Hi guys!
Here goes another week of science article reports and comments.
This week, I would like you to keep up the quality of your reports. I would also like you to focus on your responses to the work of others. Try to make them really solid and helpful.
Keep up the good work!
87 responses so far ↓
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bmw x5 girl
// Oct 30, 2006 at 8:53 pm
this is actually the 5th one but I thought it was online but… it wasn’t:
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216060497
From Chimps to People
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050907/Note2.asp
E. Sohn

The article sums up that we have a lot more in common with monkeys then we think. Scientists have found a lot in common with DNA strands and such.
We have the same nucleotides 96% of the time. Chimps and humans have some different geitic mutations in the genes in their Y chromosomes and genes that are active in the brain.
I never think about how much we are like Chimps. I guess when you think about it you see the same kind of body structure and we sometimes move the same way but I never thought about how similar our DNA is until now. I also haven’t thought about how smart they were and how capable to be so close to us! HUMANS!
-BMW x5 girl
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opac1
// Oct 31, 2006 at 12:39 pm
You made a really good point in comparing us to chimps. I would not have done that. Exellenct work.
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svogthir
// Nov 1, 2006 at 5:00 pm
“Topless Skull confirms Earliest Autopsy”
Author not found
Found at http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/11/01/autopsy_his.html?category=history&guid=20061101101500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
This article was about scientists discovering a skull which bore evidence of having been used in an autopsy 401 years ago. It was found on St. Croix’s Island, near Canada. The French colonists who lived there died from a mysterious illness, and an autopsy was performed to determine the cause.
I thought this was very interesting because I didn’t know autopsies had been done that long ago, or that the French had been colonizing that early.
Comment for BMW x5 girl:
I agree with opac1- good comaprison.
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rosie13
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Article- Photo in the News: Test-Tube Koala Babies Debut
Author- Ted Chamberlain
URL- http://www.news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061030-koalas.html
This article talked about how koala bears can be created in labs. They plan to create koalas in labs, to help boost the decreasing koala populations in Australia.
I was really surprised that they’re able to use a koala egg and sperm to create koalas. I think it’s great that they’ve found a way to help out species that are in danger. It would be amazing if they could figure out how to create other animals in labs. I think it would really help out the panda, tiger, etc. populations if they could be created by scientists. If they can figure out how to make it work with all animals, I wonder if creating animals in labs could save all the endangered species out there.
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rosie13
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:11 pm
comment for bmw x5 girl
i agree with everyone else that commented on your article [lol]
that’s definetley not a comparison i would have thought to make. nice job!
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acex2inurface
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Living in the Desert
Jennifer Cutraro
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061101/Feature1.asp
This article was about how certain animals live survive one of the hottest, driest place in the earth: The Desert. Animals like kangaroo rats and gazelles has different ways to get, use, and store water. Gazelles shrink their liver 30% to its original size so they can save water. Kangaroo rats get water only from the seeds it eats. The sand grouse flies 50 to 60 kilometers from the nest to a river, soaks itself in the river, flies back and gives the water to the nestlings so they can “suck” out the water from the feathers. Other animals shortens the chemical reactions inside the body, stops some mitochondria actions that is occurring in their cells. Each living thing has a certain way of surviving the desert.
I thought this article was very interesting. I always wonder how a certain animal would survive an environment that barely has any water in it. The author did a good job writing this article. It was long enough to explain all the details. The author could have added more examples by adding more animals and explaining how those different animals survived the desert. I think this article is useful and it stated the main ideas too.
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bmw x5 girl
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Monkeys in the Mirror
E. Sohn
Science News for Kids
Capuchin monkeys see themselves in a mirror and don’t think it is them. Researchers put the monkeys through a test to see if they knew it was them looking through the mirror. The females just flirted with themselves and acted like they were just a friend. The males got nervous and tried to get out of the cage.
I think it is quite odd how they monkeys didn’t recognize their own face and body. I am confused on why the males got nervous and why the females were interested in themselves. I liked how the author wrote the article. She made me really think about how the monkeys really didn’t know it was them.
BMW x5 girl
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acex2inurface
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:21 pm
This comment is for svogthir
I thought your article is very interesting. Its amazing how you can learn from studying a skull that is 401 years old. You picked a good article!
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acex2inurface
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:24 pm
This comment is for rosie13
I liked your article. I love koala bears so i like how the scientists are trying to increase the population of koala bears. Nice article.
