http://biojournalism.com The Scientific Experiences of One Journalism Major Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:42:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have finally realized that for anything you are curious about, you can find more information than you want. Consider the Pear. I love pears, having grown up with a bartlett pear tree in our side yard and memories of the coming of fall, heralded by my mom trying frantically to can ... http://biojournalism.com/93-pear-information-overload.html Hello readers- I assume most of you have given up on this blog ever being updated again. The truth is after spring term finals week I thought I would have more time come summer. Unfortunately, summer brought a full time job and Calculus. Things have changed. I've made the transition from dorm ... http://biojournalism.com/92-restarted-biojournalism.html I was watching a Dirty Jobs episode where host Mike Rowe assisted a Bat Biologist into a cave to take temperature readings. I was rather intrigued when Mike Rowe was trapped in what resembled quicksand but was actually  layers of guano... bat droppings... I guess this would work similar to quicksand since ... http://biojournalism.com/91-quick-guano.html If I were rich, I know which car I'd keep in my garage. With a slick body, and acceleration of 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, and of course, a radio you can hook your ipod up to, the Tesla Roadster is a sports car of my dreams. Oh, and did I mention ... http://biojournalism.com/90-a-dream-machine-the-tesla-roadster.html I completed 5 dives this weekend for my advanced scuba diving certification. The adventure dives I completed included a deep dive, navigation dive, search and recovery, naturalist and a night dive. The night dive was the one I was the most apprehensive about and it was the coolest dive I did. ... http://biojournalism.com/89-bioluminescence.html -Patella Femoral Pain Syndrome Translation? Patella means kneecap, Femoral refers the Femur, a bone in your leg, and the rest is self explanetory. So all it this really says s that you have pain in your kneecap. Not a diagnosis, its more like just a term. What does this have to do ... http://biojournalism.com/88-a-kneed-for-rest.html Our bodies produce hundreds of chemicals, but one that I notice in particular being produced is lactic acid (C3H6O3) . Ever noticed a burning sensation in your muscles during a power-intensive workout? You have lactic acid to thank. During hard exercises (such as sprinting up hills, for one!), your body produces more ... http://biojournalism.com/87-lactic-acid.html I'm taking a history class this quarter. History is not really my forte, so I perked up when I heard how a scientific advancement had a huge impact on history. Quinine played a large role in the colonization of Africa by the British. It's really hard to colonize someplace when you ... http://biojournalism.com/86-history-quinine.html Well, in terms of the psychology experiment, I definitely was correct in my previous post regarding the argumentative factor of the Echinoderms Vs. Mollusks. In fact, there is even a blog response by Kevin at Deep Sea News regarding my cavalier attitude on the coolness of snails. After he mentions ... http://biojournalism.com/84-echinoderms-vs-mollusks-part-ii.html I've heard so many people knowingly talk about how the Human Population growth is exponential and how there are way too many of us. I just want to finally correct this long standing assumption of exponential growth. The Human Population is NOT growing exponentially. In population mathematics, growth rate is measured by ... http://biojournalism.com/83-not-exponential-just-excessive-human-population.html