Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2010

The year has just begun and new scientific discoveries have just been made. Japanese researchers have discovered that part of the human genome has been inserted with a RNA virus over 40 million years ago. What other scientific discoveries does 2010 have in store for us?

Popular Science wrote an article that summarizes multiple topics that are promising for significant breakthroughs this year in the following fields:

1. Medicine
2. Space and Aviation
3. The Environment
4. Entertainment
5. Technology

Write two blog posts about two different topics. Each one needs to be in a different field so that you are not writing about two topics in the field of Technology. In your blog post include the following about each topic:

1. A brief summary of the topic. What is it? What field of research does it fall under?
2. What's the big deal with this topic? Why should you care about its developments and any new discoveries that are made?
3. What's going to happen to this topic in 2010?
4. What obstacles or setbacks are in the way of this topic's success?

Semester Academic Goals

What are you academic goals for this semester? Please write at least three specific academic goals that you have for Mysics class. Also include the first step that you will take toward reaching this goal. The format should be as follows:

Goal: Write the goal.
First Step: The first step you will take.

Example of non-specific goal: I want to get good grades.
Example of specific goal: I will ask for help when I don't understand something instead of not working.