Friday, March 19, 2010

This week in current events




How does each article relate to Living Environment Curriculum? Explain?

Which article was your favorite?

**Special thanks to Michael Nguy!**

52 comments:

  1. My favorite article was "The World's Only Immortal Animal". It's so awesome how that species of jellyfish can go back to being young again!
    Does the species ever reproduce? I don't think it has to.

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  2. wow that is really cool and weird!!

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  3. Can't they have our cells do the same as what the jellyfish does?
    mebbe.....GENETICALLY ENGINEER us?

    -Vincy Chan 7H

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  4. I read about the jellyfish too!
    They can regenerate

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  5. about the immortal jelly fish, have genticists tried to insert the dna of the jellyfish into other animals to see if immortality works for the other animals?

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  6. @Vincy:
    I think there will be too many complications

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  7. Oh i've heard about this
    -abbey dulany

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  8. i like the jelly fish one.
    but i am sorry to say that at the moment our only options for immortality are:
    a)unicorn blood
    b)the sorcerer's stone or
    c)olay regenerist with replemishing beads, age defying bubbles, and all that nonsense

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  9. The "immortal" jellyfish can reproduce asexually. If they can reproduce and are immortal, won't they move to other locations around the globe and pose a threat to the Eco-system?

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  10. Yeah! It would be cool if a gene from the jellyfish (if there is one)was inserted into another organism, and testing if it would be immortalized. As for the black penguin, is the mutation harmful physically? It said the feet were huge...

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  11. I was reading the penguin article, and i wanted to know if you could actually duplicate that process. I mean, that would be awesome if could change the colors of any animals. With good reason of course.

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  12. If the DNA for the Jelly fish could be inserted into humans we could live forever!!!!!
    Maybe there are other immortal animals in the world and we just don't know it!
    What if the Jelly Fish are put in an environment where they can't breathe, then what would happen?

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  13. omg! that is so crazy!! i wish i could repeat my lifespand. so wait... than does that mean that specie of a jelly fish has been there for a while? wooooooowwwwww! :)

    vivian

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  14. I read about the Jellyfish
    Wow, that sounds really cool.
    If they genetic engineered plants/fruits to do that then would the plants never rot?

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  15. i just wanted to say i love love love the picture u put in the homework tab on eboard

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  16. Wow! That jellyfish thing is pretty awesome! So is the penguin one, THAT is what I call a mutation. The article about the polar bears and tuna is really sad though. To think that in maybe 100 years or so, there will be no more tuna or polar bears?!?!?!?!?!?!? I like the one about the penguins, though.

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  17. If those immortal jellyfish keep on reproducing, and they never die, then soon the whole world will be filled with them, right? Won't that be a problem?

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  18. Cool,do you know if it was genetically engineered or just came naturally.

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  19. why is it that this jelly fish can be immortal, though humans cannot? is there some chemical that is not possessed by us but by these fish? if we were to extract a sample of the source of their immortality and insert it in a human, would they become immortal as the jelly fish do?

    ERIN FLYNN 7H

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  20. about those immortal jelly fish, are they only immortal in their habitat? suppose they can only live in fresh water, and they move salt water, will they die becuase of this? can they be killed if like left on a beach, on dry sand or watever? probably right? i know its extemely cruel to kill other living things, and i think its discusting, but if they start to take over the wrld, i think humans need to get involved :(
    tht polar bear and tuna fish thisng is so dumb, dont they want to protect them, *sigh*, wat kind of hearts to ppl have these days?

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  21. is the hw due on wed or 3/23????anyone???!!!

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  22. WOW! The jellyfish one is really interesting! I mean they can go back to their baby stages! I wish I can do that! But everyone wants to do that! And the world will turn into a baby world! Imagine living in a world where the president is a 3 year old kid! LOL!

    @Lily: Yes it is a problem. And yes, the world may one day be filled with these jellyfish.



    -Angela(7J)

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  23. i read the jelly fish article. It is so cool that they regenerate, but i bet that there are hundreds of other animals who can do that but we just don't know about it. It's amazing how we can learn about all this stuff.
    -annique

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  24. i just finished reading the article about the tuna and polar bears. IT's terrible!! Like Henri said, what if one day there will be no such thing as tuna or polar bears? If the polar bears die, then the population of the seals and walruses will be over populated. Then they'll eat all of the fish, and the other fish eaters will die out! It's crazy how if one animal dies out then the whole animal world gets affected!
    ---Annique

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  25. imortality?


    dan 7I

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  26. I think it's great for these jelly fish to be immortal, but I think that it's not such a great idea to try it on humans. That would mean that the world will get over populated with humans, and we will have to resort in killing babies.

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  27. If the DNA that makes the jellyfish immortal were to be inserted into humans wouldn't our life cycle start over and over again rather than continue to age?

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  28. Cute pic on homework tab on eboard

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  29. It's incredible how the turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish can "essentially" live forever. I'd love to do that. Why however, do we die? If more cells are reproducing every second, can't this keep on going forever?

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  30. Thanks for posting the articles Leslie!
    Like all the other people up there, I thought the jellyfish were really interesting. It's amazing.
    I think that they MIGHT have to reproduce though. What happens if they're consumed?
    AND the article hinted that the NUMBER of them are increasing. I wonder what would happen to our memory and bodies if WE could do that....

