What if I were to tell you that you can prevent yourself from getting a certain disease. Well luckily there is something called vaccines. Vaccines are particles that get you prepared or tries to get you prepared against certain diseases like chicken pox. Kids usually get vaccinated 25 times between the age 0-18. Recently, vaccines … Continue reading Are Vaccines safe?
I chose the topic of leukemia because my great grandpa had passed away from it close to two years ago. I didn’t really understand what it was and what could have caused it. First off, leukemia is a type of cancer where the bone marrow produces an abnormal amount of white blood cells, in which … Continue reading Leukemia and its Causes
Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease, also known as Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis. The thyroid is part of the endocrine system and it is below your adam’s apple in your neck. In this case, your thyroid is “attacked” by your immune system, which can cause hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is the result of an underactive thyroid function, similar to … Continue reading Will Hashimoto’s Disease Change Your Life?
Many people believe that natural gas is the solution to solving several energy problems facing the U.S. But the only way to free the gas or oil is by the controversial method of hydraulic fracking. This is a technique that releases natural gas or oil by pumping water, sand and chemicals, underground to fracture shale … Continue reading Pros and Cons of Hydraulic Fracturing
Cancer is a huge problem that numerous scientists have tried to come up with a solution to fix it over a period of many years. Some scientists and researches have come up with treatments to control cancer, or get rid of it for a period of time, but nobody has ever found a cure that … Continue reading Possible Cure For Cancer?
What is climate change? Climate change is when the climate has had a drastic difference in weather in the past. Does this mean it changes from summer to winter? No. When the weather changes from summer to winter, it is a huge difference in temperature but its considered a normal routine. It doesn’t do enough … Continue reading Climate Change: How is it Effecting The Life of Penguins?
Plastic in the ocean is extremely harmful to marine life and where they live. Not only does it harm them directly, but it also poses danger for navigation and, consequently… the seafood we eat. Specifically, plastic pollution in the ocean is harming sea turtles, in fact, 52% of sea turtles are affected by plastic pollution. … Continue reading Plastic Harms our Oceans
Ocean pollution is a tremendous issue and every day the wildlife keeps gets more sick because of the trash we put into our oceans. Pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizer, detergents, sewage, oil, plastic, and many other objects are being dumped into the oceans every day. These pollutants are being collected at the bottom of the oceans … Continue reading Help take back our planet
Imagine yourself fishing and you catch a fish. When you pull the fish up you notice it has a red mark left next to its gills. You wonder what has caused this? Well its called a sea lamprey. Sea lampreys are attaching to fish and killing them. They cause problems that damage fisheries. The only way … Continue reading Lamprey: The menace of the freshwater