The Perfect French Fry

I'd say McDonalds french fries are the best..but covered in salt and other fatty ingrediants.. like catsup. the Wendy's french fries are too soggy and what not, and Burger King's are okay. we love the curly fries from arbys a lot tho... specially with arbys sauce. YAAAAAY ARBYS SAUCE! i say french fries shouldn't be fortified...but maybe we should add lipitor to them so it lowers ur cholosterol at the same time.

Danny & Patrick

Primate memory showdown

We chose this article because it is awesome that chimpanzee's memories can be as complex or even more complex than ours. In a task that challenged memories of college student in Japan and a chimpanzee named Ayumu numbers flashed across a computer screen for just a fraction of a second, then they would disappear and the test subject would have to put the white squares that were in place of the numbers in numerical order. In the first test the test subject had 650 milliseconds (about 2/3 of a second) to memorize the numbers on the screen. The student usually got about 80% correct but so did the genius monkey Ayumu. In the second test they had even less time. All subjects had only 210 milliseconds to memorize the numbers. In response the students only got an average of about 40% while the monkey still got an average of 80%. Are monkeys smarter than humans or was it because of the monkeys age that he got such a score. Studies show that younger children sometimes have photographic memory but lose it over time.
From this article we figured monkey's brains are close to ours in knowledge.

http://www.scienceforkids.com/articles/20071212/Note3.asp

by: Tyler and Sonny

CHEWING GUM!!!! Sugary Treat or Brain Power?

What do you think? People have been chewing gum for thousands of years. Some scientists are beginning to believe that chewing gum may be good for your health and raise test scores. Companies are also expirementing adding substances to the gum that could cure sicknesses and deminish headaches. Gumballs may be a better to deliver medicine rather than pills. Each American chews about 1.8 pounds of gum per year! Chewing gum after meals may even halp prevent cavities. It also decreases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other serious diseases. Chewing gum also increases blood flow (blood carries oxygen) which helps fuel blood cells. Many people do better on memory tests while chewing gum. Some manufacturers are creating gum that has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee but takes effect in just a few minutes. Chew with caution to much chewing can damage the jaw joint! This is chewing gum from the magnificent trio!

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070404/Feature1.asp

By Hailey,Alex,Mattie

Summary of Gigantical Smelly Rafflesia Flower

What do you think of when you think of flowers? Does rotten flesh come to mind? Didn't think so! Now it will.

Have you ever heard of the Rafflesia flower? It's the worlds largest flower. It can weigh up to 15lbs and become as wide as 3 feet. The buds are the size of basketballs. Ginormous!!!!!

Do you think of a radiently beautiful smell when we say flower? Well, think again! The Rafflesia is said to smell like ROTTEN FLESH!!! EEWWIIEE! It's hard to believe that it may be related to the beautiful poinsettia flower! That's what this article is actually about. Scientists are trying to find a family for the Rafflesia, and scientists have found that the vile plant is in the same family as the pointsettia, and also the castor beans.

Rafflesias have evolved into parasites. The do not have roots or leaves and they live off of another plant that is part of the grapevine fam. Dude, that's CRAZY WEIRD!!!! LOL!!!!!

BY: SOOPER STEPH AND LOONEY LACEY
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070117/Note3.a

summary of long nose, hopeful future

The sawfish got its name from its body shape, but u can get its nose from eBay. Even though they are becoming endangered, the numbers are still going down. Sawfish are caught in fishing nets and reproduce slowly. They can grow up to 6 meters with sharp dagerlike teeth. A sawfish starts reproducing at the age of 10. They give birth in shallow water in springtime. There's only about 3,000 to 6,000 left in the U.S. Until 1998 this fish has not been studied, scientist didn't know the basic information about it. Where it lives, what its habbitat is like and how often they reproduce, or what age sawfish are when they reproduce. There are nearly 90 percent less then there use to be. It looks like a guitar. LOL!

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070822/Note3.asp

Shelby and Lindsey

invisiblity ring

The invisibility ring is a carefully cafted ring that scientist that have developed that prevents microwaves from reflecting off of it. When microwaves approach the ring they penetrate the first layer. The waves then proceed to move around the inside of the ring, while passing through its layers. The microwaves then exit the ring on theexact same path that they entered the ring in. It never passes through the center ring, so the ring and object inside the ring are pratically invisible exept the ligt yellow shadow casted by it. The ring does not work with the waves that human eyes pick up, but it is the first step in a future of invisibility.

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20061025/Note3.asp

By: Nathan and Matt

Polar Bears in Trouble

Because polar bears go North for the winter to hunt for seals, instead of hibernating like most bears, they are forced to have their young on ice. But since global warming has been getting increasingly worse, there is less ice. Usually, polar bears have their young on ice pieces that float out to sea. A study done by U.S.G.S's scientists showed that from 1985 to 1994, 62% of the dens were floating out to sea. But from 1998 to 2004, only 37% were floating out to sea. That's almost reduced by half! Over the past 30 years, the amount of ice in the Arctic had decreased by 27%. Scientists at U.S.G.S. say that they are scared for the poplation of polar bears because they are worried that more and more mother polar bears will have their young are shaky ice and so if they fall through the ice then they would freeze do death causing the population to decrease.

