Current News 4 by Haleigh Goff https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr Summarize a news story related to SCIENCE that has occurred this week. In your summary, include 3 facts about your story. Please link your source (where you got the story) to your post. See my example for details. Make sure your name is on your post. en-us 2019-09-05 22:39:42 UTC 2025-04-25 16:39:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f95e.png Nakia Jackson https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380879223 13 children have died in the St. Louis area have died since June 2019. 6 of those students were students from the slps school district. Super Intendent Dr. Kelvin Adams has been trying to take action and are trying to take effect to keep their students safe. This not only is killing the kids in the slps schools but it's also the affecting the students learning because their friends or brothers or sister or someone they love is now gone so they can't focus.]]> 2019-09-06 13:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380879223 Dasean Bounds https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380894995 A Woodson Terrace police officer who was caught on camera kicking a suspect in the head recently resigned and was hired by another police department, News 4 has learned. Dash cam video showed the sergeant kicking a suspect after he surrendered. The incident happened near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Ogden in north St. Louis County in April.]]> 2019-09-06 13:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380894995 Jordan Booker https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380900731 a St. Louis County police officer saw a car with improper plates and attempted to make a traffic stop, according to the probable cause statement.
When the officer attempted to get out of his car, he saw Higgins hang out of the car window and point something at him. The officer then heard two gunshots. Bull was in the driver’s seat and drove away.
The officer chased them for about 15 minutes until their car became ‘disabled.’ 
The two men engaged multiple officers in a physical struggle before being taken into custody, according to police.
 

]]> 2019-09-06 14:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/380900731 Nakia Jackson https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381161071 ~Scientist analyzed fossilised teeth of some of our most ancient ancestors.
~They discovered that the first humans breastfed their infants for longer periods.
~ offspring was breastfed until the age of around three to four years.]]> 2019-09-07 03:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381161071 - https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381400357 2019-09-09 01:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381400357 Denisha Hair https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381400359 - A new study has for the first time identified regions of the genome associated with left-handedness in the general population and linked their effects with brain architecture
- The new study, published in the journal Brain, identified some of the genetic variants associated with left-handedness by analyzing the genomes of about 400,000 people
- Of the four genetic regions they identified, three of these were associated with proteins involved in brain development and structure]]> 2019-09-09 01:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381400359 Deonta Johnson https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381419038 -Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archaeological dig at the Cooper's Ferry site.
-western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area 16,000 years ago.
-The findings, published today in Science, add weight to the hypothesis that initial human migration to the Americas followed a Pacific coastal route rather than through the opening of an inland ice-free corridor, said Loren Davis, a professor of anthropology at Oregon State University and the study's lead author.

]]> 2019-09-09 03:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381419038 JaMeera Gardner https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381695334 -Sniffing a lemon can make people feel slim
- The smell boosts body image and improves self esteem 
- Nobody has looked at whether smells could have a similar effect on body perception ]]> 2019-09-09 15:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381695334 Gabrielle C. Todd https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381725869 Regarding the Philippine News Agency, the secretary Fortunato dela Pena , stated that he]]> 2019-09-09 16:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381725869 Ma’Kayla Whiteside https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381874333 - scientists found that people from weather damaged homes are more likely to experience poor mental health even when the damage is relatively minor 
- psychological damage is not visible and can b underrated in the face of all the physical damage done to private property and businessess ]]> 2019-09-09 21:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381874333 Me'Aunie Reed https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381895949 - The Crowdfunding ask for $20,000 for cancer care and only gets $5,000
-Cancer funds are so high patients with cancer has to set up a Gofundme account and they still always have enough.
- Underinsured or uninsured patients sought ought higher donation amounts.]]> 2019-09-09 23:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381895949 DERICK FOSTER https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381928000 -Parasitic worm infections can reduce the susceptibility of immune cells to HIV infection
-Some species of parasitic worm, such as the water-borne Schistosoma mansoni, have developed strategies to evade and dampen human immune responses.
-A new study was found that two specific molecules from S. mansoni can modulate the immune response with consequences for HIV infection.]]> 2019-09-10 01:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381928000 Joyce Mull https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381934148 -the work does not directly address whether high levels of prenatal testosterone cause autism or lack empathy 
- observation that men are at least 10 times more likely to develop autism 
-Nadler cautions, however, that the study can’t disprove any theories about testosterone’s impact on the developing brain. “What we’re saying is that giving people testosterone as adults has no influence on their ability to understand people’s emotions.”]]> 2019-09-10 02:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381934148 Dasean Bounds https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381966825 A family in the Bevo Mill neighborhood says they had to duck to avoid getting shot during a shootout on their street. Carlos Aguilar tells News 4 he was getting ready for work Saturday afternoon when his mom, stepdad, cousin, and 12-year-old brother were outside on the porch. He says they heard gunshots coming from down the street. Aguilar says the gunmen were shooting at each other from their cars as one was chasing the other.  

