CSSC: Chicken Smoothie Science Club

[ShadowHunteress]

Oh! This club will be great for me next semester, since I have Bio and physics, I have chem right now, but since I understand it I am ahead, and am forced to wait.

[T.a.r.d.i.s.]

Also, I need help with modifier genes... and incomplete dominance...

If you're regularly lost in your science classes, you need to talk to your teachers as they're obviously doing something wrong. Ask them to please explain things to you differently or forward you to media that allow you to adjust your learning to your specific learning type if the general teaching method is incompatible with you.

This isn't for school, it is for a personal genetics project, we haven't covered genetics in school.

[Atwood]

Also, I need help with modifier genes... and incomplete dominance...

Modifier genes are ones that alter how another gene is expressed. A good example of this is the dilution factor seen in many animals, including border collies, which I'll use as my example here. :3 Ordinarily a border collie with the genotype BB or Bb will be black, and a border collie who is bb will be chocolate. Border collies also have a dilution gene, but the dominant D allele has no effect on colour, so a border collie who is B_ D_ will still be black and bb D_ will still be chocolate. However, if they get two copies of the recessive d allele, their colour is paler because dilution prevents full expression of pigments, so B_ dd creates the 'blue' coat colour and bb dd creates 'lilac'.

A blue puppy and a lilac puppy:


For incomplete dominance, that's when you have one gene with two alleles that each code for a specific phenotype on their own, but when the two alles occur together (heterozygous) they create a third phenotype. For example, if you cross a red African violet (we'll call it RR) with a white African violet (rr), you get Rr violets that are pink - the red allele can't completely cover the white allele, so the result is halfway between the two colours. My favourite animal example of this is in the scarlet and white ibises, which can hybridize with this result:

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[Erille]

Well I fixed the bell jar and we put a balloon in which was pretty neat. No one understood why it swelled up. Air has 14 psi but without air (aka vaccum) no psi so the balloon expanded. I also found out that the other science teacher is pretty cool. He gave me a Carl Sagan book to read.
I'm also going down to the pond tomorrow to look for some water bears. I want to bring them to class and just study them. Maybe some triops as well. My science teacher also agreed to some mice as long as she doesn't have to take care of them. I suggested our science club study intelligence of mice and their ability to learn over time. They'd live in the classroom during the week but someone would probably have to take them home over breaks.

[marsram]

This seems like an interesting thread even though no one's posted in a while :D I'm hoping to be considered a member here but I just feel a bit nervous due to the fact that most of the members are in high school, college, or already have a degree and I'm only in 8th grade XD
~Anyways~
I'm Kalkein, as I said before I'm in the 8th grade but I'm taking college programming classes in my free time when I'm not doing some sort of research on the human brain, reading fanfics, or on CS. I've always had a strange fascination with how things worked, especially computers; I'm crap at programming due to my amazing abilities of procrastination, but I've been getting better. I started taking classes I think in September 2012, where I learned the fundamentals to programming in Python, but due to many events that had popped up I failed the class D: I've started up with new programming classes last month in SML, but soon I'll be covering Ruby and maybe even some Perl. I know the basic tags of HTML and BBCode but if you know any kind of programming language then I'd be more than happy to talk :D Programming isn't my only interest however, I love learning about human psychology and why we think the way we do. I've kept this interest contained by reading a college textbook I "borrowed" from my cousin, and I have to say it's really quite interesting. There are many, many other interests I have but since this intro is probably the longest of all the others I don't think I'll be making it any longer XD

[T.a.r.d.i.s.]

This seems like an interesting thread even though no one's posted in a while I'm hoping to be considered a member here but I just feel a bit nervous due to the fact that most of the members are in high school, college, or already have a degree and I'm only in 8th grade XD
~Anyways~
I'm Kalkein, as I said before I'm in the 8th grade but I'm taking college programming classes in my free time when I'm not doing some sort of research on the human brain, reading fanfics, or on CS. I've always had a strange fascination with how things worked, especially computers; I'm crap at programming due to my amazing abilities of procrastination, but I've been getting better. I started taking classes I think in September 2012, where I learned the fundamentals to programming in Python, but due to many events that had popped up I failed the class D: I've started up with new programming classes last month in SML, but soon I'll be covering Ruby and maybe even some Perl. I know the basic tags of HTML and BBCode but if you know any kind of programming language then I'd be more than happy to talk Programming isn't my only interest however, I love learning about human psychology and why we think the way we do. I've kept this interest contained by reading a college textbook I "borrowed" from my cousin, and I have to say it's really quite interesting. There are many, many other interests I have but since this intro is probably the longest of all the others I don't think I'll be making it any longer XD

