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From Yahoo! News VANCOUVER, Wash. - Rockfall at Mount St. Helens kicked up a dust plume Tuesday that rose above the rim of the volcano's crater, drawing attention in the region. "It's a nice sunny day and we're having the first couple of rockfalls that we've had in a while that are putting little dust plumes over the crater rim," said U.S. Geological Survey geologist Seth Moran at the agency's Cascade Volcano Observatory here, about 50 miles south of the mountain that erupted to deadly effect in May 1980. Seismic activity has continued at low levels, Moran said. The white plume floating above the peak was raising concerns locally. "When rockfalls go down they kick up a dust plume and people can see it — especially from Portland," Moran said. Overcast weather had hidden the mountain for weeks. "Any time you go through a pause" during which the mountain is not visible, people notice activity more when the peak comes back into view, Moran said. Mount St. Helens rumbled back to life in September 2004 after years of quiet. In October a flow of molten rock reached the surface, marking a renewal of domebuilding activity that had stoppped in 1986. The 1980 eruption killed 57 people, flattens forests and sent a river of hot mud and ash down the Toutle River Valley. USGS and the University of Washington continue to monitor the mountain. Scientists say a more explosive eruption, possibly dropping ash within a 10-mile radius of the crater, is possible at any time.

I live in an area where we recycle aluminum, plastic, paper, glossy paper, and the list goes on like that. Anyway, we can recycle batteries if we take them to the recycling center so see if you can do that.

If you don't know what the Drake equation is, it's an equation made by Frank Drake that tells how many advanced civilizations there are in the galaxy. Scientist can't figure out what the variables are so you can decide with this website, it's pretty cool. http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html

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If you are someone like me that loves animals and want to save them, here are some websites for you. All you have to do is click and it will generate a free donation paid for by their sponsers. ecologyfund.com therainforestsite.com care2.com If you know any websites like these please post them here.

does anyone know what the most combustable element or compound is? if you do please reply. Also, are there any safe chemical reactions that are strong enough to launch a rocket? Please reply.

According to modern mathmattics, if you go faster than the speed of light you will go back in time. This has made me think about a few things. (1) If you travel as fast as light will time freeze? (2) Is it possible to go at a negative speed? If so, would it fast-forward you through time? If you have any answers to my questions or more backround information, please reply.

In school earlier this week I was learning about photosynthesis. If you don't know what photosynthesis is, it's when plants take 6 molecules of CO2, six molecules of water, and sunlight to make one molecule of glucose and six molecules of oxygen The glucose is used for the plant's food, and we use the oxygen. While reading from the textbook, I had an idea. What if we could make artificial photosynthesis. It will take out some CO2 and add in O2 to slow global warming. Maybe the glucose could be used to put in food or something like that. If you have any comments about my idea or possible ideas on how to make it work, please reply.

In an airtight room, you will die from breathing in your own toxic carbon dioxide, not from lack of oxygen.

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head sidways like humans.

Termites produce about 52% of the atmosphere's methane gas.

recently, i learned that the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other stuff like carbon dioxide, sulfer dioxide, etc. I was wondering, what will happen to humans and other animals if the air was pure oxygen? Would animals die off (from ther air, not by lack of food because plants will die off), live better, or will it stay the same? If anyone knows please tell me.

Replying to: The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length. Actually, the largest amphibian can grow up to six feet. It is the Chinese giant salamander. Another fact on amphibians: One of the smallest frogs in the world has the largest tadpole, it grows backwards!

there are more ways to arrange 33 people on 33 seats than there are drops of water in the world.

In michigan it's illeagal to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant. -herpguy

If you have any interesting facts on science post them here! Here are some of my facts: You burn more calories eating celery than celery has in it. People that smoke a pack of cigarettes every day puts a halfcup of tar in his or her's lungs each year. I'll post more later.

