In a today’s society it is inevitable for people to blame their procrastination on their ADHD. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projected that 9.5% of children that age between 3-17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While the symptoms of ADHD are not life-threatening they do play a huge role in a student’s academic and social behavior. Since there is not a medical test that can accurately tell someone if they have ADHD and the causes are still being investigated, it is becoming more and more common. It’s human nature to not be ok with failure so most people try to find an excuse and recently within the last decade that excuse has been ADHD.

Parents are strongly with how to solve the issue of ADHD. For some parents they struggle with realizing that their child has a learning impediment and needs extra help, they aren’t just blowing school work off because it is not important to them. Coming from a family where the majority has ADHD my mom initially struggled with accepting it. She couldn’t help herself but yell at my brothers for forgetting to hand in his homework, taking three hours to do a homework assignment that was intended to be only thirty minutes, and my always being late for school. When his teachers suggested he had it my mom didn’t know what to do with it. Luckily now a days parents have grown to be more accustomed to it but they still struggle with how to approach the issue. Should they rely on medication, look for a change in diet, trying alternative remedies? Fully understanding ADHD is still a mystery so the answer is still far away. The best way to handle it is experimentation.

The report, from prescription provider Express Scripts, finds a large overall increase in the number of Americans treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a 36 percent rise in just five years. Even though the numbers keep increasing, with ADHD medications tending to be so addictive and parents not wanting to be the reason for an addiction or drug dependent child there is still resistance. So what should a parent do?

Last year an experiment was conducted by, Lancet, that studied the correlation between a diet and the effects on ADHD. There was 100 subjects with ADHD, 50 were placed on a strict diet (rice, meat, fruits, veggies and water) while the other 50 (control group) were on a normal diet. After five week the researchers compared symptoms and found that 64% of children on the restricted diet found significant improvements in ADHD symptoms while the control group had no change.  Although this is only one example, since the 1980s there have been four other studies that have been published that showed very similar results.

In this experiment the sample size is relatively small, the subjects were “recruited” it was not necessarily a random experiment, third variables were not measured, the symptoms measured were not provided. On the other hand reverse causation can be ruled out. It was an experiment not an observational study. If I were a parent with a child with ADHD and was evaluating the experiment I would certainly be cautious but there aren’t many alternatives. There is no harm in testing out a change in diet and personally observing the effects it plays on your child. Sometimes it is hard to wrap your head around the idea that you don’t have to be allergic to a food item or group (in this case gluten) to have a sensitivity to it.

If you are struggling with ADHD with unsupportive or un-knowledgable parents I suggest reading this article http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/9807.html and seeing if a change in your diet affects your school work at all!

With the sudden panic of Ebola arising in America I couldn’t help but question what more we could be doing to end the epidemic. While I do think it is a priority to isolate people with ebola-like symptoms I think it is just as important if not more important to end the spread of the disease. Like most infectious diseases it most likely started from an animal, in Ebola’s case scientists predict it is derived from bats. How can we tract the exchange between the bats and humans to help prevent a recontamination of ebola in the future?

Throughout my research of ending the spread of infectious disease I came across an article that suggested using drones to track the disease. Prior to the article I only thought of drones in relation to military efforts. However, the most significant aspect of the drone is the satellite tracking which could be used for infinite amounts of situations. With the “relatively low cost, the fact that you can get much closer and get much finer detail” why aren’t drones more widely used?

Right now researchers in Southeast Asia are using drones to track a malaria parasite that has been known to travel through macaque monkeys. Chris Drakeley, professor of infection and immunity at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine in the UK, says that “by mapping the communities where these cases occur, researchers hope to figure out why the parasite is spreading from monkeys to people with greater frequency.” In this study the researches were able to identify that the monkeys populated the cornfields that farms give to local citizens.