By: Amber and Gennivie

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070725/Note3.asp

Summeray Of Instant Messaging!

Frankie:Yey g2g
Jack: kk
Frankie: ttyl
Frankie: g2g sound check.
Jack:Okie dokie!
Frankie: :)


Do you like texting and IMing? From now since 400 years ago the way we talk has changed A LOT! Researchers have a new name for texing, messaging and e-mail. they call it computer-mediated communication, or CMC. Language shortcuts such as ttyl ( which means talk to you later) obviouly have no place in school assignments. But there are competitions that have exceptions with poetry. Students usually pay more attention to what they say in IMing then in papers for grading. Men tend to write in short sentences, and women usually write in complete sentences. New technologies open up many communication possiblities in the future.

By Emily, Patricia, and Leah :)

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20050330/Feature1.asp

The shape of the internet.

Internet is good for connecting people. Good examples are people that a person posting something could live in a specific city and the editors could live across the country, and people could read it from across the world. People think the idea is simple but it isn't. Until now, scientists have had a hard time mapping the structure of the internet. The internet started almost by accident in the 1960's and the 1970's. The internet grew as other internet sites added their internet systems to the structure. Researchers have tried to understand the shape of the internet before but failed. They used to send packages of information to specific destinations. Recently scientist's were able to send probes from only a small number of sites. With limited numbers of starting points the probes stayed close to home. This has been sucha big problem that "there was a growing opinion before [the new] study that you really couldn't measure the internet" says Scott Kirkpatrick of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Kirkpatrick and his colleagues found a way. They enlisted volunteers to help them send probes from more than 12,000 computers around the world. The widespread method revealed three layers within the internet. At the core of the virtual jellyfish there are about 100 of the most tightly connected subnetworks. These include some subnetworks you've probably heard of, such as google. Because 80 percent of subnetworks can reach each other without going through the core, the new map suggests that the internet is less vulnerable than scientists previously thought. Attacks or outages to any one part of the internet probably wouldn't take the system down.

By Billy and David!

Summary of " Penguins transportation inspiration!"

Penguins can swin in water faster than 10 miles per hour. Also they can switch positions and leap onto shore with one smooth movement. Penguins are inspiring engineers to find better ways for propelling boats. Propellers let ships and boats travel relatively straight line over great distances. Today they are trying to design vessels that can do a lot more than just that. They wish to invent boats that are able to withstand horrible conditions that could shatter any other boat. They are working on boats that can maneuver quickley through tight spaces. They are looking for boats that can predict currents or waves and respond in a split second to hold their position. Penguins flippers are a great start.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20040915/Feature1.asp
Alyssa and Shealynn

Superbig supernova bomb blog

A long long time ago in a galaxy 240,000,000 light years away the largest star on record exploded when it lost all of it fuel.
It was called SN 2006gy it was 150 times the size of our sun.In just 2 months it emitted more radiation then our sun will ever emit. The explosion produced more light then the galaxy it came from. Because of the stars unusually large size the accepted theory of star death doesn't work. In this case it seems that the stars core was unusually hot. They suppose that the heat caused the gamma rays within the core to destroy each other. Gamma rays are the only things that hold the star together so there destruction caused the explosion.

Kyle and Eli

MoNsTeR bLaCk HoLeS

black holes have attracted kids for a long time. they are very dense and suck stuff in it. Black holes are a collapesd super star. Scientists have found a steller black hole with 15.65 times the our sun. Yet another team has found another larger black hole
The scientists' calculations showed that the compact star is 15.65 times as massive as our sun. With that much mass, it must be a black hole. In fact, it is the heaviest stellar black hole that has ever been accurately measured. The scientists estimate that the star that produced it was originally 100 times as massive as the sun.On the basis of their observations, the scientists calculated that the compact body is a black hole that is 25 to 34 times as massive as the sun.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20071031/Note3.asp

BY TuCk-tUcK aNd CoLtEr

summery of a Dino King's Ancestor

This article claims that the Tyrannnosaurus was not the first large meat-eating dinosaur of its kind. Remains of the Guanlong Wucaii, in Northwest china was discovered. It is one of the oldest known dinosaur in the Tyrannosaur family. This species lived 160 million years ago, and it names means "Crowned Dragon. This Dinosaur was only 3 meters long(9.8 feet) long, had a 6-centimeter-tall crest that ran on the top of this dinosaurs snout, this crest was not connected to the dinosaurs nose or not useful for fighting but a sign adulthood and a way of showing the animals if they where male or female. Scientists believe know that the Tyrannosaurus was evolved from the small, meat eating dinosaurs called coelurosaurs. This article was interesting to us because it tells that the Tyrannosaurus was not the first of its kind.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20060215/Note2.asp
by:
Steven and CJ

