Science News 

11/26/2016

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Using the search box-Search "CDC sounds alarm"

Read the article-"CDC Sounds alarm on STDs"

Q01-Look at the graph. What disease accounts for most of the first sentence of the article? What do YOU think the problem is?

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Using the search box-Search "echidna"

Read the article-"An echidna's to-do list: Sleep. Eat. Dig up Australia"

Q02-Echidna's don't have nipples. Why are they considered mammals? Why does the puggle leave the pouch? 

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Using the search box-Search "dugas"

Read the article-"HIV came to NYC at least a decade before virus ID'd"

Q03-Why should we say that Gaetan Dugas got a "bum rap?" Is he completely innocent?  How long has HIV been in the US?

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Using the search box-Search "placoderm"

Read the article-"Ancient armored fish revises early history of jaws"

Q04-According to the article, are we (H. sapiens) descendents of placoderms? If you are in AP Biology, does this alter any conclusions from "Your Inner Fish?"

NA

Using the search box-Search "cigarettes"

Read the article-"Cancer mutation patterns differ in smokers, nonsmokers"

Q05-What is the connection between mutations and cancer?  What tissues are most at risk from smoking caused mutations?

NA

Using the search box-Search "lichen"

Read the article-"Lichens are an early warning system for forest health"

Q06-What is a lichen? Why does the forest service use lichen-monitoring plots to assess forest health?

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Using the search box-Search "Psittacosaurus"

Read the article-"Dinosaurs may have used color as camouflage"

Q07-How are the scientists able to infer details of the coloration of a 125 million year old dinosaur?  If they are correct what does that imply about the dinosaur's habitat and niche?

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