In another article I came across, “Fighting Ebola with Date, Satellies and Drones,” the author discusses how the US is weighing the pros and cons between equipping African countries with drones to help gather information on the spread and location of the diseases but “the business of remotely piloted aircraft is very complex.”

Drones have recently been the answer to end infectious diseases but with no medicine to cure the disease and the lack of technology in Africa, even with the drones we still don’t know who is affected and how to help the sick. In my opinion, in Africa with each new day that passes society is losing more and more control over it. So then the question begins to arise, how do we stop the spread of ebola?

As vaccines are progressing through trials, patients are being evaluated, doctors are becoming more informed, behind the scenes scientists are trying to figure out ways to get into the underdeveloped country and put and end to the disease. The biggest issue is how infectious it is. The only solution would be “a robot that could perform even some of the tasks of a human, such as waste removal or the burial of bodies, would have significant lifesaving potential” but with the lack of resources in these countries who would burden the cost of the expensive robots? Also, according to the article each robot still has to be controlled by a doctor on a computer. A robot that can act independently is still years away from being created.

The issue with ebola is only seeing an escalating problem with no solution. Right now there is no medicine, no tracking of the disease, no proper medical attention from doctors and inaccurate statistics of those who are infected. With no answers how can we get solutions? Even though people are coming up with different solutions each day, none have been promising yet. How far does ebola have to advance before the world can come together and find a solution?

While I sometimes question the existence of dreams, the reality is they have been and always will be a factor. For some, they stimulate their writing, aspirations, mood, and some use them as a basis of what they believe their “previous life” was. But what happens if you don’t remember your dreams? Does that mean your future and past are hopeless?

I remember sleeping at home and constantly being woken up in the middle of the night because my younger brother had a nightmare and needed to talk about it with someone. These same nightmares distort his reality while I can’t even recount the last time I remembered a dream. How can two siblings be so different in regards to their ability to recount their dreams?

Researches were just as curious and decided to conduct a survey and record the electrical activity in the brains of 36 people while the participants listened to background tunes, and occasionally heard their own first name. The electrical activity was measured both awake and asleep. While asleep the groups showed similar changes in brain activity in response to hearing their names but when awake high recallers showed a more sustained decrease in a brain wave.

The conclusion from the experiment was that high recallers may be more reactive to stimuli which could make them wake up more easily. High recallers tend to wake up more frequently than low recallers which would make sense. They are able to remember their dreams more because they are more conscious throughout their dreaming experience. But why are people’s brains trained so differently? What makes someone a high recaller from a low recaller? There is so much more to understand about the dreaming process which could open endless doors to understanding the human brain more.

The experiment results from above aren’t as reliable as I would like. There should be a lot more subjects in a given experiment to reduce the lurking variable. Third variables are not measured as well- are the subjects interested in their dreams, anxious, or sleep deprived? Could age and gender play a role? Reverse causation is not ruled out either, does brain activity determine whether or not you remember your dreams? I’m left with so many questions and not many answers.

L. Strumpell, dream researcher, had several hypotheses as to why we don’t remember dreams but his strongest theory was that we traditionally learn and remember both by association and repetition. Since our dreams are so fast and vague to begin with how can we possibly remember all of them throughout our sleep? Based on Strumpbell’s theory I feel that our ability to remember dreams parallels to our ability to learn information in general.

I was hoping that after investigating the process of dreams I would better understand why some can dream better than others but so far there have not been any good enough studies. Even though there’s a lack of explanations, if you are eager to remember your dreams you can do several different things. This article suggests to “set your alarm to go off every hour and a half, keep a pad and pencil next to your bed, and try to wake up slowly to remain within the “mood” of your last dream.”

Everyone is created different. As a result some people’s systems can handle certain things while others can not. A major health and social issue is food allergies. People often forget the presence that food allergies play in life until they are having dinner parties, birthday parties, packing their child’s lunchbox for school and have to modify the menu accordingly. The severity of the food allergy varies by person- sometimes just being around a food that contains the product can make people burst out into hives. Even though lifestyles have adapted over the years, I still can’t help but wonder why do allergies exist? Is there a possibility that the amount and severity of food allergies can be reduced? Why do some people develop allergies over night?