Cool! I know some HTML and BBCode. One of my friends knows Javascript, HTML, and some CSS. Her parents do practically every kind of programing and her brother does too. She taught me the HTML. I picked up BBCode on CS. I can also do some game programming but I stink at that. Also, you don't have to be in high school/collage/or have gotten a degree. I don't fit into any of those categories. My main science interest is genetics and I have gotten too advanced for my middle school textbook. The Genetics unit this year is going to be an easy "A" For me. I am also a complete science geek: In 5th grade I read my entire science textbook for fun. In 6th grade we didn't get science textbooks, so I asked my mom to get me my own copy of the book the teacher was using. 7th: Also finished the entire textbook. I started Genetics in 5th grade and I have had a few years to work on it. I am now working on an eye color theory that is probably going to turn out to be completely wrong. No one else in my grade knows what the heck I am doing. I even confused my science teacher. Nice to meet you!

-Tigerpelt22 ((BTW, most people just call me Tiger, it is shorter))

[marsram]

This seems like an interesting thread even though no one's posted in a while :D I'm hoping to be considered a member here but I just feel a bit nervous due to the fact that most of the members are in high school, college, or already have a degree and I'm only in 8th grade XD
~Anyways~
I'm Kalkein, as I said before I'm in the 8th grade but I'm taking college programming classes in my free time when I'm not doing some sort of research on the human brain, reading fanfics, or on CS. I've always had a strange fascination with how things worked, especially computers; I'm crap at programming due to my amazing abilities of procrastination, but I've been getting better. I started taking classes I think in September 2012, where I learned the fundamentals to programming in Python, but due to many events that had popped up I failed the class D: I've started up with new programming classes last month in SML, but soon I'll be covering Ruby and maybe even some Perl. I know the basic tags of HTML and BBCode but if you know any kind of programming language then I'd be more than happy to talk :D Programming isn't my only interest however, I love learning about human psychology and why we think the way we do. I've kept this interest contained by reading a college textbook I "borrowed" from my cousin, and I have to say it's really quite interesting. There are many, many other interests I have but since this intro is probably the longest of all the others I don't think I'll be making it any longer XD

Cool! I know some HTML and BBCode. One of my friends knows Javascript, HTML, and some CSS. Her parents do practically every kind of programing and her brother does too. She taught me the HTML. I picked up BBCode on CS. I can also do some game programming but I stink at that. Also, you don't have to be in high school/collage/or have gotten a degree. I don't fit into any of those categories. My main science interest is genetics and I have gotten too advanced for my middle school textbook. The Genetics unit this year is going to be an easy "A" For me. I am also a complete science geek: In 5th grade I read my entire science textbook for fun. In 6th grade we didn't get science textbooks, so I asked my mom to get me my own copy of the book the teacher was using. 7th: Also finished the entire textbook. I started Genetics in 5th grade and I have had a few years to work on it. I am now working on an eye color theory that is probably going to turn out to be completely wrong. No one else in my grade knows what the heck I am doing. I even confused my science teacher. Nice to meet you!

-Tigerpelt22 ((BTW, most people just call me Tiger, it is shorter))

Freaking awesome! I go through many phases of interests whether they be programming kicks, psychological science kicks, and even genetic kicks from time to time. As I said before I only know the more BASIC see if anyone gets that tags so it would be awesome if you could help me learn more about the syntax n' semantics of HTML. I'd love to hear what you have to say about genetics in pm if you want, because I know one of the best perks to knowing something other people don't is you get to talk about it, so I'm always free to talk about random crap to if you wish. I'm afraid I won't have much to say in return depending on what you say but this is why we have the internet XD So yeah it's nice to meet you as well, Tiger :D.

[Khisa]

What do you guys think about this?

Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi's E-Cat Cold Fusion Device: Maybe The World Will Change After All

[Autochthon Scion]

Cold fusion is always viewed with suspicion. If it really is true though hopefully some private investors will follow it up fully.

Here's something that piqued my interest, and would be interesting for the biologists to give some opinion on I guess. It sounds like the holy grail of cancer treatment tbh... something that can allow cancer cells to be targeted by the immune system would be revolutionary!

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1i4tqq/new_wonder_drug_matches_and_kills_all_kinds_of/

[garnet.]

Hi I'm Luna, I am studying GCSE Science right now and am really enjoying it.
My main favourite areas of study vary a bit. I find animal anatomy and biology fascinating, as well as where they live, and why they are suited to that, you know, things like that. I also have a strange interest in nuclear power, and how it is used, kept safe etc. I also enjoy studying the elements and all the stuff about Protons, Neutrons and Electrons.