Biochemistry week 12

1. I was interested in the article about scientists detecting blue fish tuna through radiation. It was good to see that at least something positive is coming out of Fukushima, although I would still prefer that the disaster did not take place. But I do believe that everything happens for a reason. Scientists are hoping to unlock secrets or you could call them mysteries of ocean life. Hopefully many good results can come out of this. But I also hope that the radiation is not extremely harmful to ocean life. The Blue Fish Tuna are just the beginning of the research. Scientists plan on studying many other species if they can detect radiation in them. One of the parts of the article that I found questionable was it saying that the radiation is not at a high enough level to harm fish or restaurant goers. I would prefer to avoid eating any fish with radiation in them.

2. I have been made very familiar with cells with my Kinesiology major and still find them confusing. Cells are so complex and scientists still have many questions about them. One of the main questions I read about from the websites is how did cells evolve out of non-living cells. There are many theories about this but we still do not have a definite answer. I will look forward to learning more about cells in Biochemistry.