As a nation, we are constantly trying to increase the amount of goods we produce and the amount of time they are able to last. From adding preservatives to our food, to injecting cows with hormones to increase their size, to even larger gas tanks on our cars for better gas mileage. We can genetica...

The science of biology has evolved to the point today that an animal's basic nature can be quickly and permanently changed by altering its generic structure. The possibilities that the genetic engineering of animals can bring us is endless; from the Harvard-Dupont mouse prone to developing ca...

Throughout the industrial age, our society and environment has been completely modified by collecting and transforming massive amounts of inorganic materials. Numerous metals, minerals, and fossil fuels are mined, filtered, dug, and pumped from the earth. They are then burned, hammered, solder...

Genetic engineering, genetic modification, and genetic manipulation are terms that mean the same thing: the reshuffling of genes usually from one species to another; existing examples include: from fish to tomato or from human to pig. Today genetic engineered products are mixed in our foods and on t...