What We Learnt!

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What We Learnt!
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Breakthroughs in science

 Salting icy roads is changing the sex of Frogs

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Researchers at Yale University have discovered that chemicals used in de-icing salt can seep into ponds and change the sex of frogs during the early phase of their lives. The amount of females could be reduced to about 10 per cent, potentially harmful to some frog populations.

 

Days are Getting Longer

 

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Researchers at Durham University have discovered that days will get an added hour, but it will take about two million years. The outcome is due to the Moon’s orbit increasing by around 4cm a year as the Earth’s rotation slows down.

‘Antacids’ could help us fight climate change

 

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An idea to prevent climate change is to spray aerosol particles into the atmosphere to reflect the Sun’s rays, but many of the compounds that would be appropriate to produce acids that harm the ozone layer. Researchers at the Harvard have found that calcite, a constituent found in many antacids, could reflect sunlight while absorbing harmful acids.

‘Man Flu’ could exist

 

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Researchers at Royal Holloway University have found that certain infectious diseases could attack men more than females. Some bugs have evolved to affect women less than men, so these bugs can be passed on to children through breastfeeding or childbirth.

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Students still suffering with the heavy bags. Even after the government announced the amount of books carried should be reduced due to weight that students’ bags have, there are still many schools that have stopped checking how many books a child carries. Nowadays, a 1st standard child carries a heavier bag than the 6th standard. With all the weight of the books, it has been difficult for students to climb the stairs up. This can later cause issues in the backbone. Please carry light bags.

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