Alchemy

Resource: http://www.alchemylab.com/history_of_alchemy.htm

What are alchemists? Well, picture whatever you think an alchemist might be. Unless you actually know what alchemist specifically are, then you probably pictured some unusual robed dude over some ritual circle of some sort and making some kind of enchantment or something around that. Alchemy is truly an art or a science and people will look pass that. Alchemy was founded much before time in Egypt and had spread to many places which in fact made men and women ready to make any goal possible with alchemy. What is the motive behind alchemy? What made these kinds of people have the patience to look pass the impossible? These are great questions to ask. The people behind alchemy believed in spiritual things, they wanted man to like a God-like person, to avoid all the dangers and make man better than ever. There are many countries that had made alchemy an art, for example China and Egypt. Alchemy practically originated from China and Egypt, and they also were very spiritual unlike somethings that may be heard about alchemy.

Alchemy is a crazy subject! It has held history in the palm of its hand. Basically, it is apart of history no matter how you look at it. Alchemy is an interesting subject and it can inspire people to become more open minded like the people who really believed in Alchemy.

Global Warming

Resource: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html

Global Warming! We are all going to die!! Well, actually we aren't going to die of some intense heat if we start changing our ways now. Researchers had found that global warming truly is a real threat. Global warming in later decades will begin to effect our world terribly if we don't slow down find some alternative solution. A convention was held where it involved many countries to all together help slow down the process we are causing to our planet. The EPA in America has already put regulations to help die down the threat of global warming and take its part in helping our earth from dying. Barack Obama has also vowed to help climate change and environmentalists. The conference spoke about cleaner ways to help our planet, but there always comes the problem of paying for it. The conference was left unresolved though and now we continue are left of promises that can be easily blown off.

Saving the planet is extremely important. Without our planet, we wouldn't be here. I believe we should find a cleaner energy source while trying to keep it productive. This would solve many problems, but these news must get somewhere and I hope to find the world is willing to help our earth survive.

Buffer Solutions

Resource: http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/acidbaseeqia/buffers.html

What is a buffer? Well, anyone who has played a Final Fantasy game or any video game in general can probably come up with something around giving stat that do something to a character. I play video games and I understand what is meant with this, but it is extremely incorrect. An actually buffer is a solution that resists changes to a pH level by use of a small amount of acid or alkali. An acidic acid is a pH level of less than 7 and will usually contain a small quantity of an acid and some kind of salt. Alkaline buffer requires a weak base and a salt, and the pH level will be over 7 pH. The way buffers will work is that the buffer solution must contain things which will remove any hydrogen ions or hydroxide ions that might add to it. This resists the the pH level from getting higher or lower.

I decided I would look into this subject more since next week we will be performing experiments on it. The web page felt very much like gibberish, but I'm sure when we truly learn about it I'll understand so much better. This website though would be a good start for a review If I ever needed it.

Coca Cola: Worst soda for you

Coca Cola: One of the most wanted and loved drinks all around. It is the McDonalds of soda, in just about every way. It tastes amazing, but it is terrible for you. One of the grossest things about it, is that it rots your teeth. I have done an experiment, using chicken bones, and coke. I put a chicken bone in a glass of coca-cola, and left it for a few days. The next week, I took the chicken bone in my hand and immediately noticed that it was rubbery. After a month, I noticed it was gone. This may seem, not unimportant, small, but a lot of people tend to drink a lot of coke. Imagine what coke can do to your stomach if it dissolves bone! Don't drink coke. It's terrible for you.

Fish Flu

Ever heard of the fish flu? Well you might here soon. Researchers have found that the Infectioud Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) will get larger. Surprisingly, there is already a vaccine for the flu. The medical field is getting very advanced in this time... Scientist studied the RNA of the human being to get a good idea of what they were dealing with. Sadly, another flu is coming... It seems like every year there is a different flu that is trying to scare us, such as the pig flu and the bird flu. Now they are never heard of like they just die off.

Hydroponics

Resource: http://www.simplyhydro.com/whatis.htm

Who needs soil these days? Hydroponics is the way to go! Hydroponic is the beautiful art of growing plants without soil. Hydroponics is an art that people have wanted to make the best out of and the awesome thing is there are countless ways to work with hydroponics. You should try doing this because this can have much more potential than the use of soil. Its actually more simple than you might think. The proof being that if you give a plant exactly what it needs, when it needs it, in the amount that it needs, then the plant will be as healthy as genetically possible. Hydroponics makes these tasks much easier than soil would ever. Hydroponics allows the plant to easily suck up all the nutrition needed to grow and survive. The inert growing medium and a regulated pH level can make the plant easily take in nutrients, these are the things that make up hydroponics. First of all, a growing medium is the material where the roots of the plants are growing. A growing medium can be everything from a variety of substance like gravel, sand, and even rockwool. The inert substance doesn't supply the plant with anything other than the ability to to better regulate the plant's food given and growth overall. The pH is another important component of Hydroponics. Actually, it is extremely important because the plants will lose their ability to absorb nutrients when the pH varies. The ability to control pH levels much easier with Hydroponics is a huge advantage over the dirt gardening.

Hydrponics actually interests me a little bit. The fact that we can create plants that can grow more effectively and overall better can be done without soil. I found this an interesting article and it gave loads of information important to learning what Hydroponics is. I think this could spark interest in people who could possibly want a new way to work with plants. This could spark interest and open peoples minds to another way of planting.

Nuclear Power

Resource: http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

First of all, do you agree with nuclear power? It comes with a great risk, but it is open to many great opportunities for a possibly safer energy source that can easily power over great ranges. What really happens in those nuclear reactors? Is it really safe and secure? Well, you could say it's safe with all the right "parts". These part include radioactive material and water in the reactor core. To put it simply, the water helps control or keep control over the radioactive material in the core reactor. This specifically prevents it from over heating or having a nuclear meltdown and I'm not talking about when your mom figures out that you got arrested and she had a nuclear meltdown, but its pretty similar I guess. The world relies on this nuclear power and yet it can cause great harm. Some countries have over half their supply of power from a nuclear power plant. It is a pretty dangerous innovation.

I think this can improve a person's view on nuclear energy. Specifically speaking, it will help people become more informed as citizens should be. I believe this could spark interest in readers and possibly lead them on to a new job opportunity.