KaiStorm's blog

I remember my feeble astronomy career beginning in my friend's pool during a childhood summer. Her father was outside with us. He introduced me to the Big Dipper, which I believe is the one constellation I am capable of finding on my own. Then, he pointed in another general direction and asked if I could see the star that flashed red every once in a while. I probably lied and said yes.  Read More »

Invasive species have been known to cause problems in many areas. The most well known is probably the cane toad incident in Australia, when cane toads were imported to kill off beetles that were ruining sugar cane fields. Instead, the toads ate everything else in sight. To this day, they remain a problem in Australia.  Read More »

A friend of mine recently was sent to a doctor because his parents believed he had ADD. He, however, does not believe that ADD, along with other psychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder and depression, exists. I had to agree with him.  Read More »

Peter Singer is a philosopher who believes that people should only spend money on absolute necessities and donate the rest. In English class, we had to write a paper discussing both the positive and negative sides of this idea. Here is the result.  Read More »