Science homework help?

Question

I'm in eleventh grade and my 4th period chemistry teacher makes us write a couple paragraphs on a science article we find interesting. so i want some suggestions on what kind of science article you think would be interesting because I'm drawn blank.

it can be how maybe doctors helps a deformity or i dont know, anything pretty science-y. hah.

it dont have to be about chemistry.

=]

oh and it has to be a least a page an a half long of an article.

if you guys find something on the internet it would be great if you left the website you found yours on. =]

THANK YOU!

Answer 1

lets see. a common deformity is called a cleft pallet it occurs in children who are born in to very unclean environments and it mainly affects children in africa. this deformity can take the place of many shapes but mainly it is a ap of skin missing from under the nose, naval cavity, or above the lip.  

Answer 2

You're not on summer holidays?? we are till 1st September!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee f**k  chemistry till then!

Answer 3

Here are a bunch of articles from the New York Times on science.

Go to the website - click on one of the articles that interests you.

New Theory on DEET: Mosquito Just Dislikes It

By HENRY FOUNTAIN 6:29 PM ET

New research suggests that mosquitoes smell DEET directly and avoid it.

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In Lake, Photosynthesis Relies on Arsenic

By HENRY FOUNTAIN 6:37 PM ET

Researchers have discovered bacteria that use the toxic element arsenic in photosynthesis in the absence of oxygen.

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Razzle Dazzle Markings Can Confuse Predators

By HENRY FOUNTAIN 6:43 PM ET

New research suggests that prey with dazzle markings were also difficult to catch, particularly when they moved at higher speeds.

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The Mouse Around the House

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY 4:53 PM ET

Is it true that mice and rats never occupy the same area?

  SLIDE SHOW: Icy Moon, Mysterious Jets

Something strange and unexpected is going on below the surface of Enceladus, a tiny moon of Saturn.

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  SLIDE SHOW: Stone Age Graveyard

In the Sahara desert, the remains of a people who lived thousands of years ago when the area was green.

Related Article: Graves Found From Sahara’s Green Period

In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

The wind industry has arrived in force in upstate New York, but some residents say the companies have brought with them an epidemic of corruption and intimidation.

Slide Show: Wind Turbines Take Over Landscape

A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

A growing array of military leaders, Arctic experts and lawmakers say the United States is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard Arctic waters.

House to Rethink Drilling, Pelosi Says

By CARL HULSE

The decision came after growing anxiety among Democrats that Republicans were scoring politically with their call for a vote on offshore drilling.

NASA Has Its Closest Look at Geysers on Saturn Moon

By KENNETH CHANG

The NASA spacecraft Cassini has taken razor sharp close-ups of Enceladus, which has jumped to near the top of the list of potential places for life in the solar system.

Champion Cyclist and Now Champion Guzzler of Austin Water Graves Found From Sahara’s Green Period Rapid Growth Found in Oxygen-Starved Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California Plug-In Hybrid From G.M. Is Nearly Ready for Testing Visual Science: Gene Hunt Hints at Cause of Bipolar Disorder Bumps on the Road to a Greener City Visual Science: The Genetic Map of Europe

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