Time to Cull the Herd

The cover for this weeks TIME magazine is below.

In the article, David Von Drehle explains how several animals on the brink of extinction have not only been saved, but that these animals are establishing themselves in areas in the suburbs.  In one picture it shows a tranquilized bear falling from a tree close to the University of Colorado in Boulder.  Do you support the state mandated hunting of wildlife?  Why or why not?  Give a scholarly response and support for your decision.  Submit your post by Friday, December 6th to receive credit.

Below is the link to the article:

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2158676,00.html

Say "Cheese"

For week two of our unit on Microscopes, Cells and Cell Transport, we are going to have another contest.  Your challenge is to find the coolest electron microscope image and decide if it is from an scanning electron microscope or a transmission electron microscope.  Be sure to give the image URL and tell which type of microscope was used in taking the image.

Below is an image of a scanning electron microscope image of the head of a human flea taken by retired scientific photographer, Steve Gschmeisser.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7397841/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html

Here is a transmission electron microscope image of a human liver cell taken by Dennis Kunkel.  He even offers electron microscope calendars...how cool is that.

http://www.denniskunkel.com/

I will keep track of the favorites.  Whoever posts the image first gets credit for finding the image.  Good luck.

As Willie Nelson said, "the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."