]]> 2019-09-10 04:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/381966825 Mireya Watkins https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382092555 Dominic Salvatore Yocco accused of raping a unconscious girls in St.Louis Missouri.
-Yocco allegedly raped the girls more than a year ago 
-a 14 year old girl said yocco raped her while she was unconscious and also yocco hit and pinched her the police said also according to court paper yocco raped a 16 year old girl twice 
-There was also two other girls that accused him of raping them 
- A lawyer who represented him in both of those traffic cases said he has not been contacted by Yocco for the criminal case
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-accused-of-raping-unconscious-girls-in-st-louis-county/article_6cb893c4-4476-57f0-886f-a8633d55839a.html#2

]]> 2019-09-10 12:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382092555 Kiara fletcher https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382094030 - Compared with participants who drank less than one glass of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened soft drinks per month, participants who drank two or more glasses of these drinks per day had a higher risk of all-cause mortality.
- consumption of two or more glasses of artificially sweetened soft drinks per day was found to be positively associated with deaths from circulatory diseases
- consumption of one or more glasses of sugar-sweetened soft drinks per day was found to be positively associated with deaths from digestive diseases]]> 2019-09-10 12:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382094030 Michael Rose https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382134070 -a man and his passenger fell asleep while driving a Tesla car
-while set to autopilot, the two dosed of, without regard to the warning system to replace control to the driver from the autopilot
-with the report, Tesla has announced that in it's current stage, Tesla autopilot mode is incapable of complete control.]]> 2019-09-10 13:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382134070 This Scientist spends his time hunting for creatures other people Flee-Snakes https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382140932 -There are more than 40 snake species in Missouri are venomous.
-Ben Jellen an associate professor of biology at St.Louis college of pharmacy is leading a small group of researchers who hope to learn more about this elusive.
-Most common venomous snake species in Missouri,scientist know surprisingly little about it's basic biology.


]]> 2019-09-10 13:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382140932 ayana Johnson https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382186226 -death total has reached 50 in hurricane orian
-42 bodies were found in Abaco and 8 in grand Bahamama
-Thousands of people remain missing, and relief efforts were underway on the battered islands.]]> 2019-09-10 14:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382186226 Lee Turner https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382199082 2019-09-10 14:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382199082 Kessie Williams https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382209532 - Researchers have developed new technology to detect and classify cancer cells effectively and faster than biopsies.
- The technology allows doctors to administer treatments earlier. 
- STAMP,Sequence-Topology Assembly for Multiplexed Profiling, uses programmable DNA barcodes to measure billions of protein markers in a single test.]]> 2019-09-10 15:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/382209532 alexia https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383212097 when our nervous system is developing it only develops the most viable neurons. while the immature die. The results indicate that the long-standing neurotrophic theory, which states that chance determines which cells will form the nervous system, needs to be revised]]> 2019-09-12 12:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383212097 Trinity Jones https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383230486 -Rogue "Immune Cell X" is a Completely New Type Of Cell.
-It could trigger type 1 diabetes
-viralplot.com/trending-video/?utm_source=allp&utm_term=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=allp255839]]> 2019-09-12 13:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383230486 Niyah Hedgepeth https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383833657 The national science day is observed every year on 28th feb with an objective to spread messages of importance of the people .
the theme is science and tech for sustainable  future 
this dsy is observed to mark the discovery of raman
www.currentaffairs.gktoday.in

]]> 2019-09-13 15:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/383833657 Yaasmin Barnett https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/384149003 2019-09-14 17:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/384149003 Yaasmin Barnett https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/385313017 - "Lovers of Madonea" buried hand in hand 
- The 2 lovers were men 
- could have been war comrades or friends, died together during a skirmish and, thus, buried within the same grave
-they analyzed that they were men because of their teeth enamel ]]> 2019-09-17 14:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hgoff1/5hicevyx4anr/wish/385313017