Obama's Polish Mistake

by David Campbell


This is about the recent speech Obama made, honoring a polish war hero for his bravery in WWII. But he misspoke and said that he found out the information at a "Polish Death Camp". He said that as if there were no Nazis responsible. The White House came to his aid though, and said that it was a mistake. The foreign minister wrote a letter to the White House, hoping that that will prevent future mistakes. This was one awkward mistake!

Solar and Lunar Eclipse

What are the Differences between Solar and Lunar Eclipse?

By: Henry Lam

            There was a solar eclipse on May 20. It was the first annular eclipse in 18 years. It was visible in eastern Asia and Northern Pacific. You may wonder what the difference between solar and lunar eclipse are. Well, they are sort of similar. A solar eclipse can only occur at new moon and lunar eclipse occurs only at full moon. Solar eclipses last for about 7 minutes 40 seconds and lunar eclipses last for about 1 hour 40 minutes. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon.  A solar eclipse happens when the shadow of the Moon is cast on the Earth and a lunar eclipse happens when the shadow of the Earth is cast on the Moon. 

Titanoaba The Monster Snake

The Titanoaba is a monster snake that lived over 58 million years ago. The Titanoaba lived in Cerrejon, a swampy immense jungle with plenty of humidity and water. The Titanoaba is now holding the place for the largest snake discovered. Sadly the Titanoaba is not alive, researchers don't know if this giant snake was part of a whole species of giant snakes. It will be hard to find out, because snake fossils decay very quickly. One hypothesis though is that the Titanoaba was just maybe 3 times the size of a regular python and the size was added on to the abundance of food and the great climate for it to thrive in.
Here is a picture: By mArcuS

3 New Species Found!!!

Millipede the size of a sausage.

    By: Bryce Yeager, Riley Ryan, Timothy Kwan.
 3 new species were found(on left). The animals were a millipede also known as "wandering leg sausage", a blue tarantula found in Brazil, and a monkey found in Myanmar that sneezes when it rains.

     These animals got on the Top 10 list of new species. The millipede was in 8th place, the tarantula got in 10th, and the monkey got in 1st place.

The first species is a giant millipede. It has 56 rings, with each ring having 2 legs. It is an amazing 6.3 inches long, the longest of any millipede known. That's the size of a sausage!

The second species is a snub-nosed monkey that, oddly, sneezes whenever it rains. It is white-bearded and has black fur. It is believed to be critically endangered. That's a shame, I was wishing to see one of these in the mountains where it was found.

The third species is the Sazima's turantula. It is a breathtaking sight to see as it is blue almost all over. It was originally found in the flattop mountains in Brazil. I think that this arachnid is pretty cool to look at.

Giant Turtle!

    By:Bryce Yeager, Riley Ryan, Timothy Kwon.
 Researchers found the remains of a 60 million year old fossilized turtle, the size of a smart car. Researchers say the turtle was the largest predator in its environment. and this turtle had powerful jaws that could eat anything it encountered such as, mollusks, smaller turtles, crocodiles, etc. 


     This turtle was found in  2005 in the mine in Colombia's Cerrejon formation by Edwin Cadena. The turtle's skull measures 24 centimeters and the shell is 5ft 7in long.










Sources: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-largest-turtle-20120518,0,6876731

The Blobfish

The Mysterious Jellyfish

Riley Ryan, Timothy Kwon and Bryce Yeager

A brown blob that is seemingly covered in scales was spotted by an underwater drilling camera.

The "blob" is a Deepstaria Enigmatica that was seen as a brown thing that looked to have scales. It was found a t about 5045 ft deep. Steven Haddock, a scientist for The Monterrey Bay Aquarium, said that the "blob" is a jellyfish that is not actually very rare to see. But it is rare to see it intact.

The jellyfish had organs and appendages sticking out. This is very rare to see. Of course, this kind of thing happens every once in a while, right? Yes, it does. It seems that this time it was a jellyfish of epic blobbiness.

The Avengers

By: Timothy K., Bryce Y., Riley R.

     The Avengers, the new hit movie that came out on May 4, 2012, got 4.5 stars out of 5 stars, which means it is a good movie. Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Black Widow, HawkEye, Thor, and Nick Fury are in the movie. They team up and form the Avengers. Captain America uses a shield that never breaks for a weapon. Hulk is a person that when he gets angry he turns into the Hulk who uses his strength to fight. Iron Man is a guy in a iron suit which has weapons like blasters. Black Widow is a highly trained assassin. Hawk Eye is a highly trained archer. Hawk Eye is like Speedy, and Green Arrow from Batman .Thor is the son of Odin and uses a hammer to fight. Nick Fury is the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., an agency of military defense. 


            The Avengers don't always get along with each other, and get in many fights. Iron Man is very arrogant. The Hulk could transform in any given time. The others actually can get along with each other.

     Loki, Thor's adopted brother, plans to rule the Earth and steal the Tessaract, which is an alien resource. The Avengers try to stop him, and in the end, they are successful and save the world from Loki. They also blow up the enemy base with a nuclear missile and kill all of the enemy soldiers.

The Super Moon!

By:Bryce Yeager, Timothy Kwon, Riley Ryan.
The Super Moon was in the night sky on Saturday May 5th 2012. That was the biggest moon that anyone will see in their life time. The Super Moon was said to light up the night sky all around the world. So that was a once in a life time chance.
  

White Orca

White Orca Spotted Off The Coast Of Russia

Riley Ryan, Timothy Kwon and Bryce Yeager

                        A fully-white orca whale was spotted off the coast of Russia by scientists that were on a research cruise. They named it Iceberg.
Iceberg seemed to live a normal life in his pod of twelve other whales. He is an adult male and one of the only white orca whales seen on the planet before, and the only grown male.
          
This phenomenon was a huge event for the world. We hope to see another creature as rare as this one.

"In many ways, Iceberg is a symbol of all that is pure, wild and extraordinarily exciting about what is out there in the ocean waiting to be discovered," stated Erich Hoyt of the Far East Russia Orca project, "the challenge is to keep the ocean healthy so that such surprises are always possible." –world news, msnbc.com