600 students expelled for cheating By: Jada Glenn In India, 600 tenth graders were caught cheating on a test. In order to accomplish this other students climbed the walls of the testing place and gave the test-takers exam answers. The importance placed this test was felt by the parents as well who assisted the students into cheating. In order to bat this, police brought in and fines are due to those caught. For more information visit: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/05e55012f5b64c33a365ee8f21bede33/600-indian-students-expelled-cheating-school-exams Bank Theft through Cyber Hacking By: Jada Glenn It has recently been discovered that hackers implanted malware into Russian bank computer systems in Ukraine. A cyber company called, Kaspersky Lab, researched into this hacking and discovered that the hackers had been stealing, and spying from not just Russian banks but other countries including Japan and the U.S. The hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars from these banks. This discovery has led the realization of weaknesses in the banking system mostly caused by complacency. This is a classic example of how as the age grows more toward advanced technology so does crime and the methods to prevent it. Find more information at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/world/bank-hackers-steal-millions-via-malware.html?ref=world&_r=0 |
The spider-silk worm hybrid
By: Jada Glenn You've probably heard of all kind of hybrids; werewolf/vampire hybrids, zebra/donkeys and of course the long list of Sci-Fi hybrids. Well, biotechnology has now bought you a spider/silk worm hybrid. Spiders produce the strongest material in the world called spider silk. This silk is stronger than steel and can therefore be used to create all kinds of things such as bullet proof clothes and prosthetic limbs. If spider silk is so wonderful then why isn't is being used all the time? The answer is simple; spider's take too long to make their silk. If companies started selling spider silk then they would end up terribly backed up because the spiders can't produce the amount of silk needed for the large numbers of people demanding it. This is where the silk worms come in because they also make silk except they do it a whole lot faster. So, scientist were studying around trying to think of a way to produce spider silk faster when they said, hey? Why don't we take the silk worms and input spider's genes into the silk worms? That way the silk worms could quickly produce spider-like silk and we can sell it, make billions of dollars and save some lives along the way. Of course there is a con, the spider/silk worm's silk is not as strong as pure spider silk, nevertheless it is stronger than a silk worms and can still be used at a worldwide scale. Find more information at: http://news.discovery.com/tech/spider-silk-silkworms-genetic-engineering.htm http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i9/Spider-Silk-Poised-Commercial-Entry.html |