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Snow
Cassie Scientists discovered that when a snowflake falls into water, it puts a tiny amount of air just below the surface. Before this air reaches the surface of the water it lets out a piercing noise. This sound is about 50-200 Kilohertz, which is too loud to be heard by the human ear. This means that for animals that live in the water, such as fish, can hear it. Site -
Cancer Fighting
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A pill, called Gleevec, is produced to fight cancer. This pill can fight chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), which is a cancer in the white blood cells. Site -
Artifical Heart
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Robert Tools, a 59 year old man is the first person to ever he equipped with an artificial heart. This heart is run on a battery, and tubes and cords don’t stick out of his chest. Generally, artificial hearts would need these cords. -
When the First Ipod come out
IPod- 2001 In the October of 2001 Apple Computers announced their portable music player, the iPod. The iPod could play music on it, and you could also scroll through an interface. Sight we found it on -
The First Camera Phone
Camera Phones- 2002 In 2002 an estimated 80 million camera phones were produced and put on the marketplace. By 2003 camera phones were sold more than standard phones. -
Itunes Music Store
ITunes Music Store- 2003 Itunes was a thing made to sell and download songs for artists to make money off of it. People could buy songs and then download them on to their device. The store has sold more than 6 billion songs as of 2009. -
Old Planet
Cassie Site In 2003 Methuselah, a planet thought to be billions of years older than scientists thought was possible, was discovered. It is about 12.7 billion years old, which is a whole 8 billion years older than all other known planets. -
Scientists are more on the ball
In 2004 scientists estimate our galaxy to be about 10.4 billion to 16 billion years old. To find out how old our galaxy is they would have to take the two oldest stars (A0228 and A2111) and determine their age. They knew that the galaxy had to be at least as old as those two stars, but these are not first generation stars. First generation stars were the very first stars, so if we could find out how old those stars were we could figure out the age of our galaxy. -
Fish
180 species of mid-water fish, 87 near-bottom fish, 5 never before seen squid and angler fish, and one massive ring of plankton were discovered in the summer of 2004. The project is called Census of Marine Life (CoML), which is a project that explored into the least known regions of our oceans. CoML added onto the 210,000 lifeforms already living in our ocean. Site -
Youtube
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Youtube was created for a sharing video service. In 2006 Youtube was bought out by Google for 1.65 billion. Youtube is the 4th most visited website behind Yahoo, Google, and Facebook. -
Tissue of T- Rex
Cassie Soft tissue found in 68-million-year-old T-rex fossil. This discovery is so significant because scientists thought tissue could not survive more than 100,000 years. Tissue also contains blood cells and vessels. -
Matt Nagle
Cassie In 2005 Matt Nagle, a man paralyzed from the neck down, was able to use an artificial hand to grab objects. This is a big leap in science, as he was able to control something with just his thoughts. A chip was implanted into his brain and, with the use of a computer program, he was able to control a mechanical hand. This shows that there is hope for other quadriplegics that they will someday be able to control mechanical arms and legs to regain their normal lives again. -
Tiktaalik Fossil
A fossil was discovered, named Tiktaalik, that is assumed is very old. The fossil is estimated to be about 375 million years old. The fins on this fossil contained bones forming the beginnings of a shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, and even fingers. This fish could crawl using its hands to get onto the land, much like a seal. -
Playstation 3
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The PS3 was a home console made by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was the console that could comepete with the Xbox 360. It was the first console to play blue ray movies. -
Wii
A home video console released by Nintendo. It has wireless controllers, that can detect 3 different dimensions. As of December the Wii leads in sales over PS3 and Xbox360.
