Reading Exercise

First exercise :

Megafauna die-off may have cooled planet

Mega means huge. Fauna means animals. Megafauna are things like hairy mamoths, an animal like an elephant.
And it is all about the carbon dioxide and methane. Sounds like the Mars story.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/05/24/2907370.htm

Scientists create synthetic life

Scientists in the United States have announced they have developed the world's first synthetic living cell.
They have created life, like the cybermen have in Dr Who.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/05/21/2905640.htm

Mammoth blood brought back to life

The blood of the extinct woolly mammoth has been brought back to life using ancient DNA from the bones of specimens found in Siberia.

Real live Jurrasic Park.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/05/03/2888610.htm

Info-ladies make life easier in Bangladesh

Barefoot doctors making a difference in a third world country

http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/info-ladies-make-life-easier-in-bangladesh/

Chemistry quiz

Extra for experts.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/games/quizzes/2010/chemistry/?topic=latest