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acex2inurface
// Nov 1, 2006 at 7:27 pm
This comment is for BMW x5 girl
I can’t believe how close we were to monkeys. Scientists study and compare monkeys and humans all the time so its good that you picked this article. Good job!
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eyesticker 03
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:00 pm
this comment is for acex2inurface.
I thought your report was very interesting. It is defenitly surprising the amount of animals that can survive in the desert!
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eyesticker 03
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:06 pm
this comment is for rosie13.
Your report is really interesting. They should deffenitly try making pandas and tigers! That would be really cool!
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a is for awesome
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Everybody uses phrases that connect dumb or bad with babies, such as “I wasn’t born yesterday,” meaning ‘I’m not stupid.’ Yes, it’s true that there are many things that babies can’t do, such as eat, go to the bathroom, speak, and things like that, but recent scientific studies have shown that babies are smarter than a lot of people might think they are. I found this article at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org. It was written by Emily Sohn on March 22, 2006. In this article, what’s explained is how recent scientific studies show that as babies are getting older, they are actually developing skills and getting smarter, even still at a very young age. It talks about certain experiments that scientists tried on children from infants to children of about 22 months old. It tells about their responses to some things. Many young children were able to do very simple math and put things into groups, though they didn’t quite know what they were, they knew what belonged together and what didn’t. Many infants learned from imitation and started to get smarter. I think that’s really interesting. I really liked this article because it shows people what’s really true, and a lot of times expressions don’t mean anything, or are false. Most people just presume that of course babies aren’t smart, they’re not learning yet. That’s what I thought before I read this article. Maybe that’s why I found it so interesting to find out all of these things about babies and learning. I really liked the way that Emily Sohn wrote this article. I think she did a great job explaining what she was trying to get at, and I thought it was a really good article.
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a is for awesome
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:39 pm
This comment is for BMWx5 girl.
i like how you’ve written a lot of your articles about monkeys! But I think you did a very good job with this one.
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a is for awesome
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:40 pm
this comment is for acex2inurface.
I really liked your article alot. You had some very interesting things in there. I like how your report was very factual.
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a is for awesome
// Nov 1, 2006 at 11:44 pm
this comment is for svogthir.
I agree with what you thought of the article. That’s really cool that they found a skull. I wonder what kind of disease they died from. I thought your article was really interesting and I liked reading it.
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opac1
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:25 pm
BMWx5 Girl:
Good questions. THe use of questions in an article is good and it made me think. Keep it up.
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Svogthir
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:32 pm
for rosie13:
that is cool! i’m not so surprised though because i had heard of test tube babies, but if implemented, that would be really helpful for endangered species like pandas or whales… okay not whales, they’re too big, but still…
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Svogthir
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:37 pm
comment for a is for awesome:
true, we always have underestimated baby intelligence. maybe we actually lose brain cells as we age, just like our bones fuse together. very interesting
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Svogthir
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:41 pm
for BMW x5 girl:
that’s really cool! imagine
how you would react to a mirror if you’d never seen one before.
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Hero kid
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Hero kid
Newsweek
Plotting Plutos comeback
Summary-The article is about Lowells planet Pluto. People are argueing thta planet x should be called a planet and pluto should be kicked out.
Reflection-Pluto shouldnt be kicked out just because its farther away and smaller than X. They should noth be planets.
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Hero kid
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:49 pm
comment to Bmw x5 girl
If I could see my self mirror differtly I would want to be a clown
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Hero kid
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:50 pm
comment to acex2inurface
I couldnt last a day without water like those animals do in the desert
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Hero kid
// Nov 2, 2006 at 12:52 pm
comment for svogthir
I would call the illness chewbacca illness of doom
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eyesticker 03
// Nov 2, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Popular ADHD Drug May Be Safe And Effective For Some Pre-schoolers, Study Finds- October 25, 2006
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061023192626.htm
This article explained how the drug, methylphenidate (Ritalin), in small doses is used to calm ADHD. It says that there are definitely serious side effects to using this drug but it is the most affective one. The side effects mentioned are weight loss (growth stunt), anxiety, skin picking, mood disturbances and insomnia. A lot of people with ADHD find this drug to not be worth taking because of these side effects.