    Michael N. 7I

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  31. I love the black penguin. The jellyfish also sounded very cool. I am glad to finally be blogging. It's actually fun!
    Jonathan Alony
    Class: 7I

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  32. whoaa
    -abbey dulany 7b

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  33. OMG. the jellifish is so beautiful and so misterious. how can the jellifish stay immortal? do the cells go through mitosis FOREVER? its a mystery.

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  34. If the jellyfish reproduce that would mean they would overpopulate and then we'd need to kill some to balance them out :(. But then humans might have fast food jellyfish!I wouldn't like being immortal though, if that gene were inserted into me. It'd get boring and wouldn't feel right if I couldn't die. It'd rather die than live forever, it'd be sad seeing everyone you know die around you, unless they get the gene it'd be boring seeing them everyday. And I despise boredom. But wouldn't that mean that I'd become old and then a baby again? But maybe if this happens I might not remember what happened before I became a baby. So it'd be like reincarnation, kind of, if this happens.If all of this can happen then the whole world would want to be "immortal" which mean greater crimes would happen because people wouldn't have lifespans. The government might not let anyone reproduce because it would be overcrowded. But also the president might be three years old, which is a problem unless they have all the same education and remember everything before, then there would be babies walking around with masters degrees!But if we wouldn't remember then we might have "groups" that consist of people of the same lifespan of old stage and new baby stages. So the president turns 3 and while this happens a new president is elected, he is about 50, so then this new president would go back to baby so a new president is elected. So people from one "group"in adulthood would take care of another "group" in their babies? But there might be wars so people would die since we wouldn't be really "immortal". So certain people would be permitted to reproduce to fill that space. But our food and energy supply wouln't last forever so we'd die anyways. And that's just the beginning. Wow.

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  35. I agree with what Ella said. But it would be cool if we could be somewhat immortal like the jellyfish. We would be able to see how technology and politics evolve and we'll have another chance in life!

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  36. The jellyfish is pretty interesting, but won't it ruin our ecosystems?

    Plus, the jellyfish's predators will never run out of prey and soon the ecosystems will be full of them, too. They won't have a need to self-regulate population sizes because there will be enough food for them.

    Also, if the jellyfish spread to places they're not originally from, they will have unlimited prey there and virtually no predators, because they'll be exotic animals there.

    I hope the scientists first control population sizes and then worry about trying to make other animals immortal. More immortal animals will just ruin the ecosystem more.

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  37. i dont think they will take over the world because, even tho they are immortal, they can still die, IF they get a disease or are killed by hand/teeth.........i think

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  38. Those are some pretty cool animals! The immortal jellyfish is kind of creepy! Would the immortal jellyfish survive if it was placed in a different environment? Or can they only survive in their natural habitats?

    Julia G. 7F

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  39. wow the immortal jelly fish thing is really cool

    -Stanley

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  40. WOW! THOSE JELLY FISH ARE AWESOME!! I don't think it would be a good thing- if people learned how to be immortal..... Can you please keep us updated on what happens to scientist's investigations?
    Black penguins... that would be interesting to see. But really, what's next? Dinosaurs all over again? Thank you Leslie!
    By the way, I found this cool website that I subscribed to: wiseGEEK.com If you are interested, subscribe to the mailing list: one new fact per day. The facts are REALLY interesting on some days!

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  41. Wait if the Jelly Fish are immortal, then can they ever die? I know that they cant die without harm, but what if they were physically harmed or genetically killed with a disease. Would they die then?

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  42. This is really interesting, hope to learn more about this :)
    --Vera 7F

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  43. Let's talk about the penguin too! Thats so cool... Only one in a quarter of a million penguins show signs of albinism or a "disorder" with melanin, let alone a all-black one!!!!
    Maybe I'm just interested 'cuz my genetic disorder brochure was on albinism, but still... WOW.

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  44. And about the bans of the protection of the bluefish and the polar bears, I think they should reconsider it. If the bluefish tastes that good to people, they should save it for the fish to last a longer time. Also, hunting is not the only reason for the endangerment of polar bears. Global warming is causing a lot of damage to the bears' homes on the ice.

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  45. the all black penguin is so cute and chubby!so the penguin losing its pigment is kindof like that skin disease humans can get and start to lose their skin color. -gabi g

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  46. i would happily exchange my life 4 an immortal one...but not a jellyfishes. i cnt imaginge just swimming 4ever. and eating. and stinging. boring. do you know if they found the oldest jellyfish ever?- gabi g

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  47. why would they reject the idea of saving polar bears and tuna fish? i think they should be saved for future generations to learn about these animals -gabi g

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  48. If the jelly fish keep reproducing, wouldn't there be too many of them one day? What would we do with all those jelly fish? Have they been here all along?

    ERIN A. FLYNN 7H :)

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  49. Cool jellyfish
    I herd about other animals that are transparenh but I haven't seen one before
    Lauren

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  50. wow thats so cool how is it posible to live forever. id expect that from a lizard or something. jellyfish are awesome. lol

    sophia 7f

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  51. These articles were so cool!
    Thanks Leslie!

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