Temperature rise in oceans is the cause of more thunderstorms!

By: 2BrittanyA.

Scientists are noticing the temperature rise in the oceans. I know you’re thinking woot woot, warmer water means more swimming! Well no not exactly, its not raising very quickly and not very high. Also this temperature rise may be very bad. The temperature rise in the ocean causes “thunderheads”-massive clouds that create thunderstorms.

A NASA satellite that was designed to monitor deep convective clouds has detected about 6,000 of them every day. Says George Aumann, a climate scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. He and Joao Teixeira have gathered five years of data from this satellite. They reported that such rainfall-producing clouds are more frequent over areas where ocean temperatures are warm.

Every 1 degree Celsius temperature increase causes a 45% increase in how quickly the thunderhead clouds form. Right now the temperature is rising at about 0.13 degrees Celsius every decade or so.

Right now the clouds cover only 1% of the earth’s tropical oceans, but don’t let’s this be a relief to you because these storms are very extreme and harmful to our earth’s people.

Do you think there may be any ways we could stop the temperature of our oceans from rising or no? Do you think that these storms will affect where we live? If yes how so?

Mosquitos make a love call when in the mood

By 2BrittanyA. Alright, so us at Mazama high school fill out a quiz type thing and send it to some crazy place to see who we are compatible with, right? Well mosquitos use their own way of finding their mates. Using their wings they make a certain high-pitched sound and listen for a partner with the same pitch and presto they’ve got them a mate! A female’s come-and-get-me buzz is absolutely irresistible for the males and as fast as they can they are on that female like a stink on a turd. What’s even more nuts is that female mosquitos we’re thought to be deaf! Discovering this love-call that mosquitos do could help scientists find a way to stop mosquito reproduction. No more itchy scratchy while we’re trying to enjoy our summers! Not only would we be able to enjoy our summers but stopping their reproduction would stop all the diseases being spread because of them. “You’re not going to be able to hear the harmonic until you’re really close. It’s like whispering sweet nothings,” says Hoy. This “acoustical interactivity” as Hoy calls it, could be the next step to solving mosquito reproduction. If you had a mating call what do you think it would be? Do you think your mate would have the exact same call? Or do you even think you would have a mate with the same call?

Who’s Going To Win Super Bowl XLIII (43)

This post is NOT for points and comments made to it are also not for points - but it still can be fun to see what the class thinks?

Who will take home the Champion Chip of Super Bowl 43? Could it be the Arizona Cardinals or Pittsburgh Steelers? The Pittsburgh Steelers know a lot about the Super Bowl, having six previous appearances and won five of the titles. The Arizona Cardinals are new to the big stage, but they’ve won three playoff games in decisive fashion to reach Tampa. Who has an edge in this upcoming game? The Passing Game Who’s got the edge at QB in this one? That’s a tough one. Both Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger have won Super Bowls and enter this year’s showdown playing at the top of their games. By leading Arizona to a conference championship and its first Super Bowl, Kurt Warner becomes the third quarterback to play in Super Bowls at least seven years apart (Craig Morton and John Elway are the other too). He’s 7-2 in postseason games. So is Roethlisberger. As strong a few weeks as Big Ben’s had, Warner’s in an altogether different zone. It will take a big effort from the Pittsburgh D to put the clamps on him and Larry Fitzgerald. EDGE: ARIZONA Running Game The NFL is funny sometimes. For all those monster statistical seasons Edgerrin James had in Indianapolis, he never made it to a Super Bowl. Yet, here he is an older and slower, starting in the Super Bowl with the Arizona Cardinals. Considering James reportedly asked Arizona management to be released at the end of the season prior to this playoff run, it’s even more amazing to consider No. 32 lining up in the backfield in Tampa two weeks from now. Alas, Arizona’s a passing squad first and foremost. Though James, Tim Hightower and J.J. Arrington have more than carried the load this postseason, Willie Parker, Mewelde Moore and the suddenly solid Pittsburgh offensive line get the edge in this match-up. EDGE: PITTSBURGH The Defense The Cardinals have scored more than 30 points in all three of their playoff games. The Pittsburgh D gave up 30 points once all season — to the Titans in Week 16. What happens when lightning clashes with thunder? I’m not a meteorologist, so I have no idea, but that’ll be the question on Feb.1st Can the No. 1-ranked Pittsburgh D suffocate an offense that’s been tearing up one top defense after another? We’ll see. As for the Arizona D, it’s been relentless over the past three weeks. Based on the entire season, Pittsburgh’s gets the edge. EDGE: PITTSBURGH Special Teams Mitch Berger had a horrendous AFC Championship game and the Ravens had a few good punt returns. Jeff Reed’s a Super Bowl champion kicker who seems to never miss in the clutch. Arizona, however, should have the edge in the special teams’ game in this one. EDGE: ARIZONA The Experience Aside from Warner, the only Arizona Cardinals player to ever start in a Super Bowl is Cornerback Rod Hood, who saw action for the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. Two guys with real Super Bowl experience that’s it! This is fresh and new for all of the Cardinals. Edgerrin played in several AFC Championship games with Indianapolis, but never made the Big Show. Meanwhile, the Steelers are downright loaded with Super Bowl veterans. If Super Bowl experience means anything, Pittsburgh has an enormous edge. EDGE: PITTSBURGH Arizona: Passing and the Special Teams Pittsburgh: Running, Defense and the Experience Who do you think will win Super Bowl 43?