This article was written on an interesting topic but the article itself was a little disappointing. It included a lot of facts that were not entirely useful and they were a little boring. I did, however, find it interesting that a drug that was meant to calm the ADHD had side effects that some people found not worth while to take. It was also interesting to read about how the side effects varied within ages and such. The article explained a lot about the weight loss and slower growth rate. “On average, children on the drug grew half an inch per year less than expected and gained 2.9 pounds less than expected.” Over all this article was very informative.
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eyesticker 03
// Nov 2, 2006 at 5:40 pm
this comment is for BMW x5
I agree with you that it’s odd the monkeys don’t recognize them selves and that they reactes so strangley. Cool though!
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opac1
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:03 pm
acex2inurface:
I thought that there were enough examples of animals given. You cannot give too many examples, otherwise the article is spoiled. The author used the right amount, in my opinion. The rest of your reflection was solid.
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polaroid gangsta
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Animals adapt to their environment in many different ways, but may of the strangest ways of finding water off are used by animals that live in hot, dry, deserts. Sand gazelles shrink themselves to a size 30 percent smaller than they were originally, types of bird’s sponge water into their feathers, and kangaroo rats conserve water in their kidneys! Kangaroo rats are so good at conserving water, they use the water they find in seeds, and preserve enough to survive with! They do this because water is extremely sparse in most deserts.
I thought the article was very informative. I had no idea that animals can do strange things just to conserve water! It makes people seem almost not evolved that we can’t do things they can. Jennifer Cutraro did a very good job writing the article. She really explains how and why these animals do what they do to conserve water. I hope she writes more articles on topics like this.
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polaroid gangsta
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:16 pm
eyesticker 03: I thought it was a very interesting topic, but I think that if I had ADHD, the side effects would stop me from taking the medication.
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polaroid gangsta
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:18 pm
comment is for BMW x5 girl:
Wow, I thought monkeys were supposed to be almost as smart as humans. Interesting topic, I liked it a lot.
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polaroid gangsta
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:19 pm
I’M REPOSTING MY ARTICLE, I FORGOT THE CITATION.
Article written by Jennifer Cutraro, November 1st, 2008, sciencenewsforkids.org
Animals adapt to their environment in many different ways, but may of the strangest ways of finding water off are used by animals that live in hot, dry, deserts. Sand gazelles shrink themselves to a size 30 percent smaller than they were originally, types of bird’s sponge water into their feathers, and kangaroo rats conserve water in their kidneys! Kangaroo rats are so good at conserving water, they use the water they find in seeds, and preserve enough to survive with! They do this because water is extremely sparse in most deserts.
I thought the article was very informative. I had no idea that animals can do strange things just to conserve water! It makes people seem almost not evolved that we can’t do things they can. Jennifer Cutraro did a very good job writing the article. She really explains how and why these animals do what they do to conserve water. I hope she writes more articles on topics like this.
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Brown eyed girl
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Packing Fat
Emily Shon
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org./articles/20041027/Feature1.asp
This article talks about how more and more kids are becoming obese. In some age groups the rate for obesity had more than tripled. Recently kids have been developing type 2 diabetes which is most commonly found in adults because they are eating so much junk food. Obesity can lead to many serious medical problem also. Some of the medical problems are; breast cancer, arthritis diabetes and heart disease.
I think that Emily Sohn does a great job with all her articles. As I was reading his article i was amazed at how much people have changed in ten years. I never knew that being obese can lead to breast cancer. I think that technology has played a big part in why kids are becoming heavier these days. In the 50’s there weren’t video games and there weren’t many kids shows on TV. This forced kids to go out and be active. I think that Emily Sohn did a great job informing people about obesity. It truly shocked me.
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HiMan
// Nov 2, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Article Report
The name of this article is Antiprotons Four Times More Effective than Protons for Cell Irradiation. It is written by CERN on November 2, 2006. I found it at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061031141340.htm.
This article is about how scientists have been looking for ways to better kill cancer cells. When they compared protons and antiprotons they found that antiprotons were four times more effective at terminating cells than regular protons. They use some type of particle beam to put the protons/antiprotons into a specific area. They also found that when they compared a beam of antiprotons and a beam of protons that would do the same amount of damage when they entered that at the end of the beam path the antiprotons did four times the amount of damage than the protons did. Then the article talked about what kinds of tests they were going to do in the future and that if everything goes as planned then the antiprotons will be available to cancer patients in around a decay.
