many people that fear these types of cancers. I am really interested in how the water banishes these cancers. I personally think this is a very important fact and sooner or later it should appear on the news. This can connect to the video because it is one way fresh water is wasted but it used for good deeds. Macedonia could also acquire this fact and start putting it into use.

http://www.all-creatures.org/health/inter.html

3. A human being can go without food for a month, but can go without water for a week.

This fact really sums up the whole problem with water. It basically states that food is much less important than water and sadly, we have much more food than water. Our water resources are slowly going down by the numbers and soon finding water will become an impossible task. This is why the conservation of water is a crucial thing in the world. I my opinion this fact is basically what the whole movie is trying to tell you, to preserve the water!!! This information should also quickly spread through Macedonia and more people should value water more than anything else.

http://www.strange-facts.info/interesting-water-facts

4.There are about 70000 contaminants of water.

This article was very interesting it blew my mind with what I actually already knew. Its complicated to explain. As we all know, there are many pollutants of water but no one would say there are 70000!!! I think this is absurd and whoever those pollutants are, they should be stopped. Awareness of these contaminants should arise and people should start paying attention to the water. I think this is also a perfect match with the topics we are learning in class. I think that Macedonia should also raise awareness and pay more attention to the Macedonian bodies of water.

5. 70 % of the worlds fresh water is devoted to agriculture.

I finally chose this one because I wanted to state how the fresh water is not organized. As we all know, water is a necessity to life. Now if we use this water for agriculture, there is not gonna be enough for the world. Due to this fact, the fresh water should be divided into proper groups so their is enough for everything and everybody. I think this fact connects to the video in a way of organization and how the fresh water of the world should be divided. Macedonia also has many farms and agriculture and this fact is pointed toward my country. People should start thinking of how they treat the FRESH water.

http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/