The intrigued science enthusiast, devoted wife, and explorer, Deborah Netburn, has been quite an excellent journalist to follow. Although I have not responded to all of her posts, she has quite the plethora of science related research articles. I have been following Netburn for three months and she has always posted at least one article that interests me every time I access her LA Times website. Through her social media and articles I have learned so much without really feeling as though it were ever a tedious task.
New advances in technology have helped shape our everyday life. But are all advances positive? Recently, in an article titled, “MacArthur 'genius' grant winner creates artificial leaves that photosynthesize,” a chemist was able to forward the creation of artificial plants.
In Cellular ‘Cheaters’ Give Rise to Cancer by George Johnson, he explains what cancer is and how it is “cheating” the system. Cancer is an ongoing problem and is affecting a lot people throughout the world, but not many people know what causes cancer or how cancer happens. Cancer is caused when a cell starts to grow out of control and pushing out other healthy cells to allow the cancer to spread. Most people when they hear cancer they just think of breast cancer or lung cancer, but, most people don’t know that any living organism can still have the same effects of cancer on them. Scientist are constantly trying to find a way cheap and easy way to stop the uncontrollable growth of the cell.
The author of the article doesn’t really have an opinion on cancer because it is more of an informative article. My only personal experience with cancer is when my great grandmother died of lung cancer. I believe that cancer is curable but it will be a while before scientists figure out how to either stop or control the overgrowth of cells. It will also take a massive amount of funding in order to make it affordable for every person who is effected by any type of cancer. Luckily scientists are working hard every day trying to combat cancer and possibly save hundreds of thousands of lives. -Daderick Have you ever wanted to take a vacation into nature? Experience scaling a mountain, taking a sunset hike to the top of Bountiful Arch, or seeing Ol’ Faithful? If the answer is yes, you’re not the only one. According to an article called, “Dark, star filled skies draw visitors to national parks, survey finds,” written by Deborah Netburn, “A new study suggests that gazing upon a naturally dark sky that is unpolluted by artificial light plays a significant role in visitors’ enjoyment of national parks.” (Netburn, "Dark, star filled skies draw visitors to national parks, survey finds")
|
Archives
December 2015
Categories |