I thought this was a good article because it clearly explained what they were testing, how they were testing it and what the results of the tests were. I think that what the scientists are doing is very important because cancer is a very dangerous disease and most kinds of cancer have no cure. If all the tests go well these antiprotons could save many lives.
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Brown eyed girl
// Nov 2, 2006 at 7:02 pm
This comment is for rosie13
Woah that is so cool. It’s amazing how much scientists can do these days.
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Brown eyed girl
// Nov 2, 2006 at 7:06 pm
This comment is for a is for awesome
ahh.. i can’t wait to see what wiull happen when our generation has babies. If babies are so smart thenwhy are their T.V. shows so easy. I wonder if when babies watch sesame street they are really thinking “why are they making me watch this… do they think i am stupid?”
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dancingintherain102
// Nov 2, 2006 at 7:09 pm
In the article “Germ Zapper” written by Emily Sohn. And was posted on the http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060524/Note2.asp website on May 24, 2006.
This article was mainly about how because of over exposure to antibiotics many diseases have become resistant to the drug.. Resulting in the fact that hundreds of people are dying because when the antibiotics stop working they get sicker to the point of death. The article goes into when antibiotics were first started and how they stopped the viruses and bacteria. The original was created to attack the bacteria’s cell wall, or they knock out parts of the cell that produce DNA and proteins. Scientists are discovering ways to get around the fact that some bacteria are resistant by trying a new approach the bacteria. They are now attacking the bacteria through one particular enzyme. They are calling this method platensimycin. They are finding more and more natural compounds that attack this one particular enzyme. This enzyme builds and maintains membranes in the cell.
I thought that this article got across an important message. More and more people are dying because of this and scientists can’t seem to find one answer to it. They are constantly trying to find a medicine that will work consistently to cure bacteria that can survive antibiotic treatments. A lot of these medicines are prove rats or other lab animals and test subjects, just not humans. As this problem continues to grow the need for this medicine will increase drastically.
Though I liked the message I felt that how the article it self was written had some room for improvement. The article was very short and to the point which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But she didn’t include any of her own thoughts or opinions. There were a lot of just a lot of information about the scientific research that is happening. They used more scientific terminology which made the article harder to read.
She kept me interested through the entire article which is a good thing. It makes me wish that the article was longer then it was. It felt like I was still missing a lot of information. Overall I really like the topic of the article but how it was presented could still use work in my opinion.
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opac1
// Nov 2, 2006 at 8:55 pm
The article states that the university of Minnesota discovered a protien in certain viruses, including HIV, which allows them to spread. Drug developers are greatly benefitted by this, as they have something to work around. They also discovered that a “machine” in cells, known as proteasomes, destroys the protien in HIV, and other viruses, and prevents them from reproducing. This only happens if the proteasomes can identify the protien in the virus. If it cannot, the cell is doomed. Drug developers are also trying to prevent this disfunction of the proteasomes. The article it self was very informative. The author informed the reader with necessary information about the experiment, and what breakthroughs it could result in. As HIV is a large topic, providing that information was inportant because people want to know how to eliminate it as soon as possible.
Nikunj Somia, Ph.D, the person who conducted the experiment said “The downfall of existing HIV drugs is that since the virus is constantly changing, the drugs stop working.”
I admire her concentration and commitment to trying to find a cure to this awful disease. Overall, I thought it was a great article.
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kenny24
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:06 pm
This comment is for BMX x5 girl
your article was very interesting.
I new we had something to do with chips
but I had know idea our D.N.A. were similar.
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White Ivy
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Hello everybody! My article for this week is called Return Of The Snow Cat and it is by Doreen Cubie.
The article is all about lynx(a.k.a snow cats),and how just the birth of two of these creatures have given the state’s Division of Wildlife (DOW) a step closer to success. Until around the 1970s, lynx have lived on the mountains of Colorado. But there was a decline in population due to habitat loss, unregulated poaching, trapping, and poisoning. It was DOW to the rescue! Seven years ago they started bringing in trapped adult snow cats to Colorado from Canada and Alaska. An estimate of 200 lynx prowl southern Colorado’s San Juan and Elk Mountains. The reason that the birth of the two snow cats was exciting news, was that this meant that DOW’s plan was working. The kittens were the first offspring of a mother lynx who had been born in Colorado herself. The two babies helped their species reach a significant piont. There aren’t as many litters of new borns as was expected, but DOW thinks it might have been because of the territorial disputes of the Colorado cats and the new ones. They are not going to put any more lynx there for a while, to give them a chance to get used to the new habitat. They are hoping for the population to expand.
