WRIT 372: Current Science, Blog 2

Quickly, I was submerged in the wonders of science during the first year and a half I spent at Montana State University. I have always had a love for the sciences ever since elementary school, it just happened my love for writing edged out science. Even though I’m no longer a science major, I still have multiple sources where I can keep up-to-date on all the new science findings. To me science is the forefront of mankind; it drives us forward, and ultimately will determine our longevity on this small round rock.

Michio Kaku is synonymous with science, he was a protégé of Albert Einstein and is continuing many of Einstein’s uncompleted projects. I am currently reading one of his books titled “Physics of the Impossible”, where Kaku clumps together future technology into three different groups, ranging from possible in the next ten years to possible in the next 1000 years. He goes into depth about force fields and how we can expect them within 100 years, and he actually goes into the science behind making them work. From A.I. to wormhole travel Kaku’s book covers the bases for anything science.

For more multi-mediaish sources, Netflix has a show called “The Universe” that is narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, another pioneer of the current science front. He covers new science findings on Mars, and also flirts with the ideas of finding new “Earth-like” planets floating around in the Universe. The way all the information is displayed in each episode can be a bit easier to swallow, than reading through 1000 page textbooks to find out the information for your self.

I also use the site PopularScience.com to keep up with new Science findings; the articles are accurate, credible, and well written. For a more humorous venue, I use the site Cracked.com. Obliviously, they cover more than just science stuff, but when they do usually the information is interesting and pertinent. And humor makes everything more interesting, at least to me.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16583_the-5-scientific-experiments-most-likely-to-end-world.html This URL will take you to one of the Cracked.com articles that deals with science, I found it extremely interesting.

If I were able to cover anything of my choosing this semester, I would love to research planets orbiting other stars in the universe. I know we have found 200+ Jupiter sized planets that orbit their own stars. I also know how they find these planets, by looking for a noticeable wobble in the stars, but this method doesn’t work for smaller “earthlike” planets. So, I would love to research more current findings, and hopefully we can find another Earth soon!

            

That topic is just the tip of the iceberg, so to say, in terms of my interests in different science related topics. I’m really going to enjoy this class!