Research is ubiquitous; it lies deep inside the heart of every issue encountered by society as a whole. It enables the populace to delve into the core of a matter, and discover its inner-workings. However, accompanying this inner discovery is the notion of controversy, which can make or break research. It plays a key role in the funding or lack there of. If a great number of people's views differ from that of the majority, it makes it very difficult to acquire funding to further research and vice versa. In one case, that of the Kennewick man, much controversy looms over the exploration of the bones found on the shores of the Columbia River. Like the situation involving the Kennewick man, Pennsylvania State University is experiencing similar difficulties with it's research of propulsor and turbomachinery design, items involved in war. Both situations involve many ramifications that make it complicated for quality research to be done. Although both have many obstacles to overcome, they persevere, and share the knowledge that they have obtained.
            
             In the extreme northwestern United States, in Washington State, a boat race took place.
             Two fans, William Thomas, and Dave Deacy pulled their own boat ashore and waded in the ten-foot water. While there, they stumbled across a human skull. Thomas and Deacy took the skull to the county coroner who then passed it on to archaeologist James Chatters. Chatters, and his team of archaeologists, went back down to the river's bank and retrieved a nearly complete human skeleton, with a long, narrow face suggestive of a person of European descent.
            
             The skeleton confused Chatters, because he noticed that the teeth had no cavities, and for a grown man, his teeth were extremely ground down.(Roger)1. Cavities are the result of a corn-based (or sugar-enhanced) diet; grinding usually results from grit in the diet. Neither of these things is true for the diets of most modern p...