If you are worried about the spread of Swine Flu, follow these basic hygiene rules:
Wash your hands regularly with soap and water. Dry them using disposable paper towels.
Use a tissue to cover your mouth when you sneeze and turn away from any people close by.
Blow your nose into a tissue and throw it away into a bin or flush it down the toilet.
Watch this video to see how germs spread.
If you watch out for the Moon tonight, you will see the largest FULL MOON for 15 years.
The Moon has a slightly oval orbit . Tonight the Moon will be at the closest point to the Earth at the same time as it reaches the FULL MOON phase in its 28 day lunar cycle. This means that , clouds permitting, it should be the brightest and the largest it has been for 15 years. There should also be some meteorites passing through.
I hope that you get a chance to witness this awe inspiring natural event! If it is cloudy, CLICK HERE to see how it should look!
If you want to find out more about the PHASES OF THE MOON, then CLICK HERE .
This National Geographic Video ( CLICK HERE) is an excellent source of information about the formation and facts regarding the moon.
(Picture courtesy of Reuters)
Year 6 have just begun to look at Climate Change as their topical issue. We are waking up today to the news that Venice is experiencing the worst floods for 20 years. Is that due to Climate Change or the actual physical position of Venice and the water drainage system which is linked to tides? Look out for the various experts who will try and give an explanation about the reasons for the floods. All I can say is that of all the cities which was going to flood, Venice is probably the best prepared! After all it has a fleet of gondolas already!
All Pictures Courtesy of NASA
The space shuttle Endeavour has been docked near the International Space Station (ISS) in order to repair a damaged solar panel and the rotation mechanism of the solar panels. The astronauts have already been out of the shuttle to repair some of the damage. They have a planned FOURTH spacewalk today which they expect to last for six and a half hours!
CLICK HERE to go to the NASA website for more information
You can WATCH the BBC coverage of the THIRD spacewalk here.
The International Space Station as viewed from approaching Endeavour
The solar panels torn as they were automatically unfurled!
Spacewalk by NASA astronauts to repair the ripped panels.
Click here to read the actual press release from Cern.
There has been a leak at the large particle accelerator called LHC ( large Hadron Collider ) at Cern. Unfortunately this means that the whole series of experiments which set out to discover the secrets of the Universe has had to be postponed to SPRING 2009. Visit the Cern Press Office to find out more.
Picture courtesy of CERN
So many of you have mentioned the experiment at Cern to me that I thought it was worth another mention!
The scientists at Cern have been completing a very long circular tunnel ( LHC Large Hadron Collider) deep underground for the last few years. Finally, they completed it this year and then began to cool it using liquid nitrogen gas. They have managed to cool it to the lowest temperatures known anywhere on Earth.
This Wednesday, 10th September, they started the actual experiment: accelarating particles in the tunnel at very fast speeds. They are hoping that the particles will collide and smash each other up, releasing even smaller particles which they hope to detect.
There are some people very worried about the possibility of a Black Hole being formed under these extreme conditions which would absorb everything around it. This is what some of you are also worried about.
Well, these collisions are happening around us all the time, only we can’t detect the particles being released as they disperse or change far too quickly, before we can get our detectors out and run after them. So, basically, at Cern, the super brains have created these collisions in a closed space so that the particles can’t escape and are easier to detect.
Whether the released particles are detected or not is pure chance. They are hoping that by varying the conditions and trying different experiments we will be able to solve some of the mysteries regarding the creation of this Universe. Who knows, we might actually find more mysteries the deeper we go !
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