SUMMARY
Maybe the huge earthquake that shocked and destroyed Chile this weekend, hit the earth’s axis and created shorter days say the NASA scientists.
This change they say is insignificant, but still unremovable. They say that every day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter. A micro second is one millionth of a second.
“A large quake shifts massive amounts of rock and alters the distribution of mass on the planet. When that distribution changes, it changes the rate at which the planet rotates. And the rotation rate determines the length of a day.” –CNN
Scientists use the example of a skater to show the change made by the earthquake. When the skater pulls in his arms, he spins faster. Well this exactly is what happened to earth because of the earthquake in Chile.
A scientist determined that quake may have moved the earth’s figure axis about 8 centimeters. That change in the axis might have shortened the days.
The earthquake of 9.1 magnitude that produced a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, shortened the days 6.8 microseconds.
But the length of the day could have also increased by 0.06, because if the Three Gorges reservoir in China filled up, it would have hold 10 trillion gallons of water.

SeaWorld CEO says shows with killer whales will resume Saturday

At Sea World, Orlando a trainer named Dawn Brancheau was pulled under water when a killer whale named Tilikum grabbed her ponytail she died from multiple injuries as well as drowning. Sea world will continue to do shows with Tilikum because they say "she is a wonderful animal." When the shows with the killer whales resume the trainers will not be going into the water or doing things like riding on top of them. In 1999 Tikilum was also blamed for a death of a 27 year old man. This lamentable incident occurred at 2 pm on Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/26/florida.seaworld.death/index.html?hpt=T1

Texas landfill searched in baby Gabriel Johnson case

Summary

This article talks about a baby who got buried under 45 ft of garbage. He’s been missing since December 26, and was last seen with his mother. She told the baby’s father that she killed the boy, and gave it away to a couple in San Antonio. This woman was sent to a jail in Arizona where she remains with charges of kidnapping, custodial interference, and child abuse. The landfill where the baby was buried will be searched. Cadaver dogs will search for the boy’s body. More than 20 people will be involved in the investigation.

"We are doing everything that we can to try to track down baby Gabriel, and hopefully we will find that baby alive."

Bodies found gagged, bound after Afghan honor killing

They were found four bodies in southeastern of Afghanistan. The bodies were found during an operation in Afghanistan. The NATO'S force said that the bodies of two men and two women were found with women bound and gagged. The US officials said that they were shot. Afghans and NATO officials are investigating the murder that happened in Katabeh.Afghanistan and international forces went to the compound which was sited as militant activity.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/afghanistan.bodies/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Feathery dinosaurs get Scientists into a Flap

Scientists have discovered that the color of dinosaurs feathers was reddish-orange. They also prove that feather evolved in dinosaurs before birds adapted them for flight. It was a group of Chinese and U.K scientists who discovered this. They used electron microscopes to analyze the membranes in dinosaur fossils. They analyzed the fossils of the Sinosauropteryx and Sinornithosaurus, it was discovered in October 2009 on a dig in northeast China. On January this year another group of scientists found the oldest footprints of four legged dinosaurs. This are thought to be about 395 million years old. The foot prints are 26 centimeters wide and 2.5 meters in length.


Commentary: I think it is important that they found this footprints because it helps us understand dinosaurs more.

Is 'Avatar' really the biggest movie ever?

Avatar won $ 1.85 billion breaking the record set by "Titanic" in 1997. Avatar won so much by opening in late 2009 catching holiday crowds before sitting unchallenged in cinemas throughout January. The movie maker who put the worlds biggest maritime disaster on screen is now back with 12-foot-blue skinned aliens in 3D.

Canada's Olympic-sized plan for fighting H1N1

Maddy Schaffrick a 15 year old girl is considered one of the best snow boarder in the world. But the only worry she has is the virus of H1N1 is in abundance, she and other snowboarders fear they will get the virus and wont be able to compete. The olympic comeete is suggesting to all the people who are going to Vancouver to get the vaccination. Experts say that a dozen of flu carriers can spread the H1N1 to hundreds of people on the 16 days of the winter olympics. It is thought that the vaccine woun't make the effeft until 7 to 10 days.