YOUR BDAY EFFECTS YOUR ABILITY (blog post #3)

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IS THIS REALLY TRUE????

Researchers have long wondered whether a baby's birth date will effect them, as in personality/ability. It turns out that babies born in the spring are smarter and more intellectual than babies born in the winter. In addition, researchers found out that people born in autumn will be more physically active, exceling in sports, such as football. While autumn babies would be more active and play sports, spring babies would be more suited to chess. Even more odd, babies born in different seasons could effect their health. There is growing evidence that babies born in late winter and early spring have a greater chance of developing schizophrenia. These all go for both female and males. However, there is a reason behind all this. “The variations … are explained by the seasonal variations in our solar system. For example, winter has less sunlight and lower temperatures and the epidemics of virus infections are more prevalent,” Professor Chotai said. Temperature, light-exposures, and nutrition(etc.), all change during different seasons, which effect the future of the baby born.

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REFLECTION

I picked this article to write about because the heading was pretty interesting. After I read it, it WAS interesting. I never thought that a bday could effect the future person's ability and personality. What is even more amazing is the fact that a birth date could give you a higher chance of a disease. This was a fun topic to research about, seeing that I'm born in May. May is spring, and I guess I'm pretty good in academics. On the other hand, my sister is born in autumn, and likes to do sports.

It's works! It's true! :)

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REFERENCE

http://www.ebiologynews.com/4021.html

WORMS HAVE SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE BRAIN

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center revealed that worms have sex differences in the brain. (OH MY!) In the experiment there were two sides- buttery popcorn or fresh green veggies. The hermaphrodite(characteristics of both female and male) worms chose the buttery smell while the males went for the scent of the fresh vegetables. For further evidence, another experiment was conducted. Scientists tricked a few nerve cells of hermaphrodites, making them think they were in a male worm. This time, instead of going for the buttery scent they suddenly preferred the smell of the fresh veggies.

What is more important is that this worm experiment relates to humans and possible cures. Geneticist Douglas Portman is struggling to understand the gender differences in diseases like autism and depression. For example, more boys are diagnosed with autism, while more girls are diagnosed with depression. Because of this, scientists question the idea that the brains of different sexes are different. “For so many diseases, like autism or mood disorders, it’s clear that they either are more prevalent in one sex than the other, or they manifest themselves differently. But no one really knows why,” said Portman. The discovery of sex differences in the brain can lead to bigger discoveries like treatments to diseases. “We think that sex differences in the brain may play a role. If we can understand these differences, it may give us some clues about how we can diagnose, prevent, and treat these diseases more effectively," Portman quotes.

This worm discovery opens a door to many other new questions, but one thing is for sure: “This work reveals an unexpected way that sex can influence the function of the brain,” says Portman

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2007/11/05/worms_take_the_sniff_test_to_reveal_sex_differences_in_brain.htmliologynews.net/archives/2007/11/05/worms_take_the_sniff_test_to_reveal_sex_differences_in_brain.html

REFLECTION

Overall, this is all pretty amazing. Nerve cells can trick the whole worm to think they're male? haha, thats pretty funny. More importantly, can this whole new idea from worms start a whole new revolution of uncovering cures? Even mysteries like why more boys are diagnosed with autism could be uncovered. Furthermore, can all this possibly help us and the future generations???????

JILLY JOLLY

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RANDOM

dang this is fun. posting and posting and posting.

hahaha like im talking to myself what ba weirdo 8D

ok fine enough for today :P

SNAIL LAB

something happened @ the lab... bubblesw started forming on the snail!

it was so AWESOME, ALL BUBBLY AND COOL AND AMAZING.

then mr. olsen said were torturing the snail and so i had to wash the snail.

ACK!

POINT OF REMEMEBRANCE: the SLIME

FIRST POST!

YAHHH!! ITS EVA'S BB!

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i personally think the username is weird though 8D

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