I really liked this article a lot. I’m glad that DOW is doing something about the population decrease of snow cats. I also learned about the lynx from this article. I didn’t know that the snow cats were declining in number, or that they lived in Colorado. Heck, I didn’t even know that another name for the lynx was a snow cat! Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this article, and I hope that all of you out there reading this enjoyed my report. Thank you, and goodnight!
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kenny24
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:10 pm
This comment is for svogthir your article was very interesting.
I had no idea they did autopsy’s back then. Your article would have been even better if you wrote a little bit more.
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White Ivy
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:10 pm
this comment is for dancingintherain102. i really liked reading your report. The part i liked best was actually towards the end when you stated your opinion. You chose a really interesting topic too. good job!
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kenny24
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:13 pm
This comment is for acex2inurface your article was very good.
I was thinking about using this article but ti was a little confusing, you wrote this a lot bitter than I could have. Great job!
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kenny24
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:15 pm
Just wanted to make a few corrections on one of my comments.
This comment is for acex2inurface your article was very good.
I was thinking about using this article but it was a little confusing, you wrote this a lot better than I could have. Great job!
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iheartj&js
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:18 pm
Losing with Heads or Tails
March 3, 2004
Emily Sohn
http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20040303/Note3.asp
Reflection- This article was about flipping coins and how there is not actually a 50-50 chance of heads or tails. It said how some scientists did research and found out that it is almost impossible to notice, but sometimes the coin just wobbles, and doesn’t turn at all. The chance of the coin landing on the side it was flipped on is higher, but it is a very small percentage.
Summary- I think that Emily Sohn did a pretty god job on this article, but she could have done better. I would have liked the article better if there was a graph, or something more interactive. It really grabs my attention on a website when I see something moving, or a chart or game. I found the article very interesting though. According to scientists, the chance of a coin landing on the side it was flipped from is 51%. From now own when I flip a coin, I will be sure to choose the side that is showing. It doesn’t say in the article, but I want to know if the small difference is because of the weight.
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iheartj&js
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Correction on my article
the first part is the summary, and the second is the reflection
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ewannawanna chewbacca
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:21 pm
New Monkey Business
This article is about a new kind of monkey. it is different than any other monkey on the planet, except its self. this monkey is is called the kipunji. it looks like a baboon and it is also like the mangabey.
I think the author could have done a better job describing what it looked like or hoe it acts. she did a good jod explaining what monkeies looked like it and what scientists call it. i liked this article because i think monkies are super sweet and it interested me because i like animals. it is sad that some dude killed one in a trap set up to kill animals trying to eat his crops. atleast the got to see one up close, unless the trap completely pwned* the monkey.
*pwned - totaly destroying one (pwnage) pernounsed powned (ryhmes with owned)
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ewannawanna chewbacca
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:24 pm
this is for bmw x5 girl
i liked your article because i did one on mokies also. i think it is amazing how much chimps are like us.
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ewannawanna chewbacca
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:26 pm
this is also for bmw x5 girl
that is really cool that they did an autopsy 401 years ago. thats like in 1605, sweet.
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ewannawanna chewbacca
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:30 pm
this is for rosie13
thats amazing that they can make ,uh, bears in labs. i hope they do that for tigers.
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Hungry Man
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Monkeys in the mirror
Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
I really thought this article was very interesting. I don’t know why but I am very interested in monkeys and how they act and they behave very funny in a good way. This article is about Capuchin monkeys in an experiment on what they do when they see themselves in the mirror. Humans look at themselves in the mirror and they know that it’s them ,but monkeys, well these ones, look in the mirror and it’s new to them at what they see. They’re not sure at what they see they don’t know if it is them or not. This lasted for 15 minutes and then they found out that it was them.
Response- my response for this article is about how these monkeys behave. These monkeys behave very funny and it is very interesting on how they work. I would like to become a scientist that works on monkeys but not in a bad way I would just want to test on their behavior and what they would do in real life situations. The female monkeys look at their reflection and they acted friendly towards there reflection and they tried flirting with it. The males look at their reflection and act and make a lot of eye contact and act threatening towards the reflection. I think that this was a good article and that monkey are really cool.