Saving african wild dogs

I chose this blog because i like animals. I learned that a century ago there was over 500,000 painted dogs that lived throughtout Africa. Today scientist know of about only 2,500 live in four countries. South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. I also learned that scientist used a small land rover to follow the dogs. They learned that a tipical painted dog travels 30 miles a day. The dogs travel in packs lead by one male and one female. People started hunting and running them over because people thought that the dogs attacked farm animals.
By: Tommy & Jacob
Check it out here!
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20060830/Feature1.asp

Summery of Robots on a Rocky Road

We chose this artricle because it looked like a interesting articl to read. Our article was about vehicles that can travel 142 across the desert between L.A. and Las Vegas. There are no drivers in these cars but they are controlled by a robot. After 4 hours of the race all the viehicles had crashed. All of which included stalling, fires, and leaking oil. None of the machine came close to finishing. That was the first try so nobody expected perfection. The best thing about trying these robots is that we could use these things to replace people war and other dangerous situations. By the year 2015, the cogress has ordered the army to replace at least 1/3 of the vehicles with these robots. Over all we liked this article because we like learning about something diferent once in a while.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20040421/Feature1.asp


Zack & Shale

summary of noisy boats may bother orcas

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20040505/Note2.asp
Sound travels long distances underwater. Plus a lot of sonic action, especially from boat action. Orcas are changing their calls to adapt to the noise boat of engines. The researchers are studying 3 pods and their calls. The first pods call sounds like a train whistle the second sounds like a mewing kitten the third sounds like a slide whistle. Pods these unique calls to communicate among themselves over half the time. The researchers studied orca calls from three time periods the most recent which was taken in 2003 in which the calls where 15% longer when boats where present. In the last decade whale watching tours have increased 5 times what they used to be. Researchers fear that this is harming the orcas. The population of ocars has been shrinking seen 1996. We picked this bog because Derik likes whales, and for my self , Brian, i want to become a marine biologist. This was very interesting and I think that something will be done to save these animals.
By:Brian and Derik

The Perfect French Fry! :]

McDonalds-style, straight, skinny, golden brown, or curly fries. These are the many styles of fries! yo. French fries come in all sorts of shapes, flavors, & sizes! This may seem silly but people can spend more than 75 billion dollars on fried foods every year. To put this in the nicest way possible, the more fried foods Americans eat, the fatter they get! No wonder America is know as the "fattest country"! =] Two teenagers got fat and were inraged, so they tried sewing McDonalds (good luck with that). Let's just say they didn't win!
The "PERFECT" fry, is it out there!? Well we are trying! Scientists are striking a balance of fries with flavor, texture, and nutrition. Basically, what McDonalds is doing right now is it uses pre-fried and frozen fries, then when needed, fried again! Kinda Gross!!!!???? Well scientists are trying to decrease the intake in oil! A LOT! Fries arn't to bad, just try to take it easy, and don't make America FATTER!

Lacie & Nicole

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20030723/Feature1.asp

Copycat Monkeys

A study was done including 21 macaques. That were tested 5 times on sticking out their tounge, opening the mouth, smacking the lips, opening a hand, and spinning a face sized colored disk. At 3 days old 13 out of 16 macaques smacked their lips and stuck out their tounge. They didn't copy any other behavior.At 7 days 4 of the monkeys were still smacking their lips.
After 14 days none of them did any imitating.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20060913/Note2.asp
"Monkey see monkey do seems to be true." E.Sohn

By Hope!, Ciana :), and Andrea

summary of noisy boats may bother orcas

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20040505/Note2.asp
Sound travels long distances underwater. Plus a lot of sonic action, especially from boat action. Orcas are changing their calls to adapt to the noise boat of engines. The researchers are studying 3 pods and their calls. The first pods call sounds like a train whistle the second sounds like a mewing kitten the third sounds like a slide whistle. Pods these unique calls to communicate among themselves over half the time. The researchers studied orca calls from three time periods the most recent which was taken in 2003 in which the calls where 15% longer when boats where present. In the last decade whale watching tours have increased 5 times what they used to be. Researchers fear that this is harming the orcas. The population of ocars has been shrinking seen 1996. We picked this bog because Derik likes whales, and for my self , Brian, i want to become a marine biologist. This was very interesting and I think that something will be done to save these animals.

sugar power for cell phone

Sugar might someday power electronic equipmeent as well as a battery. Scientists have found a new way to turn sugar into electricity. This process involves fuel cells. Instead of using precious metals as fuel cells reaserchers from saint louis univertiy replaced the metals with proteins called enzymes Which spark chemical reactions. The problem is that enzymes in fuel cells break down faster than they can be replaced. The reasearchers invented molecuels to wrap around an enzyme to protect it. Now the enzymes can last for months instead of days. Enzymes and sugar molecules together form an electrical current that could power electronic devices. As far as they know the fuel cells don't produce as much power as needed. The sugar eating fuel cells are good for the agriculture. They expect to be done in as little as three years.
www.sciencenewsforkids.com/20070425/Note3.asp
by: Garrett.w, Garrett.s