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*What is the UBM Spider Project? [[User:Lauren M. Kelly|Lauren M. Kelly]] 16:16, 15 January 2017 (EST)
*What is the UBM Spider Project? [[User:Lauren M. Kelly|Lauren M. Kelly]] 16:16, 15 January 2017 (EST)
Lauren:  Dr. Martina Ramirez, Aimee Cruz, Bethy Woubeshet, Farah Srichandra, and I worked on detecting environmental stress in spiders by examining their webs.  We photographed webs and processed the resulting images to see how uniform (or non-uniform) the webs were, looking at variability in web silk spacing. We did find that webs from Hahn Park (a relatively clean environment) were more uniform that those from Ballona (a relatively dirty environment).
[[User:Ben G. Fitzpatrick|Ben G. Fitzpatrick]] 12:56, 17 January 2017 (EST)


*Russia recently unveiled images of its new intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed "Satan 2." It's range exceeds 11,000km and it is claimed that it capable of wiping out a landmass the size of Texas. Russia claims this new missile has been designed to outmaneuver current anti-missile defense systems. My question is two-fold: 1) What are the characteristics of a missile like the "Satan 2" that would allow it to outmaneuver missile defense systems? (Is it undetectable? Too fast?...) and 2) What branch of mathematics is most commonly used by mathematicians when developing new missile defense technologies? [[User:Conor Keith|Conor Keith]] 21:53, 16 January 2017 (EST)
*Russia recently unveiled images of its new intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed "Satan 2." It's range exceeds 11,000km and it is claimed that it capable of wiping out a landmass the size of Texas. Russia claims this new missile has been designed to outmaneuver current anti-missile defense systems. My question is two-fold: 1) What are the characteristics of a missile like the "Satan 2" that would allow it to outmaneuver missile defense systems? (Is it undetectable? Too fast?...) and 2) What branch of mathematics is most commonly used by mathematicians when developing new missile defense technologies? [[User:Conor Keith|Conor Keith]] 21:53, 16 January 2017 (EST)


*Does statistical analysis show that there is a large difference between biological systems under stress and biological systems not under stress? *'''[[User:Cameron M. Rehmani Seraji|Cameron M. Rehmani Seraji]] 00:00, 17 January 2017 (EST)''':
*Does statistical analysis show that there is a large difference between biological systems under stress and biological systems not under stress? *'''[[User:Cameron M. Rehmani Seraji|Cameron M. Rehmani Seraji]] 00:00, 17 January 2017 (EST)''':

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  • What is the UBM Spider Project? Lauren M. Kelly 16:16, 15 January 2017 (EST)

Lauren: Dr. Martina Ramirez, Aimee Cruz, Bethy Woubeshet, Farah Srichandra, and I worked on detecting environmental stress in spiders by examining their webs. We photographed webs and processed the resulting images to see how uniform (or non-uniform) the webs were, looking at variability in web silk spacing. We did find that webs from Hahn Park (a relatively clean environment) were more uniform that those from Ballona (a relatively dirty environment).

Ben G. Fitzpatrick 12:56, 17 January 2017 (EST)

  • Russia recently unveiled images of its new intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed "Satan 2." It's range exceeds 11,000km and it is claimed that it capable of wiping out a landmass the size of Texas. Russia claims this new missile has been designed to outmaneuver current anti-missile defense systems. My question is two-fold: 1) What are the characteristics of a missile like the "Satan 2" that would allow it to outmaneuver missile defense systems? (Is it undetectable? Too fast?...) and 2) What branch of mathematics is most commonly used by mathematicians when developing new missile defense technologies? Conor Keith 21:53, 16 January 2017 (EST)
  • Does statistical analysis show that there is a large difference between biological systems under stress and biological systems not under stress? *Cameron M. Rehmani Seraji 00:00, 17 January 2017 (EST):