Chemical Bonds Popplet link: http://popplet.com/app/#/1377160

Chemical Bonds Popplet link: http://popplet.com/app/#/1377160

Science in the News 6

The article I read this week is named, "Super-Luminous Supernovae May Be Powered By Magnetars," and this is the link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131016132155.htm

This very interesting article is about astronomers that have proposed that the brightest stars on the universe, called super-luminous supernovae are powered by magnetars with gigantic magnetic fields. This issue relates to what I have learned in science a few years ago because we used to study stars and how the travel with the speed of light and how they are thousands of years old. The reader gets the feeling that the author takes a very positive position towards the ideal that super-luminous supernovae could actually be powered by magnetars because it only says positive comments about the evidence and  research. Astronomers at Queens University have been studying these stars for more than two years now and have found this evidence that contradicts the theory that the brightest supernovae is caused by super-massive stars exploding.

This article serves as a tool to me because it show how adult theories could be wrong as well, for something is called theory or hypothesis, because its an educated guess. I would definitely agree on the author's position, because the astronomers on Queens University show not only strong evidence to support their proposal, but also strong evidence to contradict the proposal said before. Therefore, I definitely agree that the author gave us enough convincing information to support his position. Some of the things this implicates for the future is that later on, when new technology arises, we will be able to know some much more and exact information about our universe.

Science in the News 5

The article I read this week is called: FUTURISTIC FLIGHT, and the link to it is the following: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=8&sid=20033cec-866a-463a-aacd-7f1898d155ae%40sessionmgr112&hid=118&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=ulh&AN=90208453

This fascinating article is about how a highly advanced technology plane makes the first solar-powered flight from coast of San Francisco to New York's coast. The issue relates to science because it shows us how technology in advancing more and more everyday. The position taken by the author is "futuristic" just like the article's title because it tells makes us realise how much technology has advanced to present day and what to expect for the future. Since solar-powered means without using a single drop of fuel, the plane gets all its energy from the Sun. The way it works is that when the Sun is bright and shiny, the plane, called Solar Impulse charges a set of batteries that allows it to work day and night and that way the need of fuel was never needed. 

This article is very amusing to me, since it is incredible how technology is advancing, and how it will become much more easier in the future to travel. It also makes me very happy because if scientists keep working on improving this plane, in the future, planes like this will be used to transport people saving tons of fuel. I absolutely agree in the author's position because technology is advancing so fast that we don't know what the next invention will be. I think the author did showed us enough evidence to support his position because it tells us how we will be able to save fuel in the future and how many things that need fuel will no longer be in need of it. The implications with the future are really good since this article is all about the future. We all have seen how technology advances everyday, like the telephones, they have become much more advanced from the first one they invented. this means that for the future, we can expect anything to happen, even the things you least expect.

Science in the News 4

The article I read this week is titled: Guinness record: World's thinnest glass just two atoms thick, and the link to the article is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912095241.htm

This interesting article is about the world's thinnest sheet of glass, as the title states it. The issue relates to what I have seen in science because precisely we are studying about molecules and atoms and how small they really are. The position taken by the author of the article is one kind of like amazed or blown away. He is really impressed of how glass could have gotten so thin. Lots of studies have been made on this amazing discovery, for example, scientists form Cornell University and Germany's University of Ulm have made studies of how only an oxygen and a silicon atom combined make the thinnest sheet of glass.

This article means many things to me. For example, with this amazing discovery, we now know that scientists will be able to make small things in the future with the help of some science involved. I definitely agree with the position of the author, i am amazed and surprised of how something so small and thin could be cataloged as glass. I think the author did provided us with convincing evidence to support his position because those scientists of the universities gave us the data of how the thinnest glass is made of. The expectations for the future are really good regarding this article since new technology has been applied for this type of experiments.

Science in the News 3

The article I read this week is titled "Scientists Confirm Existence of Largest Single Volcano On Earth" and the link to it is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905142817.htm

The article I read this week is about the largest volcano on Earth and among the largest in the Solar System. This article relates to what I have studied in science because a couple of years ago we studied about some kind of like layers of magma and now it comes to be the largest volcano on Earth named Tamu Massif. The position taken by the author of the article is very happy for the scientist since he made a new discovery and that that discovery could lead him to new ones. The scientist, William Sager first started to to study the volcano in Texas A&M College 20 years ago and now on the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Sager's studies included the location about 1,000 miles east of Japan, that Tamu Massif is the largest feature of Shatsky Rise, which is an underwater mountain range formed 130-145 million years ago by the eruption of many underwater volcanoes. Before this discovery it was not clear if Tamu Massif was a single volcano, or the point of many eruptions. Through many sources of evidence, like core samples and data collected on a research ship, Sagar has confirmed that Tamu Massif's baslat mass did erupt from a single source near the center.