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dusty schmidt
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:34 pm
Internet Generation
Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061025/Feature1.asp
This article is about how kids use the internet daily and if it’s good or bad for kids. It talks about how kids basically use the internet for chat rooms,and sites like myspace.
I think this article is intresting. I can connect some of this article to myself very easily. Of course, I know what to post and what not to post on the internet. But some people don’t. People should be taught how to use the internet correctly at a young age. Kids should know what bad things happen on the internet. Not to scare them, but just to make them aware of the dangers. People also post false info on the internet. Kids also plagerize on the false info. We are getting taught not to being in 8th grade, I think we should have went over it in maybe 2nd or 3rd grade.
I don’t want to say that this article taught me how to use the internet, because it didn’t, but this article explains some dangers on the internet that everyone should know
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Hungry Man
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:36 pm
this comment is for ewannawanna chewbacca
I liked your article it was very interesting and it was about monkeys. I think that your summary could have been a little bit longer. Great job!
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Hungry Man
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:43 pm
this comment is for dusty schmidt
Your article was good and intesting. That is not true about the learning we learned it in 3rd or 2nd grade but i don’t even remember it. i know the dangers too. Great job!
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Hungry Man
// Nov 2, 2006 at 9:50 pm
this comment is for iheartj&js
I really liked this article because it’s true. I have always wanted to know if it lands on heads or tails and now i know because of it’s weight.
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brooklynmavis22
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:12 pm
Elephants Recognize Selves in Mirror, Study Says
John Roach
for National Geographic News
October 30, 2006
My article was about elephants being able to recognize themselves in mirrors. The only other animals able to do that are humans, apes, and dolphins. All of these animals supposedly lead socially complex lives and display concern and sympathy towards each other.
Scientists tested three adult female asian elephants by placing them in ront of a mirror. The elephants then began running thier trunks along the sides of the mirror, looking behind the mirror, and they put thier mouths on thier trunks to see if the reflection did the same. The scientists say this is definate evidence of mirror-self recognition.
I thought this article was very interesting. I didn’t know elephants were so intelligent. Maybe, people will realize this and stop hunting them.
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brooklynmavis22
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:14 pm
This comment is for rosie13
I like the fact that people are going to start creating koalas in labs. They’re an endangered species and THEY’RE TOO CUTE TO BE ENDANGERED!!
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mr.coolguy
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:14 pm
How Your Brain Defines Your Competitiveness
mr.coolguy
Goodman, Brenda. “Certain Areas of the Brain Size Up Your Competition.” New York Times, October 31, 2006.
Under a recent study with the subjects (12 men and 12 women) playing chess against computers showed how the brain reacts to different pressures in a game. They thought they were playing against real people. The study shows how winning and losing (by the way, they were playing for money) can raise or lower the action in parts of the brain such as the insula and the ventral striatum. Dr. Zink, the leader of the study says about the insula, “We think the insula is the brain region that gives you that sinking feeling in your gut.”
I think it is interesting, not just this study, but all other studies like this show how people think act only by looking at certain actions in the brain. It is cool how with a fast MRI, you can judge what parts of the brain are acting up. A lot of people are actually surprised that no one had ever done this experiment before! I don’t think I would want to work in that field or even volunteer for that matter. It’s cool to read about it in an article but to me, I don’t really want to go that far into knowing about our brain. It can get very confusing and it could make you wonder to much about how that was made. To many questions without any answers.
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brooklynmavis22
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:17 pm
this comment is for iheartsj&js
I thought your article was interesting. I always thought that there was a 50 50 chance for getting heads or tails.
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mr.coolguy
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:17 pm
This comment is for Brown eyed girl;
I think it is very true what Emily Sohn wrote. If PVC starts serving food soon, will it be healthy things or just fried chicken and french fries?
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brooklynmavis22
// Nov 2, 2006 at 10:20 pm
tgis is for eyesticker03
I thought your article was really well written. I knew someone who had to go on ritalin, but they (fortunately), didn’t have any side affects.
