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Scientific American: Seeking Certainty on Climate Change: How Much Is Enough?

     I read an article about climate change. They talked about that if we understand the physics of climate change well enough now. We know what will happen because of global warming. Sea levels will rise, glaciers will melt, and so on. If we continue our business in the same as now, future generations will face great suffering. On the other hand, we don't know well about regional climate changes. It is difficult to predict. 

Les Miserables

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     One movie which I really liked was Les Miserable. It was made in 2012. Hugh Jackman starred in it. Tom Hooper directed it.      This is the story of a man who ends up living in prison for 19 years because he stole a single loaf of bread. It was set in France in the early 1800s. In the beginning, Jean Valjean was released from prison, but he wondered because he didn't know what should do. Then, he meet a people of a church and vowed to live an honest life. Suddenly, he encountered a police officer who knows about Jean Valjean's past. At the end of the story, Jean Valjean passed away while being watched over by the two persons he loved as if they were his own children.      I liked this movie because it describes the social conditions and people's lives at that time in great detail. It was unique because it is a musical movie. All of the songs in this movie were great. It's also interesting to see how their thinking changes throughout the ...

A Picture of People in A Pool

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       This is a picture of people in a swimming pool. There are two girls on a ship made of cardboard. They are trying to row the boat with swords. They are maybe competing because there are some other boats in the pool. There is a woman not on a ship. 

Alchemy Is Not Fantasy!

Do you know alchemy? Alchemy is researches whose purpose is refining gold. Some people can imagine "Hagane no Renkinzyutsushi(The Fullmetal Alchemist)" which is a Japanese comic. However, Alchemy is not only the story of fiction. At the time, many alchemist spent his entire life in research. So what is alchemy? What is the difference between scientific research and alchemy? Today, I will introduce about Alchemy! Alchemy's main purpose is to transform the imperfect into the perfect. At the time, It was thought that gold would never rust. If we could make gold which is never rust, we also can make a human who is never die. We may can make a medicine which can  cure any disease. So many people have dreamed of this possibility. You may be wondering why they believe such an impossible thing. The cause was a man whose name is Hermes Trismegitus. At the time, he was thought to have succeeded in refining gold. Moreover, the method was only written in the abstract. Because of that...

Strange House

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  This is an arrangement of the house. Can you find the strangeness of this house? At first glance, you may be thinking this is a very ordinary house. However, if you look everywhere carefully, you will notice there are many strange feelings of discomfort that exist in this house. The discomfort was compounded, it leads to one ”fact” in the end. It is a fact too scary to believe.  Hello, everyone! I will introduce a mystery novel which I want to recommend. It is an introduction to the book that I wrote above. Don't you wonder what kind of secret is hidden in this floor plan? Try to imagine yourself! The book's title is "Henna Ie(Strange House)" which was written by Uketsu. I'm sure many of you have seen it in bookstores. When I find this book for the first time, I think that it is a book introducing a lot of storage arrangements of rooms. I wondered why a book like this could be the best seller. A few days later, I saw a Uketsu movie on YouTube. I was shocked to k...

Introduce a Book

Hallow everyone! Today, I will introduce about a book. The book is "Mrige-shakai(Society like a game that is impossible to clear)" written by Akira Tachibana. The general contents of the book in that. Modern society looks liberty, but actually it may so unpleasant to live in.  You have to success socially and economically, and to get happiness in dazzling world. It is a game that is impossible to clear, and you have to do it by oneself. This in author's insistence. Everyone be able to success by intelligence and effort. Because of that, society will be divided to highly intelligent senior citizens and low intelligence lower citizens. A best-selling author wrote about these taboos of the intelligence gap. He will reveal the true nature of "unreasonable games" from various angles. The book is divided into eight chapters. Today, I will introduce about the part which is written about dystopia where the world is headed in the future.  First of all, children are force...

iPS cells

Have you ever heard of iPS cells? It became a hot topic a few years ago. It was introduced on TV and in papers, so I think that most people know about it. However, if you are asked what iPS cells are, can you explain? I think that there are many people who know the name but most of them can't explain exactly what it is. So today, I will introduce basic knowledge of iPS cells. iPS cells became famous when Professor Yamanaka of Kyoto University was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2012. iPS cells can be created by body cells that are easy to get. For example, skin, blood, and so on. Before that ES cells were developed. It can be changed to various types of cells. However, ES cells could only get from fertilized eggs. Originally, the fertilized egg was supposed to become a child. So, it makes some ethical issues. iPS cells have solved such ethical problems! What can we do with iPS cells? First, it is expected for regenerative medicine. iPS cells can regenerate all organs by transf...