A case study conducted by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) on November 9, 2012 introduced a new idea: greater rates of peanut allergy are found in families with higher economic status. This theory developed along the same lines as many hygiene theories; although having a good hygiene sounds effective it sometimes has the adverse effects on our immune systems. Over sanitization might suppress the natural development of the immune system.

The study examined 8,306 patients, 776 of which had an elevated antibody level to peanuts. While there is large number of participants, since the study is dealing with humans and a lifelong health impediment, scientists can’t give anyone peanut allergies; it is unethical. All they can do is observe large amounts of people and find a correlation. The researchers from ACAAI discovered several different variables while studying the results which leads me to believe this is a clear case of the Texas Sharp Shooter problem. While they can conclude that high economic status elevates the chances of peanut allergies, they also gathered that a peanut allergy was generally higher in males and racial minorities across all age groups and peanut specific antibody levels peaked in an age group of 10- to 19-year-old children.

With the evidence that ACAAI has presented I don’t find reason to believe that a higher economic status can lead people to develop peanut allergies. Keeping that in mind, I do sympathize for people who have to drastically change their life based on certain types of food. I hope that scientists in the near future can discover what influences the development and how to put an end to it.

Here in America, time isn’t cheap. Our culture is embedded with a need to succeed: we are never satisfied. Entrepreneurs in Slovakia formed a company, AeroMobil, that will formally introduce a product on October, 29, 2014 that they expect will change the lives of our generation and the generations to come.

AeroMobil has been working on a flying car since the 1990s and for the first time they think they truly mastered the product the third time around. In terms of automobile configuration, it fits to a standard parking space, its engine enables it to tank at any gas station, it is fully accustomed to road traffic and as a plane it could both take off and land at any airport in the world. At first glance, what more can you ask for? No more sitting at red lights, being crammed into a tight middle seat on an airplane, sitting in traffic and wasting time. Although it is sometimes difficult the audience needs to take a step back and really evaluate what is being offered.

Practically, the car only fits two people. The car would appeal to unmarried people and retired people and for a car this extravagant, could it be in price range? While the car has the ability to fly as a plane, where would it fly out of? More airports would have to be designed with improvements in air-traffic control. Another thing to consider is the distance the plane can fly. With a full tank of gas, the plane can travel for 430 miles. The car would make traveling within two to three states easier but it wouldn’t decrease the need for major aircraft companies for vacations. Also, planes tear through gas. Owning this vehicle would have a high initial fee as well as a large upkeep.

While I do have my concerns for this car, if it turns out to be a success there are many benefits. Having a flying car would allow people to live in suburbia with a reduced travel time to work. A flying car would add to the variety of modes of transportation which ultimately reduces traffic on the road. All of this added time could increase the productivity in work while creating more time for people’s social and family life.

Another reason this car has potential to succeed is due to the need for humans to fly. From the day we are born society shapes us to want to fly from TV shows, superheros, being tossed in the air as babies, jumping off diving boards, jumping on the trampoline… the list is endless. Our fascination with flight has decisively influenced some of our greatest scientific, cultural and political achievements. With that being said, if we are so intrigued with the concept of flying, why has it taken us this long to produce a flying car?

In theory anything could sound appealing, I’m intrigued to see where the market will take the car. Even though a flying car sounds unrealistic so did a telephone when it was invented. Maybe the product will prove me wrong.

For most people’s youth, going to get your annual physical is petrifying because it most likely will result in a shot or even worse, getting your blood drawn. There can be several justifiable reasons for that fear but most typically derive from needle phobia (trypanophobia) , vasovagal reflex, or a “negative experience in a doctor or dentist’s office usually before the age of 10.” This condition is believed to affect “approximately 50 million Americans” and in many cases affect their short and long term health. Needles are so fundamental in health that although people may fear it, they know they are inevitable. But when a patient “experience[s] symptoms including hypertension, rapid heart rate or heart palpitations and even fainting or loss of consciousness” it is something that shouldn’t be ignored.

