To all CC105 students,
Nate and Gayle, your Core Mentors, have been sending out weekly emails summarizing the important topics from the lectures that week, reminding you of assignments and giving you links to some science articles that you may find interesting. The Core Blog is regularly updated with what is being sent in these emails. For the last week before spring break:
Important Topics:
- Electromagnetic waves (light) (review)
- Speed of light (review)
- Refractive index
- v=μ
- Differential absorption of wavelengths in H20
- Reflection and refraction
- H20 as a medium
- Snell’s window
- Blue Jay search images
- Spatial resolution
- Pit viper and the debate of whether their “pits” allow them to see in the infrared
- Flicker fusion as a visual illusion
Reminders:
- Prof. Atema’s lectures have been updated. Please download them again. Slides marked with stars will be important to study for the exam.
- Important changes to Labs 3 & 4: Lab 3 will meet on April 3, not March 20; Lab 4 will meet on April 17, not April 10. Here is the updated schedule:
Lab I, Feb. 6: Simulating natural selection and building phylogenies
Lab II, Mar. 6: Sensory biology
Lab III, Apr. 3: Ecology and behavior of isopods
Lab IV, Apr. 17: Biosphere I: Building an ecosystem
Lab V, Apr. 24: Biosphere II: Analysis of an ecosystem”
Interesting Articles:
- Kind of a cool video about a researcher going for a dive in an Antarctic lake: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/02/26/science/100000002075767/into-the-blue.html?ref=science
- Interesting article regarding the Keystone XL project (oil pipeline from Canada to Gulf of Mexico) that discusses some of the current debate around both the politics and environmental concerns of this project: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/us-report-sees-no-environmental-bar-to-keystone-pipeline.html?ref=science
- Interesting just because owls are amazing: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/science/long-cloaked-in-mystery-owls-start-coming-into-full-view.html?ref=science
- They tied water into knots! Crazy. http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-twist-water-into-knots-1.12534
If you have any questions, email Nate (ndf93@bu.edu) or Gayle (gminer@bu.edu)!!
