Time Travel

A topic that still interests me is time travel. I guess to some people this might seem boring and impossible, but to me I think about the possibilities of time travel and it is mind- blowing. People have thought about this before and there are many different theories about time travel ranging from moving so fast that we actually go back in time, to time being a continuos loop, where we can pick where we want to go. I guess the real reason I want to continue researching this is just because of the  possibilities that could come out of it, and hopefully in my studies I will come across a time machine on ebay. Think of all the good that would do.

I Visited These Blogs

After reading everyone else's blog I learned about many new, and interesting things which include aliens that have come through black holes, really fast jets, and metal rubber. All of these inventions would be very useful to use, and I am looking forward to hearing more about each one.

I visited Reiss', Nick's, Josh's, Ashley's, Allison's, and a few more

Interesting Chemistry Topics

There are many things about chemistry that interest me but the most important ones include:

1. Life on other planets. Recently a very very very realistic photo was taken from the spirit rover on mars. Is the alien real... probably no....yes, but I think that it is intriguing that other lifeforms can exist on other planets. If they do, it could mean that maybe we can find a way to live on different planets as well.
2. Changing the molecular structure of an object to make it into something completely different. In the beginning of year we talked about how sub atomic particles identified different atoms and if we added more protons to different atoms they change from one thing to another. Think about what could happen if we added a few more protons to oxygen and ended up with gold.
3. How do pop rocks and mood rings work? What type of chemicals are used in them that allow them to funtion?
4. Time travel, black holes, wormholes, cosmetic strips, etc. There has always been a lot of speculation about time travel and how moving faster than the speed of light will send you back in time. So is there really a way to go back in time or is it just a rumor?
5. Parallel Universes, thinking about it we know so little about our world. We are living on one planet in one universe, but maybe, through a black hole somewhere in space there could be millions of other universes we don't know about. Maybe in some parallel universe there is another Ben Holloway writing on his chemistry blog, thinking about parallel universes. Who knows.
6. Genetic Mutation- There are lots of movies that have superheroes with specific powers due to genetic mutations, are these actually plausible. Could a person be specifically bred to be stronger than normal, be able to breath underwater, or have the abilities of a spider.

After generally researching each of these topics I think the one that interests me the most would probably be either time travel or parallel universes. Both of them are such big topics that they are initially hard to comprehend. Through a black hole there could be so many different things out there. There could exact replicas of our world, or planets where everyone can fly or planets with utopian societes where everyone is happy. Maybe the movie Star Wars is actually real and in another universe there are wookies running around and piloting airplanes. Time travel is that way too, lets say that time is really a continous loop and we could choose where we wanted to go back in time. I could go back two days in time and make sure I got an A on the chem test, or I could go back it time and light the test on fire and see what Mrs Vosburghs reaction would be, I could go back in time and pull a fire alarm and see what would happen, then I could go back in time and prevent JFK from being assinated, after I do that I would make sure to invest in all the rights stocks, and finally I would go to the future and find the cure for cancer and bring it back to our present time period. As you can see there are lots of things that could potentially happen which is why I find these topics to be so intriguing.

Is Science Important?

I think that science is very important in our everyday lives, more so than something like History, because lets face it, the only possible profession that involves being good at history is being a teacher,or being Nicholas Cage in National Treasure. Even though it seems that some scientific questions posed have no relevance to us, in the long run knowledge is power and the more we know the better off we are. A reason to study things that might seem unimportant is becasue you never know where they will lead. Lets say that a crazy scientist is studying the importance of biolumiescense in jelly fish. This might not seem important, but lets say that he finds out the chemical used in biolumicense, is a great chemical for treating cancer, with a little work the cure is found due to a completley random act of science. While this is probably not plausible, you never know where you will find answers.

Another good reason to explore random scientific questions is because they also help us to learn more about ourselves and the world we are living in. While humans like to think that we know everything we don't even know if there is any other life in the galaxy besides us. There could entire worlds out in space and the only way to discover them is through science. If you look back at history, some of the greatest thinkers/inventors such as Issac Newton and Albert Einstein were really nothing more than crazy scientists that were curious about the world we live in and they wanted to learn more. So to answer to initial questions, yes I do think that investing time in somewhat unnecessary scientific questions is important, becasue we still have a lot to learn.

I posted on a lot of peoples blogs such as Travis, Ryan, Reiss, Nick, etc you can pretty much check anyones blog.

Fo Real Chemistry Post

Chemistry this year has been pretty good. I feel like we have a pretty relaxed enviremont, but we somehow still manage to learn things. The labs are interesting and while the material is challenging I don't find it to be overwhelming. Once in a while I even find that my chemistry knowledge can be used in the real world!! I can't think of any now, but there have been some. The one project I'm very exited about are the blogs. I have a feeling that they are going to be a lot of fun, and now I have something to do on my Friday nights. YAY!! I hope everyone has a good weekend. Over and Out.

Likes and Dislikes of Honors Chem

So far Honors chemistry has not been that bad. We light things on fire, we race our chairs around the room, I get a wifi connection in the Chemistry room, and I'm not abused the way I was in Biology. The downsides are that everybody in my class are overachievers. People constantly worry too much about grades when they should be worry about more important things like a nuclear holocaust. Even though they are book smart, they aren't street smart and when they take the wrong bus and end up in the "hood" they will probably get mugged.