I think i get it now. Wormholes are a shortcut between two places of the univers with only a short distance in between. They may not exist but if they do they may be to small for anything to go through. Thanx -Herpguy

Will someone please explain to me what a wormhole is, how they work, where they can go to, and how big they are. Also, please give me any basic facts that an 11 year old kid can understand. Thanks. -Herpguy

Will someone please explain to me what a wormhole is, how they work, where they can go to, and how big they are. Also, please give me any basic facts that an 11 year old kid can understand. Thanks. -Herpguy

I found this cool article on livescience.com about a new species of ancient crocodile: ____________________________________________ In the era when dinosaurs ruled the Jurassic earth, a 13-foot oceanic crocodile with a short snout and a mouthful of deadly teeth hunted large creatures in the sea, scientists reported Thursday. Nicknamed "Godzilla" by its discoverers, the new find was much different from other marine crocodiles, which had long snouts with many small teeth. The discovery of the creature, given the scientific name Dakosaurus andiniensis, was reported Thursday in ScienceExpress, the online edition of the journal Science. "This animal was one of the latest members of its family and certainly the most bizarre of all marine crocs," said Diego Pol of Ohio State University, one of the authors of the report. Lead author Zulma Gasparini of Argentina's National University of La Plata said the "animal's anatomy is really a contrast with that of the other sea crocs that developed during the Jurassic," about 135 million years ago. The long narrow snout and small teeth of most crocs indicate feeding on small prey, Pol said, while Dakosaurus' large serrated teeth indicate a carnivore that would have hunted large prey. "This was a top predator that probably was 13 feet long and swam around using its jagged teeth to bite and cut its prey, like dinosaurs and other predatory reptiles did," Pol said. Instead of legs, Dakosaurus had four paddle-like limbs and a vertically oriented, fishlike tail. Dakosaurus would have regularly surfaced to gasp oxygen and then could dive into the ocean. "We are calling him the 'chico malo' — 'bad boy'" of the ocean, said Gasparini. While Dakosaurus had been known from a few bone fragments previously, the new detail comes from a complete skull found in Argentina in 1996 and studied by Pol, Gasparini and colleagues. The area where it was found had been a deep tropical bay during the Jurassic period. The world's relatively shallow seas between 230 million and 65 million years ago contained several large animals, such as the plesiosaur with a 20-foot neck and the giant ichthyosaurs that could be 75-feet long. The research was funded by Argentina's National Council of Scientific and Technical Research and the National Geographic Society. The discovery will also be featured in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine. _________________________________________________________________ If u find a cool article on fossils please post it here.

After hurricane Rita made landfall, i knew global warming had to be making hurricanes stronger, so i did an experiment. I had two identical containers with the tops of shoe boxes in the water on the "west" side of the containder, i call these continents. There were two fans blowing air towards these continents. I had a reptile heating lamp on each cage warming the water temperature up to approx. 105 degrees F. Syran wrap was placed over each container with a thick layer syran wrap in a square about 9 sq. in. In one of the containers i had a candle lit under the thick layer of syran wrap, in the other i didn't. This put more CO2 in one cage than the other. The results were astonishing... Before i tell u what happened, i'll give u a little more detail about what my "storms" are and how they work. The storms are basically condensation. The water evaporates and because of certain laws of physics the come together. The following is the key to my key to the level of intensities in the "storms" Depression: Many tiny raindrops in a small area Storm: Small drops of water close to eachother. 1: Small raindrops close to eachother in circular formation. 2: Larger but still small drops of water close together in a circular formation. 3: Normal sized drops of water close together in a circular formation. 4: Large raindrops close together in a circular formation. 5: One large drop of water, over 3 in. radius. In each cage there were also cities with chess pieces as towers and small crumpled pieces of paper acted as homes. Now for the results: Overall in the container with the candle in it there were 28 storms. The following shows the storm and there top category. Alyssa: 1 Bob: 4 Cynthia: Depression Daniel: Storm Elizabeth: 1 Fred: 4 Georgia: 1 Harold: 4 Isabel: Storm Jonathon: 1 Katherine: Depression Lonny: Depression Mary: Storm Nick: Storm Ophelia: Depression Phillip: 3 Quincy: 1 Robert: Storm Samantha: Depression Trevor: Depression Udaya: Depression Victor: Depression Wendy: Storm Xavier: 2 Yolanda: 4 Zach: 5 Alpha: 1 Beta: 1 Number of storms by category: Depressions: 8 Storms: 6 1: 7 2: 1 3: 1 4: 4 5: 1 5+: 0 In the cage without the candle there were four storms. The following shows the storms and their top category. Adrian: Depression Billy: Depression Cinderella: Depression Donald: Depression Number of storms by category: Depressions: 4 Storms: 0 1: 0 2: 0 3: 0 4: 0 5: 0 In conclusion adding CO2 in the air will strengthen and produce more storms. OUCH! -Herpguy The 11 year old Einstein (hopefully)