Discussion- Biology In the News

For this assignment you will post a biology-related news article.

1. Find, select, and examine current scholarly biology research to gain familiarity with recent trends and

developments in the field within the last five years.

2. Briefly describe the research and key findings of the article/ study.

3. Precisely discuss the research implications in our lives.

4. In your opinion, do you think the research will benefit or harm individuals/ communities/ ecosystems?

5. To sum up, what do you feel you have learned worth knowing from this article?

Also make sure that your article describes an actual study that has already been completed. This way

the study will have a hypothesis, experiment, results and conclusions. EACH post must be UNIQUE and

tell a different story to get credit! Only the first person to post a specific story will get credit.

Discussion Directions:

First copy/paste the title of the article in the message title.

Then include the news source and date the article came out followed by a LINK to the article.

Write 2-3 paragraphs. The first paragraph (50-100 words) should summarize the article addressing the

following: who did the research, what question were they asking and what experimental system did

they use. Hit the return or enter key twice to separate paragraphs

Then write another paragraph (around 50 words) addressing their findings (conclusions) and a personal

statement as to why you think the article is significant for the general public.

Also, please reply to at least 2 of your peer before Friday of the week.

NOTE: Make sure you use your OWN words when summarizing the article! Otherwise, it's considered

plagiarism and you could receive a "0" for the assignment.

Below are several links you can try to find recent biology articles:

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