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...

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...

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...

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, ...

Genetic selection of embryos occurs today by a technique called pre-implantation genetic rhetoric around diagnosis (PGD). In PGD, a single cell of an embryo conceived during IVF is removed and genetically tested before parents decide whether to implant or discard the embryo. PGD offers us the chance...

Genetic engineering is a set of new techniques for altering the basic makeup of plants and animals. Genetically Modified Foods, (GFM\'s) have been increasingly edging their way into the public eye. The majority of processed foods in our grocery stores now contain engineered ingredients. Questions ar...

For many years, man has been advancing his race through technology. Many things through those were questionable and questionable, but none are close to a certain technology today. And that would be genetic engineering. What exactly is genetic engineering? To put it shortly, it is where scientists sp...

Genetic engineering is a technique used by scientists to transform the DNA (deoxyribose nucleic acid) of living organisms. DNA is the blueprint for the individuality of an organism. The organism relies upon the information stored in its DNA for the group of every biochemical process. The life, growt...

Begun in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project is a 13-year effort coordinated by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but effective resource and technological advances have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003...

On February 22, 1996, Ian Wilmut brought cloning of animals to our attention, when the first animal was successfully cloned, on that history-making day the cloned sheep named Dolly was born. Wilmut took a cell from the udder of a six-year -old ewe and sparked a jolt of electricity to fuse it to the...

Down Syndrome Essay written by: Sometimes when meiosis ( the division of reproductive cells ) occurs, chromosomes may be lost, left behind, or too many may be passed on, resulting in the birth of a child with a genetic or congenital defect or disease. One of the most common of these genetic disorde...

The topic I chose for this report is to live a life in a different social status than my own. I would say that I am lower middle class. My paper won't just be about monetary wealth, but religious wealth as well. My life currently lacks both. Our materialistic culture is seducing Americans into...