Meeting #4

Weekly Experiment

• Colorful, yet scientific, Milk Art

• Watch as Oscar makes the colors dance in milk with one magic touch

• Explanation provided post-labo But have ideas for explanation of reactiono Remember, the science behind it is cooler than

the experiment itself!

Baby with HIV Cured!

"One hypothesis is that the drugs killed off the virus before it could establish a hidden reservoir in the baby. One reason people cannot be cured now is that the virus hides in a dormant state, out of reach of existing drugs. When drug therapy is stopped, the virus can emerge from hiding."

"was treated aggressively with antiretroviral drugs starting around 30 hours after birth, something that is not usually done."

"that the baby had truly been infected. If not, this would be a case of prevention, something already done for babies born to infected mothers."

NY Times

Arctic Routes

Arctic will melt so fast, that new Arctic trading routes will open up by 2050 or earlier!

Helps economy but takes advantage of environmental changeEconomy grows and environment is harmed...heard of much too often these days

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130304151800.htm

We are ALL Aliens...TechnicallyBiological introduction to Earth or biological enhancement

from cometsLikely since they have iceSped up or spurted life on Earth

New experiment gives evdience "In an ultra-high vacuum chamber chilled to 10 degrees

above absolute zero (10 Kelvin), Seol Kim and Ralf Kaiser of the Hawaiian team simulated an icy snowball in space including carbon dioxide, ammonia and various hydrocarbons such as methane, ethane and propane. When zapped with high-energy electrons to simulate the cosmic rays in space, the chemicals reacted to form complex, organic compounds, specifically dipeptides, essential to life."comprehend as you may

Comets had some things that may have catalyzed biological growth on Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130305131412.htm