Relay for Life? What’s that you ask?

This level of writing — quick and glazed over — falls victim to that common complaint of scientists with the media: the roller coaster ride of science perception that “one day it’s this, the next it’s that.”

A good science fair project asks a strong question, makes an educated guess, follows a careful process, tracks results and observations, and tries to figure out exactly WHY? something happened as it did.

I’m researching. (Or that’s what I’m calling it.) I picked up one of those “intelligence” and “brain training” games for my PSP last week. How smart will I become thanks to this five dollar exercise? Look out world: I’m about to release unlimited potential of my hitherto confined mind. *sigh*

True, time and further research will tell if there is any weight behind these conclusions, but skeptical parents shouldn’t be too quick to hop on the bandwagon and panic from a single research paper on a poorly understood group of chemicals.

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The claim we want to test is if a plant can tell the difference between water that has been microwaved and water that has not been microwaved.