Thursday, February 28, 2013

RRE on Nonfiction http://www.space.com/19980-monster-black-hole-spin-discovery.html

In the article "Monster Black Holes Spin Revealed for 1st Time" by Mike Wall, we have just measured the spin of a black hole. Scientists believe that this new method of measuring black holes can change the way we see the world. The Black hole that was measured is a super huge black hole in the middle of the galaxy NGC 1365 and it is spinning 84% faster than Einstein's theory of relativity. Other studies led scientists to believe that black holes rotated slowly, but this new study shows that some black holes rotate faster.

I think this article is really cool. The fact that we have learned how to measure a black hole shows how far we have advanced. I agree with the scientist that said that this may change the way we see the world because we now have the ability to measure things that are huge! I also think that more black holes should be measured to see if this new method works all the time. Also I think that other objects should be measured because it can tell us a lot about this measuring method.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Finished Its kind of a funny story RRE

The book Its Kind of a Funny Story is about a boy named Craig, Craig life is going great until he gets accepted into Executive Pre-Professional High School. This school is one of the best schools in New York and Craig is so happy when he gets in. But little does he know he life turns upside down when he gets in.

When Craig gets into his school of his dreams his life turns upside down. He gets overwhelmed with work and gets so stressed out. Craig meets a kid named Aaron, Aaron becomes Craigs best friend, but Aaron isn't the best influence on Craig. Aaron is addicted to weed and at first Craig says no to Aaron and won't smoke it. But after a while he tries it, and he gets addicted.

Craig gets so stressed out that at one point he feels that he doesn't want to live any more. But Craig being the smart kid that he is checks into the hospital. There Craig slowly gets better and meets a girl named Noelle. Noelle acts as Craigs helper and she helps him get better.

To sum it up the book is really good and I think that Craig is really smart, in the end Craig gets better and gets out of the hospital.