Group Reading Log: Annie Qin, Ahmed Sinum, J Chen by https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie UWP 22 WQ 2018 Group Reading Log en-us 2018-01-24 17:23:57 UTC 2025-10-05 21:40:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Article 1: First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained a_alsinan https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224916409 Discipline: Science
Summary: In First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained by Michelle Z. Donahue, The article describes the amazing ability of mosquitoes, which is connecting its memorization ability to find the target flexibly. Scientists have examined this skill by disabling the dopamine channels and found that the mosquitoes lose its ability and it goes back to the same target. scientists should be aware of while developing new repellants. If scientist did not find a solution for this problem, a lot of killing diseases will be transferred by those insects.
Response: This ability that mosquitoes have cause a serious issue that a lot of people are not aware of. Scientists must find a solution to this epidemic disease to save thousands of people lives, especially the people who are living in poor countries since a lot of diseases happen by through mosquitoes. I think that scientist also should think of a way to decrease the danger of these pesticides because it is not right to solve a problem by causing another. Also, I believe that campaigns must be done to show people how serious this problem is.
DQs
1) If you were a scientist, What other ways you could do to avoid this problem?
2) Why the majority of people don't consider mosquitoes as a problem?
I think it is because the mosquitoes are just so normal and tiny. People normally won't care that much about this kind tiny things. Moreover, there are hundreds of people have been attacked by mosquitoes but people didn't see this caused a huge problem. Thus, people won't think that this normal and tiny thing would cause this much problems. 
3) We always hear that science is evolving by time, so why are we discovering more diseases by time?]]> 2018-01-26 01:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224916409 Annie Qin Vocabulary: Article 1 xaqin https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224916740 salivate (v.):
Original: ... referring to the famous experiment that conditioned dogs to salivate on cue
salivation/saliva (n.)
Definition: secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food
My own sentence:
I always salivate when my mom brings out the foods for dinner.
Synonyms: Dribble; Drool]]> 2018-01-26 01:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224916740 Ahmed Alsinan Vocabulary: Article 1 a_alsinan https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224917004 1- Repellants(N):
Original: ...Scientists will need to keep investigating the role of learning and smell in mosquito behavior before developing any new repellants.
Definition: a substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
My own sentence:
Hopefully, scientist are going new repellants that are less dangerous for humans.
Synonyms: Pesticide, chemical substance. acaricide.

2- Maladies(N):
Original: ...Aedes aegypti is the mosquito species known for carrying yellow fever and is a vector for several other serious human maladies
Definition: a disease or ailment.
My own sentence:
Maladies are increasing by time because of the negative that humans do toward the environments.
Synonyms: 
illness, sickness, disease,
]]> 2018-01-26 01:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224917004 Annie Qin Vocabulary: Article 1 xaqin https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224917171 slap (v.):
Original: It turns out that by slapping at a mosquito about to bite, the insect learns to associate that near-death encounter with your personal scent and avoid you in the future.
slapper (n.)
Definition: hit (someone or something) with the palm of one's hand or a flat object.
My own sentence:
I slapped my dog because he destroyed my homework.
Synonyms: spank]]> 2018-01-26 01:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/224917171 J Chen Vocabulary: Article 1 wjcchen https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225264697 repellants (n):
Original:... investigating the role of learning and smell in mosquito behavior before developing any new repellants.
repellants (adj): causing distaste or aversion; repulsive.
My own sentence: My mom bought some repellants to repel mosquitoes in our house.
Synonyms: repugnant, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome.
 
]]> 2018-01-27 05:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225264697 J Chen Vocabulary: Article 1 wjcchen https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225264839 1 - alighting(v):
Original: The next time you spot a mosquito alighting on your arm for a sip, definitely take aim.
alight(v); alight(adj);
Definition: (of a bird) descend from the air and settle.
My own sentence: The bird is alighting on the top of the branch. It flow away as people came close.
Synonyms: descend, get off, disembark.

2 - sip(v):
Original: The next time you spot a mosquito alighting on your arm for a sip, definitely take aim.
sipped(v),sipping(v);
Definition: to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of.
My own sentence:
Robert sipped the mixture fruit juice quietly. "Oh it is pretty good!" He said.
Synonyms: imbibe, quaff, savor, extract.

 
]]> 2018-01-27 05:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225264839 DQs answer: Article 1: wjcchen https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225265267 #2 answer:
I think people don't consider mosquitoes as a problem because they are too small. Since they are so small people would think they could be killed easily. Also people do not see mosquitoes that much, especially in urban. Even there are mosquitoes, people have millions of ways to kill them.

#3 answer: 
I think the first reason for people discover more and more diseases is by the development of technology and industry, our environment gets worse and worse, which cause a worse living situation for human and gain more disease. For the second reason, it is because by the time of the improve for medical, human are finding out more disease. For example, people might can not find the reason for some illness in the past, but now they can defined it. Therefor it seems like we discover more diseases, while some of them have already existed before.


]]> 2018-01-27 05:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/225265267 J Chen Responses: Article wjcchen https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/227717866 Response: In the article, scientist are trying to train mosquitoes by using their ability of learning.  I used to get bite from mosquitoes all the time during summer. They are so annoying. I tried to use spray thing to prevent them close to me. While the spray  usually  become less and less useful as time go on. Maybe it is a way to show that mosquitoes are improving. I really hope the scientists could success on this topic. I could not imagine how the world would change if human trained mosquitoes. I wish there are not any mosquitoes come to bite me when I go to the county.  ]]> 2018-02-03 06:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/227717866 Annie Qin Responses: xaqin https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/228248021 In the article Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained, the author provided different examples from scientist investigation about how mosquitoes would impact human's life and what solution might come after it. It is a biological science based article. Scientist said that mosquitos would cause serious diseases, and however, majority of people won't pay that much attention to that small insect. Furthermore, different mosquitos from different places would cause different problems. However, scientists are trying to find a solution to overcome this mosquito problems. ]]> 2018-02-05 17:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/xaqin/AhmedJAnnie/wish/228248021