This post was originally published on February 24, 2009. by Jennifer Lyrics: People get malaria when they’re bit by a mosquito It’s taking lives like a torpedo Every year one million die worldwide But you can prevent it with insecticide Maybe a breakthrough cure for malaria To starve the parasite was their idea Every thirty seconds a child dies Without treatment, it’s no surprise A... »
Welcome to the blog 2009-10 9th grade biology students! Your homework assignment is to write a comment to this post with one observation you made about the biology classroom. Include an inference you made about that observation. To leave a comment, scroll down to where it says Leave a Reply underneath this post. Fill in the required boxes. Leave... »
This post was originally published on February 15, 2009. by Erik Check out the animation I created about my post. Enjoy! Darwin’s Mockingbirds! by spudinski01, made at DoInk.com On two small islands somewhere in the midst of the Galapagos Archipelago live some 100-200 mockingbirds. These specific mockingbirds however are some of the rarest bird species in the world,... »
This post was originally published on January 22, 2009. by Rose Hi everybody! Wow… It’s been a while since my last blog post – I can’t believe it’s already been almost two years since I took AP Bio! It feels quite surreal writing this post as a college student. First, to introduce myself: Hi, my name is... »
In May, I appeared on a panel at the New York Academy of Sciences’ event, The Two Cultures in the 21st Century. The all-day event, created by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, was inspired by the 50th anniversary of C.P. Snow’s lecture of the same name. In his lecture, Snow lamented the great divide... »
I tried to change hosts and move the site to a new domain, but lost some data in the process. Good news is that I successfully changed hosts and the data is fully recoverable. However, the site will be missing content from the last three years until I get it all worked... »
Click below for a video of the students opening the uterus of a pregnant female (warning: graphic) You can find all the pictures from the lab by clicking here (warning: some pictures are graphic). One Response to “Dogfish Shark Dissection (Includes Video)” Britt Gow Says: April 29th, 2009 at 7:30 am Hi Miss Baker, Thanks for the great video... »
Does the theory that birds are modern-day dinosaurs surprise you? Well, check out this website! Not only will it answer many of your questions, but it will give you great practice with cladograms. The exploration is very informative and highly entertaining. One Response to “Evolution of Birds” Super Science Fair Projects Says:April 16th,... »
Jennifer’s post which includes a song about malaria is currently on the home page of ScienceBlogs.com! If you follow the link on the home page it will take you to Bora Zivkovic’s blog, A Blog Around the Clock, where he has posted her video. Also, on ScienceBlogs.com is an amazing response to Jennifer’s post... »
by Caitlin According to a study published by Henry Ford Hospital researchers, Arab-American women living in southeast Detroit, Michigan have dangerously low vitamin D levels and should be taking supplements for it. The study showed that their levels averaged 8.5 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter). A healthy vitamin D level is 30 ng/mL or higher. Vitamin... »
by Hope I hope this interesting, cute picture got your attention. A new mouse model for food allergies that mimics symptoms humans have to peanuts. This priceless information will further the understanding of the causes of peanut allergies and other allergies. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) says this animal model will... »
Brandon, Erik, and I were interviewed live for a New Hampshire public radio program called “Word of Mouth” hosted by Virginia Prescott! We had an amazing time! You can listen to the entire broadcast on the NHPR website here. More pictures of our experience are here. Below is a video of us getting... »
by Rachael There are two types of twins that can be formed; identical and fraternal. Identical twins are formed during the first two weeks of growth. It happens when one egg is fertilized by a sperm and splits in two. After nine months of being in the womb the identical babies are born. Identical twins... »
by Brandon I had the opportunity to attend a session at Science Online ‘09 titled “Race in Science”. It was not what I expected, but was nonetheless extremely interesting. The goal behind one of its central ideas was to change the average image in a person’s mind as to what a scientist looks like. In... »
I’ve decided to bring back the Endless Forms Most Beautiful weekly column. It was quite popular with last year’s students and I accidentally let it fall by the wayside this year. You can see all the previous EFMB posts here. In an earlier EFMB post I mentioned that deserts are misunderstood as being... »
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