In fact, in a 2012 survey conducted by Target and Harris Interactive, out of the 60 percent of American adults who choose not to receive a flu vaccination, 23 percent stated the reason is a fear of needles. Although the survey design and results were not published along with the article, I live at home with a sister who suffers from this fear. She can’t visit a friend or family in the hospital without having to be admitted, she doesn’t want to have kids since it requires getting blood drawn, and to receive her annual flu shot she has to be held down; my sister is 20 years old. Even if the statistic was not on point, the fear exists and dominates several lives. Why should such basic elements of life create so much anxiety.

While most doctors assume people can get over it, 19-year-old college dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, decided to be the start to the solution. After being one of the kids growing up who feared needles, Holmes took the money her parents set aside for college and used it to start her own biotech company, Theranos. Her first Wellness center was “opened last month in a Palo Alto, California, Walgreens”. The blood process is simple and easy. The technician gives you a finger prick and for only $2.70 you get a test for fasting glucose and for $5.35 a complete blood count. Without needles, without insurance, and without a doctors warrant, the blood testing process is cut down exponentially. Theranos not only positively affects people’s lives in the small pictures but also intends to save Medicare $98 billion and Medicaid $104 billion over the next decade.

The benefits seem to be invaluable but the scientific outrage leads me to question what will happen to the major companies such as LabQuest that will no longer have a purpose in the medical fields. Will her discoveries inspire several other people to change conditions in the medical fields?

For the longest time I could never quite figure out why the tests I studied the least for I always ended up getting the best grades in. Some days I even considered not studying at all for my hardest classes to see if maybe I would get a better grade. It took some time to realize that maybe I wasn’t crazy, maybe other people go through the same exact thing.

Have you ever wondered why regardless of the amount you study you can’t quite get that A you have been longing for? On October 2, 2014, The Cell Press Journal Neuron provided insights into what happens in our brain when curiosity is piqued. Results around the process of learning are underrated, typically going unnoticed. Most students who don’t receive the acknowledgement they were looking for feel really let down but don’t understand why. Most people can suggest studying more or studying using different techniques, but every brain learns information uniquely.

The study was conducted by having participants curiosity piqued “to learn the answers to a series of trivia questions.” Following their ratings they were presented with the questions, “a14 second delay before the answer was provided, during which time the participants were shown a picture of a neutral, unrelated face.” The final test was a “surprise recognition memory test for the faces that were presented.”

The conductors in the experiment strongly believe that they were able to abstract three major discoveries. The null hypothesis, curiosity and learning had no correlation, was proven wrong by the alternative hypothesis, curiosity and memory are correlated. However, this discovery was really distinct in this situation since face recognition is not associated to the trivia questions but the curiosity aroused triggered the interest in the faces.

The scientists discovered two more findings.  “We showed that intrinsic motivation actually recruits the very same brain areas that are heavily involved in tangible, extrinsic motivation,” says Dr. Gruber. They also discovered that when curiosity is added to learning there is “increased interactions between the hippocampus and the reward circuit.”

Overall, being the audience to this discovery I am really curious but also really cautious. Studying the brain is really tricky and in these sort of studies there could be a lot of confounding variables. It doesn’t state anywhere that this was a well designed experiment with lots of participants which means that lurking variables could still very well be present. Participants in the study could be affected for personal reasons and could be giving different levels of attention to the survey. Also the participants aren’t receiving a reward for remembering faces. Most students work for a good grade level, which creates an incentive. None of these factors can be measured which makes the data unreliable. On top of all of that, chance can’t be eliminated.

