Science Current Event

I am doing a report for biology and we have to write a paper on a current science news article. Does anyone know anything that is going on in the news today relating to science? (anything from biology, to astronomy to technology) I am horrible at science, so anything can help. (websites with an interesting article, for example)

i have to write a report about a current event related to science, and i dont know what to write aboutt.
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If you have seen any articles lately that report on something that was done in a creative way, was written in a creative way, or could be said to show creativity in any other way, let me know:)

a description of the event
and why you chose that particular event?

I need to do lots current events {make up work} for my Political science class and answer these questions…
1. a summary of the event
2. how would it impact or change the political process
3. how would it affect the community

u dont have to answer the questions just give me some suggestions PLEASE!!
p.s i live in cali –it can be world wide news

Pass this message out to as many people as you can.Make me wonder why i haven’t heard about this on the news sounds like everyone would want this.

NEW YORK - On Sept. 11, Jacob Sundberg of San Antonio has pledged to make eye contact and smile at everyone he meets. Kaitlin Ulrich will bring goody baskets to the police and fire departments in and around Philadelphia. And 100 volunteers from New York – 9/11 firefighters and family members among them – are going to Groesbeck, Texas, to rebuild a house destroyed by a tornado last December.

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This is a minute sampling of the hundreds of thousands of people who have pledged to memorialize those killed on 9/11 by doing something good for others.

The heroic acts of all those killed trying to save others that September morning has spawned a growing grass-roots movement. The goal is to ensure that future generations remember not just the horror of the attacks, but also the extraordinary outpouring of humanity during the days, weeks, and months that followed.

“It was the worst possible day imaginable, and in some ways, a remarkable day, too, in the way in which people responded,” says David Paine, cofounder of myGoodDeed.org. “We need to rekindle the way we came together in the spirit of 9/11: It would be almost as much a tragedy to lose that lesson.”

Sept. 11 has inspired dozens of philanthropic efforts – from groups dedicated to building memorials to foundations designed to improve education in the Middle East. But myGoodDeed has a more universal goal: to turn 9/11 into a day dedicated to doing good – from small, simple things like Lisa Scheive’s pledge to help stranded turtles cross the road in Pompano Beach, Fla., to lifesaving efforts, such as John Feal’s decision in New York to donate one of his kidneys to help a seriously ill 9/11 worker.

The idea has been endorsed by members of Congress, and at myGoodDeed’s urging, President Bush for the first time this year included a call for volunteering in his annual 9/11 proclamation.

After major disasters, Americans have historically tapped a deep reserve of compassion and reached out to others. But in the months and years that follow, those compassionate and civic urges tend to recede. Studies at Harvard’s Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America found that in as few as five months after 9/11, most Americans had gone back to their daily lives and were not more engaged as they said they’d hoped to be. Part of the goal of turning 9/11 into a national day of service is to remind Americans of the inherent joy of giving and to hopefully spur volunteering and charitable acts throughout the year.

“I don’t know of any research that’s been done on one day of service, but studies have shown that people who do volunteering in high school are more likely to volunteer throughout their lives,” says Thomas Sander, executive director of the Saguaro Seminar.

The idea of turning 9/11 into a day of service, charity, and good deeds came from the family and friends of one man: Glenn Winuk, a volunteer fireman and lawyer who worked a block and a half from the World Trade Center. After he helped evacuate his Broadway law offices, he grabbed a medic’s bag and ran toward the smoke pouring from the South Tower. That’s where his remains were found after the towers fell. Mr. Paine and Glenn’s brother Jay had been friends for years. They decided that turning 9/11 into a day of service was best way to memorialize Glenn.

“It completely reflects the way my brother lived his life, and it also specifically reflects how he died,” says Mr. Winuk, myGoodDeed.org cofounder. “He laid his life on the line for other people that day.”

In 2002, Paine and Winuk sent e-mails to friends and family and suggested they do a good deed, such as donate a day’s pay on 9/11. Then the idea evolved, and they founded myGoodDeed.org. In 2004, 100,000 visited their website and pledged to do a good deed on 9/11. This year, those pledging number more than 250,000.

“A lot of people don’t know what to do on 9/11,” says Paine. “This hits people in their heart and their soul. It connects with something that’s fundamental.”

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I found this, apparently it came out of a G8 :

http://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/archive/current/joint-science-academies-statement-on-climate-protection-handed-over-to-chancellor-merkel

And it’s a document signed we could say by representatives of the entire scientific community. Stating clearly that it is their scientific view that there is strong evidence that global warming is happening and that it is caused by human activieties. What kind of people would rather believe in polititians than in scientists?

I am a biologist myself and can not help but feel scared not of global warming but of the attitude of people towards science. What is your view?
PS: I meant to say a G8 project
Donald good answer but did you read the document? This IS the majority of scientists in the WORLD. You can buy a couple of them to support anti GW but these guys are for real. The presidents of every single G8 country academy of science have come to this conclusion. What can be more scientificly credible than that?
Larry I question the credibility of your source. Heartland seems to be a political site rather than, say, a scientific journal? My source happens to be signed by the entire scientific community.. it doesn’t get a lot more credible than that.
I agree, the appropriate term is climate change as it is pointed out in this document. I made the mistake of using the popular term trying to reach a wider audience.
I apologize if I didn’t explain clearly why did I discount Heartland as a credible source, it looks political, therefore not scientific nor credible. I am aware there are sources other than that one that do have a scientific basis and they are welcome.
Kathy thank you for your answer. Can you specify which of the presidents asked for the removal? Gladly appreciate it.
And I might add as I previously said, you can buy a couple of them (or in this case one) but not the entire scientific community.
Kathy thank you for the valuable information. I can see there is a good amount of scientists who seem to be against the idea of humans causing climate change.

However, I’d like to point out the fact that the Oregon Petition you mention is mainly american. Their methods seem to have been questioned, even by Scientific American.

Of course this may be true for the G8 document too but isn’t it less likely since these are scientists of all over the world, unbiased (at least in theory)? Why don’t we see hundreds of scientists protesting against this document?

I need 2 articles in the news dealing with science and are up to date. thanks much.

Bangkok Sinking Under Rising Seas
Major Cities Around the World at Risk of Being Swamped
AP
Posted: 2007-10-21 14:20:26
Filed Under: Science News, World News
KHUN SAMUT CHIN, Thailand (Oct. 20) - At Bangkok’s watery gates, Buddhist monks cling to a shrinking spit of land around their temple as they wage war against the relentlessly rising sea. Jutting above the water line just ahead in the Gulf of Thailand are remnants of a village that has already slipped beneath the sea.

Experts say these waters, aided by sinking land, threaten to submerge Thailand’s sprawling capital of more than 7 million people within this century. Bangkok is one of many of the world’s largest cities at risk of being swamped as sea levels rise in coming decades, according to warnings at the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held here.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bangkok-sinking-under-rising-seas/20071020153809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

A Select Science Committee rated various legal and illegal drugs for harm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5230006.stm#drugs - considering this table, is there any logic to current prohibition of some drugs and encouragement to use others?