Scientific Literacy with Ms. Ghazarian 2015-16
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Mealworms chow down on plastic
Contributed by Casey
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/mealworms-chow-down-plastic
credit: Yu Yang
Monday, November 16, 2015
Fall Back? Why Daylight Saving Time Is So Confusing
Contributed by Kendra
http://www.livescience.com/52656-why-daylight-saving-time-is-confusing.html
Credit: Taiga /
Shutterstock
.com
Artificial Skin Could Give People with Prosthetics a Sense of Touch
Contributed by Will
http://www.livescience.com/52693-artificial-skin-creates-sensation.html
Credit: Bao Research Group, Stanford University
Dog-Size Rats Once Lived Alongside Humans
Contributed by Jocelyn
http://www.livescience.com/52757-giant-rats-fossils-found.html
Julien Louys, a paleontologist and research fellow at the Australian National University, compares a giant rat fossil jaw with a modern
rat's.
Credit: Stuart Hay, Australian National University
Mystery of Greenland's 'Disappearing Lakes' Solved
Contributed by Ava
http://www.livescience.com/51071-how-greenland-lakes-vanish.html
Credit: Laura A. Stevens
Ultrathin 'Invisibility Cloak' Can Match Any Background
Contributed by Mason Lee
http://www.livescience.com/52216-ultrathin-invisibility-cloak.html
Credit: Courtesy of Xiang Zhang group, Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley
Why 3D food printing is more than just a novelty — it’s the future of food
Contributed by Evan
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-food-printers-how-they-could-change-what-you-eat/#/21
credit: 3D Systems
A Microbiologist Recreated 'Starry Night' With Bacteria In A Petri Dish
Contributed by Ms. Ghazarian
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/agar-art-contest_56253e13e4b02f6a900d3d57
AGAR ART
by Melanie Sullivan of Missouri
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Real-Life 'Tractor Beam' Can Levitate Objects Using Sound Waves
Contributed by Will
http://stem-works.com/external/article/1399
Credit: Image courtesy of Asier Marzo, Bruce Drinkwater and Sriram Subramanian © 2015
Greenland Ice Sheet High Elevation: Not Melting Due to Soot or Carbon
Contributed by Sage
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/17929/20151102/greenland-ice-sheet-high-elevation-melting-due-soot-carbon.htm
Photo : Flickr: Kitty Terwolbeck
Bermuda Triangle: Where Facts Disappear
Contributed by Lauren
http://www.livescience.com/23435-bermuda-triangle.html
Credit: NOAA
How climate change created the modern dog
Contributed by Charlotte
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20150718184140.shtml
Source: Brown University
Key element of human language discovered in Australian bird
Contributed by Charlotte
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20150529212040.shtml
Source:
PLOS Biology
Sunscreen killing coral reefs
Contributed by Charlotte
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20150920172625.shtml
photo: Richard Ling
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