Perfection In an ever changing world, people as a whole strive to better themselves both mentally and physically. Men and women attempt to peak their performance in every challenge that they face. These characteristics of the human spirit are what separate our species from all else. People have...

We all remember the 1998 season in baseball which was one of the biggest and most watched baseball seasons. This was because there were two contenders competing to break the record of "the most baseball home-runs in a single season." This had many people glued to the television to see if ...

Biochemical Surgery The desire to improve our world is inherently human. From our health to our food, humans strive to enhance what we have. With the biotechnological age upon us, this desire is being channeled in directions that were previously unforeseen. Scientists have learned a great deal ...

Playing God Genetics, playing god or enhancing the human species? Is it right to mess with our genes? Is the Human society ready for genetics? These questions have been the center of discussion about genetics in the past few years. The beginning of a new age dealing with genetics is about to...

The Matrix Reality Bytes: A journey through perceptions of reality in 'The Matrix' and the technological world. The idea for this dissertation arose from the culmination of a number of thoughts that have interested me for some time. The question of 'reality' has always intrigu...

Genetic Engineering is the alteration of genetic material by intervention in genetic processes. Geneticists, the scientists that specialize in gene therapy, are working very diligently to map out the suspected 100,000 to 150,000 genes that make up the human body. They ...