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kenny24
// Nov 3, 2006 at 12:17 am
Football Scrapes and Nasty Infections
Emily Sohn Feb. 9, 2005
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20050209/Note2.asp
We all know sports are fun but they can be dangerous too. Besides the common broken bone, pulled muscles, and sprained joints researchers have found that a type of skin infection can occur from scrapes and cuts. This infection is caused by bacteria and is hard to treat. This skin infection is common among football players especially when the players play on turf. The infection is very common among the St. Louis Rams. The Rams play on a turf field and the bacteria apparently rubs off one player on to the turf and another player lands on it and he gets it too. The bacterium is called Staphylococcus Aureus. Other players have gotten this infection by playing on the Rams field. Researchers have advised to wash your hands, take showers before getting into the team hot tube, and don’t let anyone else use your towel.
I liked this article a lot. I have played football and lacrosse on turf fields and I hate it. It leaves really bad turf burns and sometimes leaves cuts. I had no idea that bacteria can be picked up just by landing on it. A skin infection is one of the worst things you could get in sports especially in football. The pads will irritate it and make the infection a lot worse. When you sweat it will really make the infection bad. I have had some form of a skin infection and it is not fun. It must be hard to practice when a lot of the team is infected. I am going to make sure I clean out all my cuts as soon as I see them and wash my hands good after I finish playing a sport. Emily Son is a really good writer but I have noticed that she has written most of the articles I have read. Maybe for my next article I will consider reading someone else’s work. I have used science news for kids for every one of my reports. I would like to find some other good sites (please leave a comment if you know any good ones.) to use. I like Emily’s articles because they are short and easy to read. She also writes about stuff kid’s care about. I think she is a really good author but I just want to branch out a little.
11/02/06
Period 9A
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room217
// Nov 3, 2006 at 12:43 pm
This article is called Saturn’s Ring Created By Collision by Emily shon.
I got this article from sciencenewsforkids.org. It about a asteroid or comet hit one of Saturn’s moons and the broken pieces formed a ring. The latest evidence for this theory came from pictures taken by the cassini space craft. Scientists detected water-ice chunks that measures less than 20 meters. I wouldn’t change any thing on the article because Emily Shon did good job supportingher main idea by saying it over and over again. i wouldn’t change any thing that has to do with grammer and spelling because every thing is good.
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coolchic
// Nov 3, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Weekly Science Article
Flu Patrol
By: Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060104/feature1.asp
Published July 4,2006
This article is about the flu and how many people get it each year.The flu is like the cold except the flu(influenza)is a more serious disease. Influenza can kill as many as 500,000 people around the world each year. Some years major breakouts occur without warning. An example would be in 1918, the influenza killed over 20 millon people. Scientsts now say that we are overdue for a big outbreak soon. The disease has been spreading to birds. With time the virus might start a world wide epidemic.
I thought that this article was very informative and clear. This article made me think what would we do in the situation of a epicdemic. I don’t want so many people to die like the last epicdemic. Since winter is coming up I think that alot more people will get sick then. In the article it says that we should be aware and prepared.
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coolchic
// Nov 3, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Weekly Science Article
Flu Patrol
By: Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060104/feature1.asp
Published July 4,2006
This article is about the flu and how many people get it each year.The flu is like the cold except the flu(influenza)is a more serious disease. Influenza can kill as many as 500,000 people around the world each year. Some years major breakouts occur without warning. An example would be in 1918, the influenza killed over 20 millon people. Scientsts now say that we are overdue for a big outbreak soon. The disease has been spreading to birds. With time the virus might start a world wide epidemic.
I thought that this article was very informative and clear. This article made me think what would we do in the situation of a epicdemic. I don’t want so many people to die like the last epicdemic. Since winter is coming up I think that alot more people will get sick then. In the article it says that we should be aware and prepared.
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rosie13
// Nov 3, 2006 at 6:18 pm
this is a comment for dusty schmidt
i agree with you– while they DO have have useful stuff in them, but most of what i know about the internet is from my own experience [or common knowledge]. if i don’t know how to use the internet safely by now, those articles aren’t going to help me.
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rosie13
// Nov 3, 2006 at 6:21 pm
this is a comment for room 217
your article was really interesting.
i always wondered how saturn rings was formed.
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mr.coolguy
// Nov 4, 2006 at 11:43 am
This comment is for iheartj&js:
That article sounds interesting. It goes against what our math teachers have said in the past.
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mr.coolguy
// Nov 4, 2006 at 11:52 am
This comment is for opac1:
I think that it is great that they found that protien. They can probably not just stop HIV, but any other disease, like cancer. You did a great job
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coolchic
// Nov 5, 2006 at 4:56 pm
This comment is for brooklynmavis22.
