There is an creature that lives two to three years, is unable to vomit, has no gall bladder, will give birth to 100 young each year, can synthesize Vitamin C in it's body, and could be up to three billion times more cancer-prone than a human. That creature is a mouse and it is used for scienti...

Science: A Blessing or a CurseIn the early stages of civilization, man used to be scared of the natural forces like thunder, storm and lightning. He used to worship every object of nature like sky, earth, trees, air, sun and moon and even animals were worshipped. It was because man could not underst...

Cruelty of Animal Testing Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to determine the safety of cosmetics and other products. Substances such as eye shadow and soap are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and other animals, despite the fact that the test res...

Most of us in this room have probably not suffered from a debilitating illness or a life-threatening disease. But maybe you know of someone who has. Has either of your parents or grandparents been diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or some other illness? Has someone you know had surg...

Many animal activists are disappointed with the pace at which animal testing is being reduced, refined, and especially, replaced (the "Three Rs" of the alternatives approach). Considerable progress has been made, however, in the science of alternatives and in the attitudes among toxicologists and co...

The science technology and knowledge of science have gradually expand and tremendous improve over decades. Cloning research is one of many enormous breakthroughs in Science. The issue of cloning have always been controversial because there are always been an argument between religious belief and S...

Each year, scientists use 17-22 million animals for experimentation. Among these, are puppies, kittens, pigs, rabbits, horses and monkeys. These animals lie in steel and concrete pens. Few of these animals have access to food or water. The animals are so thin you can see their bones, and many of tho...

When I first arrived "Lisa" The girl that I shadowed told me that there was an emergency with one of the animals. It ended up that a one-year-old beagle ate an entire thing of metabolite, and then slowly started to die. The liver had shut down, and the heart rate was up to 300. Lisa told me that ...

Early in 1997, Scottish scientist Dr. Ian Wilmot revealed to the world that he had successfully cloned an entire adult sheep. Dolly was the young clone's given name. With this announcement, the world made a collective gasp at the realization that no longer was cloning a "pipe dream" or an ...

The Future of Cloning Cloning humans has recently become a possibility that seems much more feasible in today's society than it was twenty years ago. It is a method that involves the production of a group of identical cells or organisms that all derive from a single individual (Grolier 220). It i...

"To Clone, Or Not To Clone?" Did you ever imagine having a child that is the exact replica of you? Did you ever imagine of having the cure for heart disease or cancer? Well, these fantasies are not far from reach. The way we could reach these fantasies is through a process called cloning...

TO CLONE OR NOT TO CLONE Imagine how life would become when millions of people start looking alike, acting alike, and thinking alike. There would be no diversity what so ever in today's society. Since February 23rd, 1997, when British scientists announced to the world that they had successfu...

Eight thousand years ago, when humans didn't have an astounding affect on the world ecosystem, trees covered two fifths of the land. Since that time, the human race has burnt and chopped down half of the original forestland. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, deforestation is d...

Part of our American culture is based on food and the way people treat themselves biologically by deciding what is acceptable to eat. Unfortunately a great portion of our society does not carefully think about the biological effects of certain foods. We live in an era of fad diets and health cons...

"I know it when I see it." This statement confirms what many of us believe about the data we accrue with our senses on a daily basis. We know something when we apprehend somethingâ€"or, to use another cliché, if it quacks like a duck, smells like a duck, and floats ...

The idea of a perfect race was first thought of way back during World War II, by Adolf Hitler. He wanted a nation of tall, healthy, intelligent, blonde-haired humans and these were the beginnings of biological engineering. The experiments carried out on the Jews, in the concentration camps, were utt...

Human Cloning: The Next Frontier Imagine a world without cancer, leukemia, baldness, kidney failure, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and dozens of other diseases. No couple would be infertile, and gay people could have children of their own. No more endangered species would be ...

Eleven Past and Present BioneersA bioneer is a visionary who works for the Earth's behalf. The past, present, and future life on this planet has been, is, and will be changed by everyday people from all walks of life. A pauper, a bored student, a forester, a writer, a singer songwriter, an ethologi...

The beginning of the chapter discusses the elements involved in analyzing consciousness and on the different perspectives taken on consciousness. Significant study and research didn't begin until the late 1960's. New developments in medical technology, such as MRI's, CAT...

Intercourse is how children are made, or is it? Children can also be made in labs. Through the process of cloning. Cloning is known as nuclear transplantation, or somatic cell nuclear transfer. This process involves removing the nucleus from an egg cell , and then transplanting the DNA from and ...

CloningALL CONSTRAINTS UPON CLONING SHOULD BE LIFTEDCloning has been a very controversial topic since it affects moral values of human beings and other living things alike. In February 1997 scientists in Scotland announced the birth of the first cloned sheep named Dolly, this heralded the future of ...

Organic food is grown using the practices and philosophies of organic agriculture. No synthetic pesticides are used. Choosing organically produced foods lowers the risk of getting various forms of cancer and other illnesses. Children are more prone to the harms of pesticides than adults are. Ing...

"To Clone, Or Not To Clone?" Did you ever imagine having a child that is the exact replica of you? Did you ever imagine of having the cure for heart disease or cancer? Well, these fantasies are not far from reach. The way we could reach these fantasies is through a process called cloning. Cl...