What in the World (March 11th)

Article:

• http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/07/justice/florida-mother-minivan-ocean/index.html?iref=obinsite
• http://news.yahoo.com/mother-drove-van-waters-off-florida-beach-charged-190647710.html

According to CNN, in Florida, a woman named Ebony Wilkerson, was accusedof attempted murder for trying to murder her children. She tried to kill them by driving into the Atlantic Ocean. She told the kids to close their eyes and go to sleep in order to make the children not notice what she was doing. While they were in the minivan, lifeguards and other spectators helped the victims and after they were rescued, the mom just silently walked away. Yahoo News have added that the mom was pregnant and the oldest sibling, who was 10 and a girl, was fighting over the steering wheel while they were headed to the ocean. The mom told the children that they were going to a 'safer place'. She was supposedly running away from an abusive marriage and it was found that she has been to hospitals and the results showed that she had mental problems which she always denied.



Questions:

1. What was found by the Serbian scientists? (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/europe/siberia-giant-virus-discovered/index.html?hpt=wo_mid)
- scientists have found a giant virus more than 30,000 years old from the frozen soil in a remote region in Serbia. They say it is not harmful to humans, but if the virus is active and many are together at once, it can be a threat to us. The name of the virus is Pithovirus sibericum.

2. How old is the ancient crystal found in Australia? (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/oldest-earth-fragment/index.html?hpt=wo_mid)
- In western australia, a crystal called zircon was found and it is 4.4 billion years old. It is translucent red but glows blue and is about 400 cm long.

3. What is Drybath and what is the purpose of it? (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/10/business/drybath-how-to-keep-clean/index.html?hpt=iaf_t4)
- It is a germ-killing gel which allows us to take baths without a single drop of water. They say Ludwick Marishane, the inventor, thought of the idea in 2007 when his friends complained about taking showers and wished there was something that you could just put on without having to take a shower. It replaces water, soap and body lotion.