I never knew elephants were so smart. I didn’t know that only three other animals were able to reconize them elves in mirrors. I thought your article was very well written
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coolchic
// Nov 5, 2006 at 4:57 pm
This comment is for brooklynmavis22.
I never knew elephants were so smart. I didn’t know that only three other animals were able to reconize them selves in mirrors. I thought your article was very well written.
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coolchic
// Nov 5, 2006 at 4:59 pm
This comment is for brooklynmavis22.
I never knew elephants were so smart. I didn’t know that only three other animals were able to reconize them selves in mirrors. I thought your article was very well written and clear.
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iheartj&js
// Nov 5, 2006 at 6:27 pm
this comment is for dusty schmidt
Great job on your article. I agree with what your said, that we should have learned earlier what and what not to do on the internet.
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iheartj&js
// Nov 5, 2006 at 6:35 pm
this comment is for polariod gangsta
I am really surprised at what you said some animals did to conserve water. That article was very interesting and cool. Good job.
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iheartj&js
// Nov 5, 2006 at 6:39 pm
this comment is for kenny24
You did a really great job with your article, I understood every bit. From now on, I will be more careful wehn i go on turf fields. I wonder if these bacterias can get transmitted from grass fields too.
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dancingintherain102
// Nov 5, 2006 at 9:54 pm
This comment is for BMW x5 girl.
I really liked your reflection. And I agree with you, we do have a lot in commen with chimps then most people would be willing to admit.
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dancingintherain102
// Nov 5, 2006 at 10:00 pm
This comment is for rosie13.
I totally agree with you about the koala bears. I also wonder if they can will find a way to bring back extinct animals from the past? Your article really gets people thinking.
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dancingintherain102
// Nov 5, 2006 at 10:07 pm
This comment is for acex2inyourface.
I really liked how you said how you felt about the article and how you think it could improve to be even beter! Instead of just being negative you were positive.
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bmw x5 girl
// Nov 6, 2006 at 7:59 am
This is for coolchic. I like how you told us we should be prepard because I totally agreee. I never realized how many people actully got the flu!
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bmw x5 girl
// Nov 6, 2006 at 8:05 am
This is for kenny24. That is so wierd because I nver really think about a cut or a scratch. I will definitly be more carful and cautious.
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room217
// Nov 6, 2006 at 12:21 pm
to coolchic great article and good job at the article
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room217
// Nov 6, 2006 at 12:28 pm
to coolchic god job on your article report
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himan
// Nov 6, 2006 at 12:32 pm
This comment is for room217:
I liked your report but there are a few things you could of done better. For example you could of cited your article better, it could of been longer and you could work on your spelling and grammer.
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coolchic
// Nov 7, 2006 at 5:55 pm
This comment is for brooklynmavis22
I thought your article was very good. I also never knew elephants were so smart.
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HiMan
// Nov 7, 2006 at 7:08 pm
This comment is for mr.coolguy:
I liked your report and agree that the brain can be a very confusing thing. I would like to read this article but I think you forgot to site it.
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HiMan
// Nov 7, 2006 at 7:17 pm
This comment is for svogthir:
I liked your report and I was wondering did the article tell you what the man’s cause of death was?
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twinkletoes
// Nov 10, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Eating Troubles
By Emily Sohn
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com
This article was about eating disorders and how they effect people. In teens and adults, eating disorders are a big thing, and can cause death. There are two kinds of eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia. When a person suffers from anorexia, they become obsessed with their proportions of food, and constantly weigh themselves. They eat little food every day.
When someone is bulimic, on the other hand, they eat a lot, then throw it up. This is also known as binging and purging. Ten million girls and women in the U.S. suffer from either anorexia or bulimia, and one million boys and men suffer.
Both of those disorders can cause bad effects, other than rapid weight loss. Some of the things that happen are: heart attacks, weak bones, organ damage, and fainting spells. Repeatadly throwing up causes chemical imbalances in the body, erodes the teeth and destroys the stomach lining.
I chose this article because I think that eating disorders are an interesting topic, but also are very sad. I once read a book on a girl who was anorexic, and it was like everything had to be perfect. I find that sad, and that person shouldn’t have to suffer like that, making themselves suffer because not anyone and not everything can be perfect.
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GuMmi PiGzZ
// Nov 14, 2006 at 5:50 pm
twinkle toes another eating disorder is binge eating
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