Making mice enhanced colored vision

On march 23 2007, researches at John Hopkins school of medicine found mice expressing a human light receptor. In addition to their own can make new light vision. This is a sign that the brain can adapt far more rapidly to new sensory then anticipated. This work also suggests when a the first primate inherited a newe type of photoreceptor more then 40 million years ago. It probably experienced immediate color inhancement, which may have allowed this trait to spread quickly. They did this research to see if they can make an organism have colored vision.

http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/29512/Making_mice_with_enhanced_color_vision.html

Lost Extra Credit

I watched the show Lost and found out how it relates to science. Lost has many types of organisms in the show. For example it has a cow and plants for producers. Also for consumers their are humans and a cat. Lastly there are many decomposers on the island. For example their are many types of bugs, mosquitos, and flys. Those are some reasons how the tv show Lost relates to science.

Consumer

I learned about consumers, A consumer can't make its own food. It depends on producers to get food for them or it eats the producer. A consumer is a scavenger. One interesting fact is consumers usually get their food by eating other organisms. Another interesting fact Humans are consumers and so are most animals.

http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/glossary.htm

Habbitat

I learned in class about habitats, a habitat is where an organism lives. Each type of organism has a diffrent habitat. It provides everything you need to live. One interesting fact is Animals need the same thing to live so they live in the places that have them. Another interesting fact is Every organism has a unique habitat that provides for its needs. Organisms that live in the same area and share the resources form a community. There are a lot of diffrent habitats, but they all provide the varity things an organism needs.

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep5.htm

Life on Jupiter?

While Nasa and the European space agency are looking for life on Mars. A determined core of scientist are lobbying for equal attention to a place they think can have life on it, Jupitors moon Europa. "Because of the well supported presence of water ice on Europa, Also the probability it has oceans. Europa can hold life on it," said Jere H. Lipps. Lipps took up the issue with 3 other scientist on sunday febuary 18 2007, at the annual meeting of American Association for the advancment of science in San Francisco. Lipps reviewed what they know about Europa and focased on the problems that needed to be solved before they search it for life. With years of experience studying Antartica Lipps knows where organisms can live on Europa. Lipps proposed 25 likely spots where organisms can live on Europa. He doesn't think life on the icy moon would be like ice on Earth. Lipps also noted the surface can be intense enough to kill an Earth like life. Lipps said we can have a spacecraft on Europa in 15 years we know where life can be. Now its up to Nasa engineers to determen when and how we get there.
http:/www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/29018/lookingforlifeonjupitorsicymoonEuropa.html

Can Choclate make you smarter?

On febuary 18 2007 Mars Inc. discovered that choclate can make you smarter. Scientists found flavonals in the cocoa of that choclate that increases your blood flow to the brain. This will help you rember things better for 2 to 3 hours.

http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/2yh/article.aspx?storyid=800365cdr74eddfec

cloning

January 8 2001 Cell Technology Inc. anounced a baby bull gaur named Noah was the first endangered species to be cloned. They cloned Noah to try to save endangered species from going extinct. Unfortanently Noah died from a disease not related to the process. Although this experiment deminstrated that it is possible to save endangered species by cloning.


Howstuffworks, Inc.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cloning.htm