1. Find, select, and examine current scholarly biology research to gain familiarity with recent trends and developments in the field within the last five years. 2. Briefly describe the research and key findings of the article/ study. 3. Precisely discuss the research implications in our lives. 4. In your opinion, do you think the research will benefit or harm individuals/ communities/ ecosystems?  5. To sum up, what do you feel you have learned worth knowing from this article?  Also make sure that your article describes an actual study that has already been completed.  This way the study will have a hypothesis, experiment, results and conclusions. EACH post must be UNIQUE and tell a different story to get credit! Only the first person to post a specific story will get credit. Discussion Directions: First copy/paste the title of the article in the message title.   Then include the news source and date the article came out followed by a LINK to the article.   Write 2-3 paragraphs.  The first paragraph (50-100 words) should summarize the article addressing the following: who did the research, what question were they asking and what experimental system did they use.  Hit the return or enter key twice to separate paragraphs Then write another paragraph (around 50 words)  addressing their findings (conclusions) and a personal statement as to why you think the article is significant for the general public. Below are several links you can try to find recent biology articles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/  http://www.sciencenews.org/  http://news.sciencemag.org/  http://www.biologynews.net/