Biology Current Event

***FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS*** -THE WEBSITE FOR THE ARTICLE-http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html -The webiste I provide should be the only source. You will choose a current (within the last two years) article/manuscript on a biological topic of your choice. You will submit the following information about your chosen paper to the discussion board and you are required to respond to at least one other students post in the discussion board. Please refer to the rubric in the modules section for more information.   An electronic copy of the article or the link to the article – the entire article, not just the first page or an abstract.   Heading which includes: Title, Author, Publication, Date   Summary:  Describe the contents of the article in your own words.   Answers to the following questions: 1)What did you know about the subject of this article before reading it?  ANSWER 2)What was the most surprising or interesting thing you learned from reading this article? ANSWER 3)How does the topic, discussed in the article, affect society? (This requires you to think and make connections) ANSWER 4)How does the topic, discussed in the article, affect you personally? (This requires you to think and make connections) ANSWER 5)Would you recommend this article to a friend or talk to a friend about what you read?       Why or why not? ANSWER 6)Imagine that you are a scientist, what more would you like to learn about the subject presented in the article? Note: Scientists are curious and always have questions. ANSWER 7)What organization is responsible for writing or publishing the article? What might be the purpose for writing or publishing the article? ANSWER 8)If an issue or controversy is described answer the following questions: ANSWER Are both sides of the issue adequately represented? Explain. ANSWER What side do you agree with and why did you choose this side? ANSWER NOTE: if the article mentions two conflicting interpretations of the data, a court case, legal action, protesters or scientists critical of the research, there is a controversy.