8th BNU Championship in Experimental Science
(Oct-Nov 2016)

  • Presentation of the 11 projects proposed to the students (33 pages, 11 figures)

  • Chinese version of the presentation of the 11 projects proposed to the students (33 pages, 11 figures)

  • History of the US Territory of Puerto Rico: a book by Nelson Denis
    War against all Puerto Ricans (1): Preface + Ch 1-9
    War against all Puerto Ricans (2): Epilogue, notes, references

  • Margaret Thatcher's efforts on behalf of the tobacco industry
    Paper published in the journal ``Public Health''

  • How pharmaceutical companies promote antipsychotic drugs.
    Article entitled ``Side effects may include lawsuits.''.

  • No testing of PBDE concentration in breast milk
    New York Times article entitled ``Toxic breast milk''.

  • An excellent animation film in biology
    (mp4 film) The exceptional life span of the hydra (in English).
    The hydra is a little (about 15mm in length) and fairly primitive animal which lives in fresh water. Similarly to some other animals (e.g. worms) but to a greater degree, it has a regenerative capacity which means that if it is cut into two parts two complete organisms will be reconstituted. This ability gives it a life span of several years that is to say much longer than other animals of that size. Needless to say, it may not be the only organism possessing this property.
    The present animation was made by Robert Krulwich and it is available on several websites.

    Another example of an interesting scientific animation film is the following.
    ``The Higgs Boson Simplified Through Animation''
    by Wyatt Johnson.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6AN6UwTTjU