Extra Credit

An informational science website I found was "Extreme Science" at http://www.extremescience.com/. It was created by Elizabeth Keller, the only sponsor for the site. Extreme Science is about the greatest and most extreme science, but it also focuses on all types of sciences. A positive aspect is that it has various types of information available throughout many different fields, such as Earth Science, technology, animal kingdom, space science and more. Also, the website provides videos relating to the topics and is attractive. I don't think there is any negative aspect to this site! This website offers information on world records in natural science, resources for help on science projects, and more! I would recommend this site because of its sufficient information on many topics.

SOURCE: http://students.usm.maine.edu/rachel.frost/extremesci.gif (picture)

Big Rat Little Rat

Recently in Foja Mountains Rainforest, located in Indonesia, two new species of the Rattus norvegicus were found. Considering that discovering new species is quite rare in this century, this is good news. The "giant rat" is about 5 times the size of an average city rat, whereas the tiny possum was described as "one of the world's smallest marsupials." (a type of mammal) This just goes to show that if we discontinue to destroy forests, we can discover hundreds of new species which will help us improve our study and progress quicker. I absolutely agree with Bruce, an expedition leader, when he says, "It's comforting to know that there is a place on Earth so isolated that it remains the absolute realm of wild nature."



SOURCES:
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/1193422.jpg (Pictures)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/giant.rat.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch (Article)