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

wow what great benefits

Lately, my grade has been combining different subjects. I find this to be (most of the time) unecessary and with no benefits for the most part.  Although there are exceptions, such as using mathematics in science, most of the time the subjects should stick to themselves because that's what the teacher specializes in and if you are graded for a different subject than the one you're in, than the grade doesn't properly reflect how good or bad you are in that subject.  Things that may be related should be mentioned, but you shouldn't spend a science unit on a history subject unless you're only looking at the science of it. And if you are having a joint project, than the project should be graded separately, not as a single grade that they share.  Say I write a paper for any subject, the punctuation and spelling should affect your english grade while your research and point prove the other subject. Some may say that being graded on punctuation will prepare you for what they do in college, but that's what my english class is for.

PARACHUTE

This is sketched out design of our parachute:

This is a picture of the finished product:

Basically, the design of the parachute was just attaching three garbage bags to the passenger (a dinosaur named frances john) through fishing line. We dropped the air resistance module (ARM) from a balcony and continued to watch frances drop to the ground. He didn't die because I cleverly covered him in tape padding. Although we probably could have done better, I am proud of our baby and the way she performed.

Hey man, what's the Neal?

Neil Gorsuch was Mr. President Trump's Supreme court nominee. After researching into Gorsuch's views and beliefs, I find that he is a strong textualist, which I think is an amazing thing, because the constitution is what made this country great, why not look back to it? He also disbelieves in euphemism, which I can get behind, because if no one insults anyone or uses any "not so good words" then everyone'll be a pansy. I think that if you don't agree with Trump's pick, then you should find something good about him. There's always something good for someone about someone.