Quarter 3 Current Science #3 -- Do "bugs" help make chocolate healthy?

Love chocolate? Want to find out more about how your body digests it? This article gets into the current state of research on chocolate and your body's digestive system -- turn out some microbial helpers may make all the difference.

Chocolate, Health, and the Bacteria of the Intestines

Quarter 3 Current Science #1 -- What Can you Learn from a Dog's Tail?

It turns out that there is a lot more to a dog's wagging tail than meets the eye.  Read this fascinating article suggested by Mary F. from B block to learn more.

Dog's Tail Article from NPR

Quarter 3 Current Science #2 -- Echoes from the Beginning of Time

This is the hot topic in astrophysics right now -- the first evidence of traces of the cosmic "inflation" that followed the Big Bang.  Read this article from Science News for Students to find out more:

Waves from the birth of time

Quarter 3 Current Science #4 -- Branching Out for Safer Water

In this article engineers from MIT describe their prototype for a cheap, effective way to clean contaminated water.  Find out more about their intriguing invention here:

Branching out for Safer Water