Science in the News

Read and respond to a current events science news story.

Each science news submission is worth five Extra Effort points.  You may submit up one article per week, up to a maximum of 50 extra effort points per semester. 

News articles are due to this form by Friday afternoon at 3:40pm, after which the form will be closed for the weekend.

The article cannot be more than seven days older than the day it is turned in.  Only articles from reputable science news sources will be permitted. 

Here are the questions you are requested to answer via the form linked above:

• Write a summary of this article. Your summary must be at least four complete sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Do not use direct quotes from the article.
• How did scientists obtain the evidence on which this article is based? What steps did they follow, what types of tools did the use, and what type of data did they collect?
• Do some more thinking about this article. Write at least one “on my own” question that you would like to ask the author or the scientists involved.

Biology News Sources
Science News
Scientific American
Science Daily 
NPR
Nature
Science
New York Times (use your free SEQ account!)

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