Do you like watching Football or playing it? What’s your favorite football team? By: 3Spencer B

What is Music Worth When You Can’t Hear?

                   By: 3David E

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            Does it ever bother you when you have to repeat everything you say so people can understand? How about having to yell when the person is right in front of you? Well it’s a proven fact that enough exposure to loud noises can permanently damage someone’s hearing. The most common cause of hearing loss is exposure to loud sounds. Loss of hearing is caused when inner ear hair cells that make sound waves into nerve impulses are damaged. And with modern upgrades in stereos and headphones people are able to enjoy their music at a dangerous level. High pitched sounds normally do more damage than other noises. Without giving your ears time to rest it doesn’t take much to damage your hearing. I decided to write about this topic because I personally know several people who have problems with hearing from listening to loud music. Preventing this is very simple though. If you have to raise your voice to be heard from a few feet away you should probably leave the room. If someone else can hear you headphones it’s too loud and dangerous for your ears. http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/hearing/hear4688.html.

            Now of course hearing is always affected with age. Being careful and protecting your ears can increase the time it takes for your hearing to go though. Hearing loss becomes more permanent after repeated exposure to loud noises. The government requires companies with loud environments to give their employees earmuffs or earplugs to protect their hearing.

            Now it may just be me but it seems like a dumb sacrifice, losing your hearing just to listen to your music a little louder. Wearing earplugs, when dealing with loud sounds, is a very effective way to protect your hearing. Also having regular hearing test with your doctor is a good way to keep up on your hearing. Maybe it’s a study to look for in the near future.    

            Do you think scientist will create something that will heal hearing problems? What about genetically altering people’s ears so they’re stronger? Do you think hearing problems will grow in the near future, why or why not? Tell me what you think.

Have you ever wondered why he/she is just not that in to you?

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Well scientist believe that we as humans make certain decisions for a reason like not dating that one guy or girl because they don’t match their standerds, or as scientist like to call it the “game theory” as explained or said by UCL (University College London), University of Warwick and LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science.

They are Pretty much saying that when were done with the game, all we want to do is settle down with Mr. or Mrs. Right and hopefully not end up With Mr. or Mrs. wrong…The study looks for evolutionarily stable equilibrium behaviors,in which females are doing as well as they can against male behavior and males are doing as well as they can against female behavior. Meaning that a “good” father figure can stay longer than one of “bad” Father figure, but that also means’ that when the “bad” father figure can’t handle well later in the game theory that once not such a good choice of man could once be a great man of his fatherhood.

 Professor Robert Seymour, UCL Mathematics, says: “Courtship in a number of animals species occurs over an extended period of time. Human courtship, for example, an involve a sequence of dinners, theatre trips and other outings lasting months or even years.” so he is saying that we like to be taken place and treated with great deal and I guess that’s just how us women find out who our soul mate is,and also we women like to be going out for some time and not just decide right when and where we are going to have the mate.

