redbull jump

Felix Baumgarter jumped from a space balloon and broke the speed of sound. That took a lot of science. I'm not sure how he could go so fast while spinning but it's amazing. I wonder how fast he could have gone if he hadn't spun out of control and stayed aerodynamic.  I also wonder if the scientists assigned to this project or something knew that he would reach that speed. Nonetheless it was a cool thing and I'm glad he did it.

Viral Soldiers

Jyoti Madhusoodanan writes in the article "Viral Soldiers" that the future of fighting bacteria may just be viruses. Also known as "bacteriophages" these viruses attack bacteria and input their own genetic code. After the bacteria has made as many viruses as possible, it explodes and releases all of the new bacteria inside of it.  Bacteria is not as new of an invention as we think. It has been recorded as useful as early as 1610.  Back then they used viruses found in feces and used it on diseases including dysentery and staphylocuccus skin infections. I'm not sure if this is going to work, if it's gonna be a distant future, or if it's simply jibberish. I hope that it will work soon because of the of the biotic resistant bacteria forming.

Madhusoodanan, Jyoti. "Viral Soldiers." Scientist Jan. 2016: 26-33. Print.

waaaaaaves

Looking at all of the different wave pool technologies and all the different ways that waves can be made to look at and study the way water behaves. I think that there are many benefits to this just because water is what makes up a large part of our planet and I figure if we find some major beneficial discovery, then it would impact us a lot. I also think that they are pretty to look at. It's interesting to see that most of the wave pools or wave tanks or ripple tanks or whatever they're called (wave-o-matics?) are in Japan, Britain, or Norway. I'm not sure if this is because of the funding that is set apart for science or because they are interested in this more than other things.

D.C.

Soon we will be off to DC on a trip to tour the memorials and sights. I am very excited because I don't have to do schoolwork (unless we have some worksheets we have to do🙄). This is my first time stopping in DC although I have driven through it before. I am so excited to get up at 5:30 and sit on a bus with a whole bunch of other middle schoolers that probably got around 6 hours of sleep.  I think that most of the memorials will be nice to see in person, because it gives a deeper perspective of when you just seem them in person.

rise against hunger thoughts

I think that it's very cool that rise against hunger is actually taking a stand against hunger and not just complaining about it.  I also think that it is quite interesting that they take volunteers to pack and such. It was quite fun doing work with my friends and packing meals. I think that it is a worthy cause. I hope that rise against hunger continues to do what they are doing