If I were to conduct a similar study I would conduct it with several different trials with lots of randomly allocated participants to reduce error. The researcher could also do a variety of tests, not just ones with faces. Maybe they could do more trivia questions with numbers, letters, colors, etc.

Another issue with this study is the insufficient data released. Cell Press did not show the questions asked and the faces presented. It still remains a question on how many questions were asked, number of participants, how they picked the participants or the corresponding p-value to the result: all significant factors in respect to the validity of the study.

Even if this study isn’t that reliable it helped me take a step back from my learning and wonder why I tend to do better in certain classes than others. It certainly wasn’t my study habits because I think by college I have tried almost every one in the books. I realized that my grades typically reflect how the material, class, or teacher can grab my attention. Some say college is at a whole new extreme compared to high school but if you are like me college could be easier. For the first time in your life you control what you are learning, when you go to class, and where you are learning it. When you control your learning accommodations it is amazing what it can do for your studies.

What is the draw with diet sodas? Is it the taste, the abnormally large amounts of chemicals or the cool colored cans? Most people want a diversion from water without the consequences of the calories. Two studies conducted, one with humans and one with animals, have shown a high correlation between diet sodas and cancer but “in most cases neither type of study provides definitive evidence on its own.” People wonder what it’s going to take to get people over the diet drink band-wagon.

In a recent study conducted called “Of Mice and Men’s Guts,” scientists set up an experiment using mice as the subjects. The control group only drink water while the experimental group had drinks with FDA-approved artificial sweeteners. The results showed that “within 11 weeks, the mice drinking sweetened water had developed glucose intolerance, most notably when saccharin was added to their diet.” In other words, the study says that artificial sweeteners might actually raise blood sugar levels.

This was one of the first studies that began to uncover this information so the scientists have to proceed with caution. Out of these results they can take away that they need to reassess the dangers of artificial sweeteners. These answers might help explain why people who are over-weight tend to drink diet sodas frequently and do not lose weight. However these preliminary results prose serious issues for diabetics if this is true.

Scientists need to continue examining this not only on animals but also humans. These mice results show that there might be correlation but there needs to be more studies, specifically with humans, to show the causation.

For years now they have been trying to find something wrong with diet sodas and I wonder if the surface of the problems will finally be exposed. But even if they are exposed, will the diet soda industry take as big of a hit as the cigarette industry did when the awakening research was finally published? Even if there is a high correlation there will still need to be more concrete evidence that shows the effects at different levels of consumption. Although it might take some time for all of my questions to be understood, this article helped open up my eyes to other possible detrimental effects artificial sweeteners have on our bodies.

Starting school as a freshman girl, the biggest thing you are told to worry about is being rape. You get educated in high school, from your parents and even PSU before entering school but nothing can prepare until you are put in the situation. But what if there is a product that can help eliminate that stress?

Everyone knows about the high percentages of sexual assaults but there isn’t much science that can help you identify date rate drugs while you are actually at a party. Recently a group of four men graduated from North Carolina State University and came out with a nail polish that girls can paint on their nails that changes colors when in contact with a common date rape drug.

The four men refer to themselves as Undercover Color and come with a purpose:  “Our goal is to invent technologies that empower women to protect themselves from this heinous and quietly pervasive crime.” 

Although the new nail polish seems like a remarkable invention it is also highly controversial. What happens when drugs develop that don’t set the trigger off on the nail polish and girls drink the drink with zero worries. Also by taking the drug you aren’t ending the issue of sexual assaults you are just trying to avoid it short term. A nail polish can’t end the long-term issues that people face when trying to overcome the temptation.

Another fear that comes along with the nail polish is that women will start to stop enforcing the protective measures in place right now. The nail polish should just be an additional tool not a replacement to traveling in groups, sticking to the “buddy system,” and being cautious in general.

Even though it is highly debated I think this nail polish could transform the lives of college students, you can never be too safe. I am a huge advocate for the nail polish and my parents will be able to rest easier knowing that when I go out there is one more way I can stay safe.

