Technology On The Rise We live in a world of industrialization. Things are changing by the second and humanity is learning to adapt and keep up with the times. There have been so many remarkable advances that have made society stronger and more knowledgeable. There have also been advances that...

Has technology opened a Pandora's box of social alienation, or alternatively, is it bringing humans into a new era of prosperity and well being? I n the modern world technology is all around. Automobiles, computers, nuclear power, spacecraft, and X-ray cameras are all examples of t...

Spring lingers in Alaska and the glaciers in the Sierras are melting - bringing with the sense of possible doom as well as a reminder that the technology that is the lifeblood of the modern world comes at a distinct price. But while we might think that the hand-wringing that is ...

Resistance to Technology Technology. What would we do without it? Probably have a lot less fun and have a lot shorter life span. Think about it, you couldn't watch Dawson's Creek or Friends every week. That would mean that the lives of millions of teenage girls in America woul...

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" In the 1930's Aldous Huxley wrote his novel "Brave New World". It was in this time, when the world made the first steps towards huge scientific and technological advances. These advances were not only seen as evidence for progress, ...

A genre normally has a set list of possible themes in there narratives. Science fiction has a few strong themes running throughout the history of this recently popular genre; science fiction wasn't popularized until the 1950's. Most science fiction tales have a prophetic nature and are o...

Few scientists have been as influential or as controversial as Charles Darwin has. He is considered by many to be the father of the theory of evolution. He knew that there was a great deal of variation among members of a species and that some of these variation made individuals more fit to survive...

Advancements in all fields of technology are inevitable in the information age, like the invention of the New Leafs in biotechnology. These technological advances have brought society to a new improved level. It is because of this biotechnology that we have so many advantages such as improved crops ...

The Facts about Space Exploration Many people believe that space exploration is just a waste of time and money. It's true, space exploration is a very expensive investment, but think of the countless inventions and emotions that these amazing missions brought us. Today we are still inv...

Since the dawn of man, science has been filled with controversial advances. For example, breakthroughs in areas such as artificial insemination have caused much controversy in the past. However, time has proven that such advances are truly worthwhile. The same could happen with cloning if only it wa...

As a human race, we have pursued constant technological progression and advancement. Indeed, our claim to the title of "superior race" can be attributed in part to the fervor in which we go about improving our own existence through invention and discovery. Thanks to advances in medicin...

Can intellectual advancement lead to a general regression in our existence? Both Rousseau and Virilio deal with this question, but in very different ways. Rousseau examines this question in the broadest sense, by back tracking to the origin of intellect. Virilio, on the other hand, speaks of a...

The Fears of Cloning Because of cultural beliefs, morals, religion, and common ethics cloning has become a major controversy all in itself. In society what some see as scientific advances, others view as governmental control and that stirs up mixed feelings about cloning. What is cloning? Clonin...

CLONING The advance of technology has awakened an enormous potential for both good and evil. Within the last two decades scientists have developed great advances in science about reproduction and genetic engineering leading to cloning. This has created sharpest controversies involving opposing ...

2 million years ago, life on Earth for mankind was very different. Back then, technology as we know it did not even exist. Over the years, mankind's increased scientific knowledge has allowed him to increase the amount of personal luxuries, but not without a cost. The first...

Should Human Cloning Be Permitted? For years, part of the American public, and humans in general, have been fascinated with the possibility of creating human li...

Cloning In the movie Jurassic Park, we watched as man was able to recreate the existence of dinosaurs using blood and DNA preserved many years ago. This process of taking cells and using it to recreate a lifeform is called cloning. A few year ago man was blest with the discovery of cloning. But with...

Since the late seventies scientists have been cloning mammals using cells taken from embryos. In July 1996, medical history was made when a sheep named Dolly was cloned. The only thing that set Dolly the sheep apart from the other clones was that she was cloned from an adult sheep cell. Befor...

If we were meant to be perfect, then why doesn't god make us so? Paul says that we should rejoice in our weakness because it gives us reason to want to get closer to God. One might argue that we now have the means to "improve" on God's work, to help those in need lead a more ...

Ever since man came bustling out of the last Ice Age, 11 thousand years ago, armed with sharpened sticks, he has had a nasty habit of destroying the nature, without mentioning the fact of its population growth at non-sustainable rates. The world we know today will perhaps not support life if humans ...

Human cloning in its simplest form is the artificial process of making a genetic copy of a human being. It is the extraction of one organisms DNA being replicated and grown to be an exact copy of the original. This could mean that at some point in the future, any person could have an identical twin ...

People always tend to seek the easy way out looking for something that would make their lives easier. Computers have given us the ability to do more in less time giving us, at the same time, more comfort. Computer technology is used everywhere from businesses to homes. Programmers and technologists ...

I strongly believe that science, and all of it components are good. Science by definition is the search of new knowledge, how can this be bad? Everything has the potential of being good or bad. It all depends on the people who are behind it. Nurses deliver anti-biotics, which can cure a ...

Genetic Engineering Anti-technologists and political extremists misinform, and over exaggerate statements that genetic engineering is not part of the natural order of things. The moral question of genetic engineering can be answered by studying human evolution and the idea of survival of the fi...

Euthanasia Introduction Over the past couple of decades, changes in medical technology have allowed physicians to prolong an individual's life than ever before. Individuals are now able to live a longer and healthier life with the help of respirators and other medical machines. We may consid...