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- 4621: Where Do We Draw the Line?
- ... recently read about the dangers of scientific some advancements. Coincidentally, the article was called, Brave New Worlds. It stated that Developments in the field of genetics offer the possibility of bringing all life processes under control. We must step carefully into this vast new field of science with the understanding that putting a patent on the melanoma gene or the baldness gene for that matter is simply playing God in a ...
- 4622: The Leaf-Cutting Ants
- ... or ruler of the colony. She not only determines whether an offspring will be male or female, but also assigns caste to her daughters. Yet even here, the workers exercise a kind of ultimate, parliamentary control. They alone decide which of their growing brothers and sisters will live or die, and hence they determine the final size and composition of the colony (Holldobler & Wilson 1994). The leaf-cutter ant has posed ...
- 4623: Sickle Cell Anemia
- ... concentrated only on African Americans. Many blacks felt they race was being targeted and instead of helping them the screening was used discrimination against the African American race. Congress passed the National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act in 1972. This law established the first national program that provided finding to fight sickle cell anemia. In 1980 Dr. Martin Clin attempted a transfer of normal beta globin genes to two patients with ...
- 4624: Nuclear Fission
- ... energy. Fusion occurs when atoms become fused together through heat. Both fission and fusion create nuclear energy. However, with the technology we have today, the fission reaction is much easier to produce and we can control the amount of energy that is produced. The nuclear fission reaction occurs when a neutron strikes a heavy atomic element, such as uranium. The neutron splits the uranium atom. When the atom is split, it ...
- 4625: The Depletion of Ozone Layer
- ... variety of purposes. U.S. manufacturers do not want to be singled out for cutbacks while industries in other parts of the world continue to enjoy profits from products that contain CFCs. While policies to control ozone-depleting chemicals and greenhouse gases were swinging in and out of favor in the United States, directors of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) called for worldwide restriction of CFC use. Along with the ...
- 4626: Richard Milhous Nixon
- ... techniques, which employed the television more than personal contact, and he was given a big push by the first-ever televised presidential debates. The healthy, attractive, charming Kennedy came off as strong, confident, and in control, while Nixon, who refused to wear make-up, looked haggard, almost ghost-like. The election was one of the closest in history, with Kennedy winning by only 100,000 votes nationwide. Some of the most ...
- 4627: Malthus' Principle of Population: Today and the Future
- ... become increasingly uncertain for the later years because: a) Natural disasters are unpredictable, usually not included in projections, but could become more frequent if the forecasted effects of global warming materialize. b) The ability to control environmental degradation is becoming increasingly difficult. c) The impact of problems with allocating scarce water are just now beginning to be appreciated. d) The depletion of non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels (gas, oil ...
- 4628: Pollution and the Environment
- ... polluter, violating the Clean Water Act. The government made their mess now the need to be the ones to clean it up. The government needs to pay for its penalties just like anyone else. They control the taxpayers money so why not spend some on their own mistake. All to often tax money is spent on fixing roads that do not need to be fixed or helping to build a ballpark ...
- 4629: Stop Pollution
- ... ecosystem. We all now the importance of the great blue ocean but we haven't found ways to heal any damage we have done to it. We all should take care of the sea and control pollution. Nobody can enjoy a swim at a polluted beach. Everybody should have the right to fish in the sea for recreation and food without the need for overfishing. The importance of the oceans for ...
- 4630: Robert Hunter
- ... prevalent, but told in a more sardonic vein. His brain was boiling, his reason was spent He said if nothing was borrowed then nothing was lent. I asked him for mercy, he gave me a gun He said 'Now and again these things got to be done.' One of the most interesting themes that Hunter uses in his contemporary poems is his personal experience with the Grateful Dead. Undoubtedly the most ...
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