According to many scientists, California has been in a drought for over three years nows but most people don’t realize how serious it is. This year in the spring of 2014 the government in California had to instate laws that regulated water consumption. In my hometown, Pleasanton California, everyone had to cut back water usage by 25%. It may not seem that much of a jurassic difference but when you are living with a family of six with a pool it can be very challenging. It was a matter of days before everyone’s lawns began to die and cars started to become dirty. Prices everywhere began to rise, especially in the food departments. Little things that everyone takes for granite all of a sudden began to be a little more difficult.

Living in Northern California, a major debate being discussed amongst everyone is whether or not California should divide into six different states. The division would be an economic issue to better represent the population but many have a different vision in mind. This issue has been highly debated for several years but with the drought in place it is beginning to rise. Many people feel that it is unfair that we have to cut our water consumption back because Southern California receives no rain.  As a result of the water shortages many reservoirs and lakes are being emptied. Also the farm and wine industries are taking a hit because it costs more to maintain and water their products. In my personal opinion I think when trouble rises people like to point fingers but this discussion should take place when water isn’t so dire because it is something people need to consider.

On the other hand, one of the most troubling aspects of the drought is the detrimental effects it is having on the geographic landscape.

One of the biggest tourists attractions in California is Lake Tahoe but why travel the distance when snow isn’t guaranteed and “the lake will likely drop to one of its lowest levels in years.” Each year California can expect “3 million skiers, boaters, campers, hikers and other visitors” to come to Tahoe. Last year alone the California Ski Association reported a 25% drop in skiers travelled in the Sierra region because of lack of snow. No snow has a trickle down effect in all the different aspects of Tahoe. When there is no snow the lakes and rivers aren’t able to fill back up to the depth they are intended. The drop in water levels is hitting the boat owners the hardest; boats are having to be removed from their boat houses which is causing an overflow of boats at marinas

Lake Tahoe

People are beginning to wonder when we will ever return to how things used to be or if it is even possible? Will California finally get what they so desperately need this winter? Meteorologists continue to debate their predictions while the California citizens keep their fingers crossed.

When I try to compare and contrast animals with humans I only used to think of chimpanzees having human characteristics, besides my dog of course. The only thing commonly broadcasted in the news is typically about Jane Goodall and her studies at Gombe Stream National Park in the East African nation of Tanzania. Her work was very “unorthodox and controversial: for instance, rather than assigning her chimps numbers, she gave them names like “Fifi” and “Passion.” As a result when people try to find similarities between humans and animals most people think of chimpanzees. Her invaluable data impacted the study of not only chimpanzees but also their relation to humans. Besides Jane Goodall’s study with chimpanzees I used to know nothing else.

I recently had the incredible opportunity to spend a few days at an Asian elephant refugee camp in Thailand. The first day I was able to experience the beauty of what dossal creatures they are, it was my first direct encounter that made me realize how intelligent they are. By the end of two hours they followed my Thai commands, gave me kisses, and did yoga posses with my mom. My real epiphany happened the following day during my informational session. I learned that the “elephant brain can transfer detailed information between auditory centers and the corresponding motor planning regions (including those controlling the trunk muscles), in addition to having the precise control over the larynx necessary to gate and modulate fundamental frequency”. On top of their abilities to communicate I also found out that elephants are capable of complex emotions. Elephants, like human, run to greet family and friends, play in water when it’s a hot day, have bonds between mothers and daughters for over 50 years, mourn for their loved ones and even “one perplexing report was of an adult elephant making repeated attempt to help a baby rhinoceros stuck in the mud.” 

The revelation most near and dear to my heart is their ability to recognize themselves in the mirror. During my stay in Thailand my dad worked really closely with an elephant named Pepsi. He was one of the first elephants to recognize himself in the mirror. He began to touch the mirror and then he proceeded to look inside his mouth, and show off his tusks, ultimately studying himself; a behavior that showed that elephants are self-aware.