This article applies to my life because I live near the Pacific ocean and surrounded by volcanoes. I definetly agree with the author's postion because the scientist William Sager made a great new discovery which will take him on way of many other new discoveries. I think the author did provided the article with enough convencing evidence and data from William Sager for the biggest volcano on Earth. In the article, the author emphsizes that Sager's studies has lead bim to believe their are bigger volcanoes because there are bigger tectonic plates which could be bigger discoveries for the future.

This is the link to my Ernest Rutherford's prezi presentation: http://prezi.com/awsxeiddfzpa/ernest-rutherford/

This link will take you to a Prezi presentation about Measurements: http://prezi.com/zlsbvyxj1--q/measurements/

Science in the News 2

The name of the article I read is titled "Slow Earthquakes May Foretell Larger Events," and you kind find it in the this link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145148.htm



Regarding that I live in an area surrounded by volcanoes, their is more probability for an earthquake or a volcanic eruption to occur. As I read this article, many studies had been made by a Ph.D graduate named Bryan Kaproth-Gerecht that small earthquakes may be signals for larger events such as, stronger earthquakes or a volcanic eruption. The reason of why the author is informing this to us is to let us know that new research is being made to predict future natural disasters, so people are noticed and have time to get protected from them. The relation I have with this article is that I live on volcanic area, therefore I have to be more informed with this type of news. Even though, researchers are not 100% accurate with an exact guess of when a natural disaster will occur, they are getting closer and closer every time.

As I said before the relation of where I live and this article gives me information for the area around me.  The author of the article wrote this issue like in a kind of positive of way, meaning that everyday more and more research material is created for discoveries to be more accurate. In that, I agree with him, every day more and better improvements are made in favour for a better life. I think the author did included enough supporting evidence to position his side regarding science. For example, the results that Ph.H Bryan Kaproth-Gerecht and research from Penn State geoscientists was very convincing data. This article gives a very positive view for the future, from a scientist side because this means that in the future, scientists will have more advanced technology to go on with their experiments.

Science in the News 1

This week I read a very interesting article on the thickness of Greenland, and how it is heating up down there.  Gravitational and seismic studies have been made by GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam in Germany led by Alexey Petrunin which concluded on bad news. The thickness of that ice was about 200-250kms thick and now it has come down to 80-100kms thick. The point of the author of the article is kind of a shout out how global warming is coming faster than expected. I relate this article to last year's biology class in which we saw all the harmful things we did to Earth without us noticing that slowly harmed our planet. 

This article unfortunately makes me kind of sad since, just knowing how global warming and climate changing is affecting Earth makes me think what Earth would be like in fifty years. In this case, the author is not taking a side, he is just stating a fact which I know it is something everyone should be worried about. I do thing the author investigated well before writing his article and did include convincing evidence regarding the problem. This article is only one of the little changes we will be seeing in the future, little by little our Earth will be falling apart if don't act now and try to save it.

"Earth's Central Heating is Thinning Greenland" http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929303.800-earths-central-heating-is-thinning-greenland.html#.UhE8YxYUUwE

Science

To tell you the truth, I don't love science, but I don't hate it. As any other subject their are things I like about it, like labs and experiments and things I dislike, for example tests or pop quizzes. I actually don't know how to make it better, since I am not the teacher I don't exactly know what do we have to learn in chemistry, but an idea could be to make the class activities more fun. Even though I just started school, on my first week I got a feeling that this year's chemistry will be a good one, not only because the teacher is really nice but because so far I haven't been bored in any of the classes. To make this year successful I am definitely going to study a lot for the tests, put attention on class, so on the midterms and finals I get a good grade. Another thing to make this year a prosperous one, I will absolutely follow the class rules specially the ones regarding safety.

 Safety is very important in a chemistry lab, because it is precaution for any accident that might happen if people are not told before hand. Some of the safety las rules I learned were to always use goggles to avoid getting  chemicals or substances in your eyes, and in case something did get in your eyes, we now know there is a kind of a sink where a spurt of water comes out directly to your eyes where you can clean your eyes for at least 15 minutes. Another rule is to where ponytails, closed toe shoes and no shorts or skirts allowed. Overall if I follow the rules, put attention on class and study, this year will definitely be a good one.