Saturday, January 22, 2005

Thumb's the word

Well...as i'd promised..i'll post an article called "Thumb's the word" It's realli very interesting and sort of ,well, maybe related to when u were a foetus..Okie..this article is actually about how scientists had found out a way of interpreting whether a foetus, when it's born, will they be left- or right- handed..Here's a part of it.."Parents ofter try to figure out whether toddlers will be left- or right- handed. When they clasp their hands, which thumb is on the top? If they grab a crayon, which hand do they use? Many children, under the influence of rapidly developing brains, flip-flop between right and left, so parents mistakenly think they must be ambidextrous. " Actually..that's sort of wat my cousin do..she always changes hand ..sometimes left..sometimes right..but either way..i dun realli thk she's ambidextrous..Anyway..continuing .."In July (2004) scientists came up with an easy - and early- way to tell : Look at the sonograms. Fetuses sucking their right thum in the womb then to be right-handed, and vice-versa " Okie..that's the more important part la..i thk..the rest of the articel is more about the speculation of most experts..like the brain hemispheres, genetic processes...and so on so forth..The next article..should most likely be.."Chemists find new electron bonds"..

Saturday, January 15, 2005

World's smallest fish

I'm realli sorry to say that..now i even have no time to do experiments coz i'm now in jc and it's realli very very tiring..maybe i even have to let my microscope rot..haha..jkjk...alright..i thk maybe i'll just give everyone interesting articles i've read in science mags and of course i'll still update the highlights of the sky part. Article for this week is..World's smallest fish: "After a delay of 25 yrs, scientists announced they had found the world's smallest fish - toothless, scaleless, colourless (except for it's black eyes), and so light that it takes 500,000 of them to weigh a pound" wow..this is realli amazing..at first i still tot ikan bilis was the smallest fish or sth..haha.. okie.." Named the stout infantfish, the largest, a female, a measured only abt a third of an inch long. Males averaged about a quarter of an inch. Their lifespan is tot to be abt 2 months" okie...this is sort of the extract of the more interesting part..Next time i'll extract an article called "Thumb's the word"...stay tune ;)