Although I am biased because elephants are my favorite animal, I think this study was truly incredible because it opened up the horizons to many animal scientists: maybe there are more animals out there that are more like us than we think. Some people don’t see the significance in studying animals but I think it’s really important that we get to know who we share this planet with. By understanding animals more we are able to make better-educated decisions. For example, right now people fear that Asian elephants are becoming extinct. People are tearing apart their homes in the desert without considering the short and long-term effects it will have on the herds of elephants.

Another positive thing that comes from understanding elephants is enforcing laws. Many Asian elephants are abused in Thailand for the sake of tourism. People take elephants from their habitats and bring them to big cities and burn their feet on the hot pavement to sell pictures with them to tourists. It’s a lot easier to abuse an animal if you don’t think they realize what’s happening to them. Now that we are discovering they are self-aware we can infer they know when their feet are burning or when they are separated from loved ones.

If you want to watch the video of elephants checking themselves out in a mirror you should really watch this!

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When people begin to age it is typical for them to look back on their life with pride from all of the technological advances made in society throughout it; typically there is usually one person who was truly able to transform the lives of several citizens. When I look back at my parent’s generation the first thing that comes to mind is Steve Jobs. He designed a product so unique that allowed thousands of other inventors to build off of his masterpiece. From the iPhone alone lots of other companies were able to develop apps and further the marketing of their products.

I’ve always been intrigued with where my life is going to end up and who is going to help me get there. When my parents were kids they never even dreamed of having a cellphone never mind a cellphone with all of the capabilities of a computer. As the years progress my appreciation for innovation and advancements continues to develop. The most interesting man alive right now, in my opinion, is Elon Musk.

Elon Musk was born to be an entrepreneur. Off the bat he “became a multimillionaire in his late twenties when he sold his start-up company, Zip2, to a division of Compaq Computers.” His successes never faded with his involvement in the launching of PayPal in 2000 but his recognition claimed fame when he revealed Tesla Motors.

Musk developed an unthinkable invention, a 100% electric sports car, rated as the most luxurious electric sports car and 2^nd most luxurious sports car in general. Living in California this transformed the lives of the drivers as much as the non-drivers. With a high-end electric car for sale, a wide span of sellers began to drive them: people who aspire to have a fancy car and people who want to save the environment. With the increase of popularity, California began rewarding eco-friendly drivers with close parking spots at grocery stores and access to the carpool lane. Although it does not seem like a lot to an average Pennsylvania citizen, no one knows traffic until you’re driving to work at 6:30 in the morning in California. No matter how many lanes there are on the highway it simply cannot accommodate the city with the worst traffic in America.

Tesla parallels the beginning of Apple. Both companies were so innovative and unique that they came at a high cost. Initially many buyers were very hesitant to invest so much money into new products. Over a long period of time customers began to realize that the quality of life with the product outweighs the initial fee. I predict that within the next decade Tesla will be the most popular car on the market. Two years ago when I moved from Connecticut to California I did not even know what a tesla was now I find it hard to drive to the local grocery store without passing more than three teslas. Very few people had iPhones when they first came out and now I know very few people who don’t have iPhones. As the popularity of the Tesla shifts eastward I strongly believe the same will happen to Tesla.

1. Hi!! My name is Maxine McGee. I took science 200 to get credits for general education in science. What caught my interest the most from the online reviews was the relatable topics.  I love how it is not taught out of the textbook but rather based off the common interest of the class.

2. I do not plan on majoring in science because I feel like science is either biology/chemistry/physics or anatomy/physiology. With biology/chemistry/physics I really struggle with the memorization aspect. I can’t grasp the concepts. On the other hand I can’t handle anatomy/physiology because blood freaks me out. We had to dissect a cat in anatomy last year and I nearly passed out.