Dr Peter Sozou, Warwick Medical School and LSE Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, says: “From a female’s point of view, males are not all equal. A female would like to mate with a good male, but cannot tell a male’s type from his appearance alone, but we have such a hard time trying to screen the bad male out that is where long term relationships comes from a woman’s good friend on deciding if he is just right. most guys just want to get in and out but thank goodness for the long term relationship but most guys if they are willing to stick with the woman than they are getting the prize of being with her.

The bad father figure will just give up and have no time with the lovely lady but in the end the good father figure will end up with her because he was able to stick with her through think and thin, and most of the time it is a compromise for the woman and the man they both get what they want from each other.

So my question to you is do you believe this is all true or do just think what ever happens for a reason? girls do you believe everything I just wrote about or do you think it is a hokes and is just not real or do you believe it is? and guys is it true that if you guys just don’t get what you want right away do you really give up that easy?

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Feral Cats, Rabbits, and Seabirds???

 2Penny R.           http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_rabbit_infestation 

On the famous island of Macquarie, researchers report that they tried to remove the foreign feral cats that were endangering the so called 3.5 million, majestic, and in some cases endangered species, of native seabirds. However for the last decade or so, they (Parks &Wildlife of Tasmania), didn’t expect the devastation and consequences of the rabbit population increasing and in turn causing destruction of vegetation that the birds ultimately depend on for cover. Although they did however think that the risk was worth it, but instead obviously showed what happened when you do not put enough thought into something that deals with the ecosystem.

What do you think about “managing” wildlife? Can you think of any examples locally that is a success or failure of wildlife or ecosystem management?

Language, genetic…or not

by 4 Tyler G    Link

Studies by university college of London suggest that language was not genetic, but cultural. They used the Baldwin theory, which states that if something is learn over a life time, it will start to become part of the genetic code. Over several generations the learned trait will take less time to develop. And eventually it will develop without learning it, in the womb because it has become genetic. An example of this is the ostrich which has calluses on its legs and sterna that may have been from by being rubbed on the ground. And natural selection favored the ostrich that could develop the calluses fastest. And it was found in the womb.

 They used this theory to support their own, that if language is a genetic module, then it could evolve to make some languages unspeakable to some racial groups. The native Australasian group has been genetically isolated for 50,000 years, and so they should be unable to speak languages like English and French, yet they can learn these languages.

Do you think that language is a genetic evolution? Or is it a cultural development? Can it be both?   

Trust… Broken In the Beginning… And Never Really Fixed

 By: 4 Emily B. 

 We all go through it; whether it is a friend stabbing us in the back or a girlfriend/boyfriend cheating, or even someone we trust lying to us to try to save themselves, but why do we forgive some people with almost no problem and never forgive someone else even if they do the exact same thing? This is exactly what researchers for Science Daily set out to discover. They set out to find this answer by having over a hundred college students play a game they invented, “Prisoner’s Dilemma”. Two players in the game were to decide separately and privately on whether they were going to cooperate with each other or defect against each other for a cash reward (they got $24 if they cooperated, $12 if they both defect each other, and if only one defected against the other they got $30 while their partner got $6). The game was designed to see if when trust is broken makes a difference to how easily it can be regained. They had the college students play this game on the computer telling them they were networked to another student somewhere else. What they did not know was they were actually playing against the computer, which was programmed to do defect against the students at different times to test how much the college student trusted their “partner” on the other side. Some of the computers were programmed to defect against the student within the first 2 rounds of the game while others were programmed to defect in the 6th or 7th round some even later. No matter how late or early in the game after the defect the computer must cooperate for 30 rounds ignoring everything the participant did. The student was also notified when there were only 10 rounds left in the entire game. This is because the student could defect against the computer and since there was not much time left they did not have to worry about revenge being taken. Photo #2’s Source When the researchers looked at the results, they noticed in the final 10 rounds that the participants who’s “partner” breached the trust within the first few rounds cooperated less than 70 percent of the time. While with the participants who’s “partners” did not breach the trust until later in the game cooperated over 90 percent of the time, which was actually more than with the few computers designed to cooperate every single round. In all the experiments, except the ones where the computer cooperated every time, the computer only defected twice and cooperated over 30 times. They also had each student take a quiz after the game was finished. The results showed that when the trust was broken earlier the participant trusted their “partner” less than when the trust was broken later in the game. Even though there was the same amount of breaches in either case. So next time your trying to make a first impression on someone make a good one because that first impression makes more a difference than you may think. Also when in a new relationship, whether it be girlfriend/boyfriend relationship or just a friendship, take special care to earn the trust of that person so that when things do happen later on it’s easier to mend; forgive and forget.

