The environment in which we live in is constantly changing. It is a valuable resource that should not be overrun by big business. Our environment is repeatedly tested to its limits by pollution from big businesses that continue to ignore regulations and laws. Business should not be allowed to cont...

The debate over the importance of nature verses the importance of nurture, has been going on since the beginning of modern science. Both sides of the argument have undeniably good points proving that one is superior to the other. But after reviewing the facts you can see that both nature and nurtur...

Nature-NurtureMany things affect people and how they behave based on genetics and what type of environment they are raised in. Part of a person or animal's behavior stems from behaviors which are innate or what they are exposed to in life. Socrates is a dog who has a unique mutation where he also ...

We\'ve been told since the time that we were little that we would grow up to be just like our parents. Yet, no matter how much we hated their nagging or their unexplainable talent of being able to embarrass us in public, we could not prevent ourselves from turning into them. So why is it that we, as...

Members of Congress: I am writing in reference to the possible upcoming technology of cloning humans and altering DNA tissue makeup of the unborn child. This issue will come before Congress for approval or disapproval in the near future. This technology would allow scientists to alter the t...

It is easy to answer some hard questions such as what does DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) stand for. One who studies in microbiology gets that answer in one second. For some easy questions, where does your character and personality come from? it is hard to answer such easy questions. One needs more tim...

Blue prints of every human being have been listed. Information of every detail, personality and physical appearance of yourself has been stolen before your birth. In a test tube, with a drop of your blood some one could figure out all your history and fundamental purpose in life, what's in yo...

How Life Began On Earth About 4.6 billion years ago the Earth was a fiery mass of liquid matter. As the hot mass began to cool, a rock crust formed on the Earth's surface, and the gases escaping from the newly made rocks formed the early atmosphere. The early atmosphere was made up of methane, ammo...

Secrets of a Salty Survivor The Dead Sea is known for its high salt concentration which inhibits life for most organisms. The high salt concentration damages the organism's DNA by depriving the cell from the water they need to keep the structure of its double helix, leading to a faulty DNA s...

The controversy over what determines who we are, whether it is Nature (heredity, our biological make up) or Nurture (our environment). Through the past decades psychologists have developed different theories to explain the characteristics of human-beings; how we feel, think and behave. Usually, thes...

Gorillas are apes and, since apes are man\'s closest relatives, they hold a very special fascination for us as humans. Animals have existed on earth for around 600 million years followed by mammals some 200 million years ago, and finally the first primates about 70 million years ago. When it comes t...

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...

Introduction Rapidly growing bacteria are exposed to constantly changing environments and must be able to adapt quickly if they are to survive and successfully compete with other organisms. Unless they take advantage of the change and respond quickly they will be crowded out by other organisms (N...

I have often wondered what I would be like if certain things in my checkered past had not occurred. What would I be like if I had been brought up in a stable environment or had gone to a different school, or not walked out the door on a specific day? What ifs of life that if we actually sat and thou...

Genetically modified crops are appearing on the farms of the United States more and more every day, even though consumers may not know it. The good news is that these crops are planted because of their benefits to people. For example, according to the American Medical Association (AMA), \"More than ...

The international issues in the bio-technological field of development are putting forward a dilemma of whether these technological advances will have a positive affect on society or not. Bio- technological research scientists claim that this great development will open up economic impetus similar t...

Biotechnology is an unstoppable reality, and it should be something closely watched (Thompson). Biotechnology concerns human beings, problems concerning plants, animals and the environment. There is a great range of issues and topics when talking about biotechnology. However, the main question is wh...

Genetically Modified Soybeans Roundup Ready Soybeans are soybeans made to maximize the herbicide ability of a spray called Roundup Glyphosate is the active or main ingredient in Roundup. Glyphosate or phosphonomethylglycine, is a white, odorless solid that dissolves in water ("Some Food for F...

"Clone is derived from the Greek word klon, meaning, 'twig'". There are several definitions for cloning. The Greeks comprehended that if one twig (branch) broke off some species of trees and planted it, it would result a copy of the tress. Defining cloning, in animals, is "...

Anatomy is Destiny¡(Sigmund Freud). Does biological sex determine Gender? In humans there are some obvious physical differences in reproductive systems and physique but also some less obvious differences in physiological processes i.e. the sex hormones testosterone, oestrogen and progesterone. W...

Hereditary Determination of SexPrimary sex determination- Concerns the determination of the gonads. In mammals, determination strictly chromosomal; not influenced by the environment. Most cases- female = XX; male= XYEvery individual organism has atleast one X Chromosome. Since the female has 2 X ch...

Throughout the industrial age, our society and environment has beencompletely modified by collecting and transforming massive amounts ofinorganic materials. Numerous metals, minerals, and fossil fuels aremined, filtered, dug, and pumped from the earth. They are then burned,hammered, soldered, melt...

An article published on April 25, 1953 in the science journal Nature written by scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, modestly suggested a model for the structure and replication of the DNA (refer to picture 1), the face of science changed forever (Aldridge, 8). The evolution of technology has ...

INTELLIGENT DESIGN: A VALID THEORY? The term natural selection was discovered by Charles Darwin in his search for the way in which life and is processes evolved. The result of his studies has caused much debate throughout science. The concept created by Darwin is the theory of evolution, ...

Good morning class, today I will be speaking to you about the topic on Should cloning be used to revive extinct species?" I say no. Unnecessary , irresponsible and rash are the words that spring to my mind when this question is asked. How can man consciously play god, and unrelently contiun...