Canadian Meteor Found (Sorry T.L.)

Here is the graduate student who got to Saskatchewan ahead of our own ambitious and intrepid explorer, T.L.


Read the full story including the original pictures or the Associated Press story about a University of Calgary graduate student, Ellen Milley and her teacher, Alan Hildebrand who found several meteor fragments near the Battle River along Alberta-Saskatchewan border, near the city of Lloydminster late Thursday.




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Well, it would have been a long drive for T.L. anyway.
Zoom the map to see that the largest American city is Great Falls, MT.

So should we be afraid of meteors? Cornell University's Astronomy department says not to worry.
In the 4th paragraph they refer to the K-T event . Can you tell me what that is?

Canada Meteor Strikes

The video of the meteor flashing across the Canadian sky really sparked a lot of interest.

(Get it SPARKED!!)

Check out this CTV (Canada TV) website with about 5 videos to watch and a map of the HUGE area where it might have landed. Then check out the $10,000 REWARD for finding a one Kilogram chunk.

OK can't get away for a trip to Saskatchewan. (Thanksgiving with relatives, huh!) then check out these craters or get curious and find out the difference between meteors, meteorites and meteoroids. ...and when is the next meteor shower anyway? Will the moon be full that night making it too bright to see the meteors?

So what do you think?

Oh I had to hide the comments, so just email me if you have a comment.

Reading Books Linked to Weight Loss

Recently in society many girls are concentrated on being popular, looking thin, wearing the newest clothes, and their social status. In addition to this, many books and television shows such as "Clique" and "Gossip Girl are advertising towards girls and pretty much saying that in order to be "cool or popular" you need obtain those qualities. This is resulting in a loss of self-esteem with many girls, eating disorders, and girls doing anything to obtain the unrealistic image presented in magazines, books, and TV.
Studies are proving that a series of books for teenage girls that center their attention on real-life situations, weight problems, alcohol, and divorce actually can improve the mental state for many girls and also lead to healthy weight loss and self-esteem boosts. The series, Beacon Street Girls, helped many over weight girls lose weight by exercising and promoting healthy eating habits. Researchers realized that reading can make a difference in a girl's health. Even though by reading a book you don't actually lose weight, it can prevent you from snacking and sitting in front of the TV.
Reading books that send the right messages to girls and discuss many issues that they might be facing more positively affects them and leads them towards making right decisions and a healthy life. Girls can more easily cope when reading books filled with advice and positive messages. Not only do book series like Beacon Street Girls present positive messages, but also provides something for girls to do other than making unhealthy choices like constantly snacking and sitting around.

A.M.

Sick Bats

White-Nose Syndrome

New England bats are in very bad danger right now because of the white-nose syndrome. The white-nose syndrome is a syndrome that turns a bat's nose a white fuzzy color. This is a fungus and it is deadly to the bat population. This syndrome occurs when the bat is hibernating in the winter, and the bat's core temperature goes above a few degrees of the temperature of the cave they hibernate in. This fungus is attacking 6 of the different species of bats in New England including the rare Indiana bat and the common brown bat. It occurs to the bats that hibernate deep in caves where it is very dark, damp, and cold. On average, Caves that are struck by this syndrome lose 80 – 100% of the bat population.

"The bat community is alarmed," says Marianne Moore of Boston University, who studies bat immunology. The bat population is dropping fast and the scientists don't know what to do. Identifying the fungus wasn't easy because they didn't have the right conditions for the fungus to live in. Finally, after many tries they found the right combination of temperature and living conditions. The bats that are affected have a heart beat of 4 beats per minutes and are very cold inside.

This fungus doesn't affect humans because our noses are too warm and move too much that the fungus can't live. Human noses breath air into and out of the body to keep people alive. If our noses didn't move and were extremely cold then maybe we could catch this fungus. The question is will this fungus go away or will the bat population die off?

By: M.B.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38207/title/Bat_syndromes_telltale_white_nose-mold_new_to_science

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