Have you ever judged someone strictly on the first impression and it was such a strong one that it never changed? What do you think is the most important thing to do when starting a new relationship? Why do you think that when trust is broken early in a relationship it’s harder to mend then when it’s broken later on?

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carbon dating undercuts evolutions long ages

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creation science local school district

by 2 Gary R

If you didn’t watch this video I will give you a sort of run down of what is explained and learned from it. It explained that you can teach creationism and evolution both as theories. It speaks of that you can teach both and teach it as a controversy between each other.

It is wrong that the state and school boards give so much power to the evolutionist theory. Evolution is a theory not a fact. So why do they teach it in school? Why are people so one sided on this subject? Why can’t you teach the theory of creationism along with evolution? Giving the facts and calling out questionable facts of both? I think it is wrong to teach people who are completely against the evolution theory of how this earth and the things on it came to be. The school district has an obligation and a duty to provide both sides of the debate. And people like me and my fellow class mates have a right to get both sides instead of getting fed the theory of evolution. In fact in the past I have even had teachers try and teach me evolution as a fact. It is becoming less and less that teacher focus on the fact evolution is only a theory. And it should be treated as a theory. Teachers should have to teach differing points along side with evolution. I am not saying you should quit teaching evolution. I believe you should teach evolution but only as a theory. I believe people should have a choice what to believe for themselves. Instead of being told evolution is right all through there lives until evolution is so pounded in they can’t accept the fact there are other possibilities. To deny students of other viewpoint is denying them of choice.

Evolutionists will say look at the facts but with all of those “facts” they try and throw at us there is always room for error. Take the example of pangea. A divine creator could have set up the earth like that. Take carbon dating. People say that is a true when different bones can age at different speeds and have different effects. There are too many chances in evolution. They will tell you that the earth is billions of years old. And they will also tell you that the sun is burning out and one day it will. But if that is true for the sun to burn out in those millions of years it would have had to have started out huge. And if it has been that huge the earth would be a solid rock unable to sustain life. And look at your body think about the fact that your heart was placed behind the safety of your ribcage and your teeth were designed perfectly to protect the inside of you mouth and are made so well to chew up food. Think about all of the complexities of your eye and how it gives you the clarity to see. Think about all of the what ifs and chance in evolution. Wouldn’t it be likely that a divine creator designed your body that way? Another point before I close this up, when you breed a horse you get a horse. When you breed a rabbit you get a rabbit, but when you breed a rabbit you do not get a horse.   But if you breed a monkey over years you get a human? Monkeys breed monkeys humans breed humans and that is the bottom line. With all of this unexplained they harbor this theory and teach it in school. Why would you want to be taught this when it is not a fact? There is so much unexplained about it. Just like there is a lot of faith in believing creationism. But if they are going to teach one isn’t it only fair to teach the other?  

Please comment on this post. I am interested to hear what the reader thought about it and get a little bit of feedback on this matter. The bottom line in this is evolution is a theory not a fact. And you should have to teach it along side of creationism. I know there is a question that can be drawn in bother of these theories but why should you be told one theory and not the other.

Elephants in the wild live longer:

By: Rachel Saylor 2

  A study recently done shows that elephants born and raised in zoo’s have much shorter lives than elephants living in the wild. Scientist have found that elephants living in zoos often suffer from bad health. Some of them have developed diseases, joint problems and have changes in their behaviors. Some female elephants even become unable to have babies. A team of scientists compared the life span of the female elephants that were born in zoos to female elephants living outdoors in their native lands. The team found that elephants born in zoos lived an average of 16.9 years and the elephants who were born in the wild that died of nature causes lived for 56 years. Thats more than three times as long! Scientist don’t know why wild elephants are so much healthier and live for so much longer than elephants that live in the zoo. A biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who led the study, thinks that stress and obesity had a big part of it. Elephants who live in the wild get more exercise than those in the zoo. They also lead very different life’s. Why do you think that wild elephants seem to live so much longer than those who live in zoos? Why do you think that those who live in the zoo have so many more health problems?