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Technology Causes Loss of Skills

Technology: people lose inter social skills, flat batter mobile phone, running writing, lost in outback bush.
Technology is breaking the bond of people to the natural environment. Communication involves not just reading and posting snippets on Twitter. Language skills are still paramount to our survival. Hardly anyone writes in long-hand these days. Ask a twenty year old to write something said to them in a grammatical or mathematical phrase/sentence with a pen and they cannot do it. Take for example "Fifty-eight thousand dollars a year over five years". This is a grammatical phrase. A mathematical sentence is "$58,000 x 1year x 5years" To take it to its logical conclusion it is "$58,000 x 1 x 5 = $290,000". Many young adults are completely at a loss to do this.

She is alone!

Not only are we losing communication skills, many would not survive outside of cities if they had to get sustenance that did not come from a supermarket. Though cooking shows are popular on television, they are watched for entertainment. Young people get meals out of a packet. They just whack it into the microwave and that's it. Restaurants provide their cooked meals. Children do not believe that milk comes from cows. They do know that it comes out of a factory in cartons ready to drink.

Going bush in 4 wheel drives is popular, but this is done with real risk. Have an engine failure, run out of petrol and have a flat mobile phone could mean the end for everyone in the vehicle. Purchasing an EPIRB is not even given a thought. Aren't these things for when you get lost at sea? They are, though a smart traveller buys one to get her/him out of a fix on land. Last year three inexperienced people died in outback Western Australia. You are told to remain next to the car. Of course, this is ignored and the lost try to find a nonexistent homestead in the remote bush.

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Ludicrous Two Dogs Playing With Toy Car

Slapstick dogs drive childrens car.

"There is no engine."

"I'm your engine George!"

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Genetics Gives Children Mathematical Aptitude

Genetics: genetic predisposition makes girls or nboys good at maths.

The money poured into education to encourage girls and more boys to study maths and science could be a waste. Research on twins shows that numerical aptitude is 75 per cent genetic. Either both twin children are good at dealing with numbers or both are not. There is also a 50 per cent genetic predilection for writing skills.

Despite parents helping their children with homework and the like, it had little influence on academic achievement. Furthermore, teachers and the schools attended whether private or public had no impact. Children took to maths or English according to their genetic makeup.

It is not clear if teachers are evenly well trained so students are benefiting evenly across the nation. However, this is clutching at straws. We all remember the lazy, bad teachers who threw a chapter of a book at use to scribble the lesson away while he/she played around at the desk or in the book cupboard. It really seems that teachers have no effect on teaching per se in regard to student outcomes.

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Nancy Bird Walton Female Aviator of Australia

A plane landed on a grazier's property to rescue the owner from a flood. Onlookers were aghast to see that the pilot was a woman. This was the 1930s and female pilots were only accepted in the United States. Nancy Bird Walton was the pilot - she had the right name.

The woman who would not take no for an answer had initially taken flying lessons from the famous aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Because she was short he told her to bring a cushion. Her pilots' test involved a climbing to 450 meters then landing near a fixed spot on the ground. She passed gaining an A grade licence. her career began in 1928 flying a yellow Gypsy Moth at an air pageant in New South Wales.

In those days a commercial pilot had to be a mechanic as well. She was capable. Securing a log book, knowledge of meteorology and navigation skills she was on her way. The Gypsy Moth was ideal for Barnstorming around the country. She saved some money. Her purchase of Leopard Moth set her up in commercial business carrying freight and passengers.

During her working life she flew to remote areas for the Royal Flying Doctor Service becoming the first female owner pilot of the Far West Children's Health Scheme. Notably, she became the Commandant of the Women's Air Training Corp when WWII broke out.

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"Yeah, I remember the good old days."

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Plant Chemistry Indicates a Very Hot Future

Chemistry: Stomata on plant leaves shows the way to predict climate change.

It looks like the future is going to be very hot - in Asia at least. Oddly it will not get drier. With more carbon around plants will not need as much water, so grass will grow everywhere. A 5 degree rise in temperature is expected by mid-century. High humidity will make life unbearable..

Plants have a significant effect on the climate in general. This has been ignored in the past. Scientists are now examining it. More efficient use of water means less water in the atmosphere which increases temperature during the day. Spring will arrive earlier as the climate itself changes.

A study of stomata, tiny spores on leaves involved in carbon dioxide absorption and the shedding of water, has provided information on how plants affect the weather. It was initially for understanding how plants work, but it has ultimately been applied to the study of climate change.

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Hilarious Bear Runs After Cyclist

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Science Discovers Extrovert-Introvert Continuum

Science: Extroverts and introverts are on a continuum.

Do you mix with others easily? Are you a loner? Human beings can be categorized as extrovert or introvert. There appears not to be a continuum to give variety to the species. You are either one or the other.

Don't get me wrong here. Introverts can rise to the occasion and mix in a group. Oddly, many introverts become entertainers to bring themselves out and beat their fears. Clearly though, extroverts love other people and get lonely quickly, whereas introverts thrive doing things on their own.

After a noisy party where alcohol has temporarily changed introverts into extroverts. The basically quieter type starts worrying about what he/she said at the bash. The mixers just get on with life and don't fear anything.

Wait on. Research has shown the people do fit on a continuum. We cannot all be divided into either mixer or loner, not totally. To make it simpler scientists have coined the phrase "ambiverts" for those in the middle. This is very simplistic and smacks of keeping an established system alive. No, we all different. We are human aren't we?

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Big Raves About the Pegasus Helicopter Flotation Device

Technology:

It is surprising how people and government bodies live with a problem for decades when the answer is in front of their noses. Quite frequently rescue helicopter crash into the sea. There is usually a "ho-hum" - another helicopter has fallen from the sky.

Helicopters that can take off and land in the sea have been around for years. It is old technology. Obviously rescue organizations could have used them. However, they seem to feel that it best to reinvent the wheel. They plan to modify existing helicopters.

A self-inflating buoyancy balloon will be attached to standard helicopters. When a sensor detects water, automatic inflation will occur. Australian defence is throwing $4 million at the project. Marise Payne the Defence Minister is lauding it, saying "this is a fabulous innovation, by Australian minds, Australian brains, Australian workers...." Let us hope it is not just a silly idea!rafdevice

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Polar Bear Loses Ball, Chuckle, Chuckle

Polar bear loses ball - chuckle.

"Who took my ball?"

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DNA From Mucus Shows the Sex of Whales

Genetics: Scientists work on whales instead of cattle.
Work on cattle genetics has shown the way to determine the sex of whales using a sample taken from blow holes. Specimens are composed of water and mucous membrane material. They are collected from the sea by people in dingies, canoes and kayaks. The process involves scooping with a six-metre long carbon-fibre pole.

A team of researchers has enjoyed the chance to get away from working with cattle. They have also done a genetic study of koalas. Improving cattle and meat are their priorities, however. A few hundred samples are to be taken. This compares to a half a million already collected from cattle.

While blow hole samples are used for whales, hair is taken from cattle. Researchers have identified favourable traits for cattle from DNA. The real problem is getting these into cattle. Farmers are the ones who breed animals, not researchers. It is no surprise to find the more direct work on whales a welcome change.

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