Blog #9

 The Europeans have an advanced system when it comes to being organized with Archives. In 2008 they developed the Europeana which allowed people to access digitized books, maps, paintings, newspapers and photographs. They look to enhance this system even more and add more books and maps to the equation. They are truly living in the digital age as they are taking text from as early as the 1500 and making them digital and accessible for the people to read.



PC World. "Europe Seeks to Grow Digital Archive"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/deals/?articleId=87044789&assetId=87044789&channelId=13551&buyerId=ChicagoTribune323355&buid=1&destination=1397&articleTemplateId=681&badgeTemplateId=10646&widgetClass=IDG-960&mcmp=

Blog #8

The Glaciers that cover the country of Greenland are melting at a rapid rate. It was suspected that the Glaciers would take thousands of years to melt but in the past few years they have noticed that the melting is happening at a much faster rate. It is just another sign of the Earth's temperature that has been rising at a pretty fast rate annually.

Gillis, Justin. "As Glaciers Melt."
           The New York Times. 13 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/science/earth/14ice.html?ref=science

Blog #7

 There is a discovery of a Jupiter-Size Planet with origins that stem back to our Milky Way Galaxy. The planet that is somewhat of a lookalike to Jupiter oribits a sun that is very old and is ending its life span soon. The distance from the star is a tenth of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Because of its closeness to the sun it is doubted that any life forms exist in this new planet.


Bhanoo, Sindya. "Across the Galaxy."
           The New York Times. 18 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23obplanet.html?ref=science

Blog #6

More new discoveries are being found in Outer Space. While the NASA aircraft was voyaging into Outer Space hundreds of tons of ice chunks were seen outside of Comet Hartley 2. These large ice particles are golf sized to basketball sized fluffy dry carbon dioxide. The particles were not being lifted off the surface by the sun but rather by carbon dioxide.


Chang, Kenneth. "Surprise at a Comet Visit."
           The New York Times. 18 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/science/space/19comet.html?ref=science

Blog #5 Scientific Illiteracy

Scientific Literacy is very important for society. Without a general knowledge of Science simple task become impossible and new discoveries become non occurring. Science is very important in the life we live in today. A life without science is a life without technology, medicines, motor vehicles. If it wasn't for the interest in Science throughout time blogs such as these would be non existent. Science Literacy is important so that you can understand issues that are seen daily in the news. It also helps you to have a better understanding of the world around you. Science Literacy is not knowing every single formula or every bit of history about the subject but it is having a basic understanding of general Scientific terms and principles.


"What we don't know does hurt us"
          Augstine, Norman March 13 1998
http://www.sciencemag.org/

"Why should you be Scientific Literate"
          Hazen, Robert, December 2002
www.actionbioscience.org

"The Importance of Science"
          Zain Da Pain, October 4, 2007
www.Scienceray.com

Blog #4

NASA is known  for putting the first man on the moon. NASA plans on now sending astronauts past the moon and deeper in to space. The bill that decided this was passed through Congress to make the United States space program more stable. They authorized NASA to have 58 billion dollars over the next three years to expand. The start of this new program will not begin until the fiscal year of 2011.

Chang, Kenneth. "NASA gets New Orders."
           The New York Times. 30 September 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/science/space/01nasa.html?_r=1&ref=science

Blog #3

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not plugged all the way until September 19th of this year. The amount that was spilled in the Gulf may have been more than expected. The temporary cap that was used 2 months ago that stopped some of the flow actually leaked out 4.4 million barells of oil. With this much more oil that has leaked it changes the overall number of how much oil really spilled in the incident. It will take years to fix the mess that has been caused by this spill.

Raloff, Janet "Gulf Spill Bigger"
ScienceNews September 23,2010

Blog #2

Last Week the city of Chicago suffered a major oil spill from a damaged pipeline. The spill leaked an estimated 256,000 gallons of oil. This has been the largest spill of oil in the past 20 years for this area. Over the years the oil spills have cost companies in the area upwards of 60 Million dollars. The cause is said to have been corrosion in the pipelines it self. This problem that they are facing has to be fixed by the federal Government.

Hood, Joel "The Great Illinois oil Rush"
Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-met-pipeline-shutdown-0914-20100914,0,3180046.story

Blog #1

Matthew Holman  of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics found new activity in outer space. He has not confirmed if it is a planet or not however he with the help of NASA's Kepler satellite reported that they may have spotted a planet close to the size of Earth about 2,000 light years away. It also appears to have Earth like temperature's as well which means it could have life. NASA is looking at more than 700 candidate planets that show that there are galaxies that are similar to the solar system that we live in. Scientist all over the world are researching and studying this candidate planet with hopes of learning more about this Earth like planet.

Chang, Kenneth. "Telescope Detects Possible Earth-Size Planet."
           The New York Times. 26 August 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/science/space/27planet.html?_r=1&ref=science