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- 3991: Changes in the Earth's Environment
- ... a threat to the future of humanity as death rates from natural hazards had increased dramatically since the turn of the century. The Earth though has always been plagued by natural disasters. Now, with the world population growing at a rapid rate more people are living in hazard prone areas. Events which may have gone unnoticed previously, only become hazards when there is intervention with humans and their lifestyle. With the ... the population rose people were dispersed in more places and in larger numbers than before. The predominant movement of people being from farm to town or city (Burton et al,1978.). It is this growing world population, Burton et al (1978) suggest, that is the main reason behind why hazards are increasing and were seen to pose such a threat to humankind in the 70's. While the average number of disasters remained relatively constant at about 30 per year, death rates climbed significantly. As the growing world population requires the cultivation of land more prone to hazards, more people and property are thus exposed to the risk of disaster than ever before, and as Stow (1992) argues, the death toll inevitably ...
- 3992: Bioethics of Cloning
- ... and controversial issues facing our society today is the idea of cloning. On February 23, 1997, Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist, along with his colleagues at the Roslin Institute and PPL Therapeutics, announced to the world that they had cloned a lamb, which they named Dolly, after Dolly Parton, from an adult sheep (Mario, Christopher). The two share the same nucleic DNA, but differ in terms of their mitochondrial DNA, which ... important for the regulation of the cell. The media and the press ignored this fact, and thus claimed that Dolly and her “mother” were genetically identical, which sparked a fury of outcry all around the world. The technique of transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg cell of which the nucleus had been removed, called nuclear transplantation, is an extension of research that had been ongoing for over ... of Joshua Lederberg’s 1966 article on cloning in the American Naturalist, and the publics interest has been perked by many sci-fi books, films, and movies including Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World,” 1973’s “Sleeper,” the 1978 film “The Boys from Brazil,” and most recently, the movie “Multiplicity” (Mario, Christopher). The ethical, legal, and moral issues aroused by cloning have been raised by previous projects, and ...
- 3993: Quantum Theory?
- ... up in the mysterious ability to travel between universes and commit a potentially egregious error by ignoring minor glitches and differences in the instruments that lead them to the new worlds (Crighton). Even in our world today, there are those who believe this theory to be truth saying “just as a ball may follow any one of an infinite variety of trajectories, so may the entire universe follow an infinite variety ... and others. This scientific discovery could change life in the same way the transistor changed the course of modern electronics. Teleportation is another issue that is blazing its way through development this very day. The world was shocked in 1998 when they heard the news: Quantum teleportation was demonstrated in three laboratories around the world—in Innsbruck, in Rome, and at Cal Tech. Physicist Jeff Kimble, the leader of the Cal Tech team, said that quantum teleportation could be applied to solid objects: “The quantum state of one entity ...
- 3994: UFOs Exist
- UFOs Exist Mr. Lowery English 12, Section 2542-06 Does life outside earth exist? Are UFO's really from outer space? Many people in the world today do believe in UFO's. "About half of the adult population do believe that UFOs are out there in space"(Ritchie 22). There are basically two sides to the matter. The first is that ... introduced to replace the term flying saucer. UFO sightings first started in the late 1800s, but there weren't that many until the 1940s. In the 1940s UFO sightings were being told all over the world. Since the 1940s UFOs are seen every day by people all over the world. Ufologists have come up with a system to divide UFO incidents into three major types of close encounters. First, close encounter of the first kind (CEI) are classified as UFO sightings. Second, close encounters ...
- 3995: Is There A Population Problem?
- ... 2 million mile^s2] of ice-free, fertile and barren land surface. This amount of land left i s continually being decreased because of an increase of the amount settlement. A food problem in the world can also be traced to overpopulation. The food problem is not characterized by a lack of food but a lack in quality of food. So what is the problem? What are the facts? The United ... to the development of desert wastelands. This idea is best summed up by the Overpopulation group, "THE MORE FOOD PEOPLE TAKE FROM THE LAND, THE FASTER THE SOIL DIES AND TURNS INTO WASTELAND!" As the world population continues to grow exponentially, great pressure is being placed on arable land, water, energy, and biological resources. According to the World Bank and the United Nations, from 1 to 2 billion humans are now malnourished, indicating a combination of insufficient food, low incomes, and inadequate distribution of food. This is the largest number of hungry ...
- 3996: Humanism
- ... and all Ethical Culture societies describe themselves as humanist in the modern sense. The most critical irony in dealing with Modern Humanism is the inability of its supporters to agree on whether or not this world veiw is religious. The Secular Humanists believe it is a philosophy, where the Religious Humanists obviously believe it is a religion. This has been going on since the early years of the century where the Secular and Religious traditions combined and made Modern Humanism. Secular and Religious Humanists both share the same world views as shown by the signing of the Humanist Manifestos I and II. The signers of the Manifestos were both Secular and Religious Humanists. To serve personal needs, Religious Humanism offers a basis for moral ... versus not meeting them at all. Individuals who cannot feel at home in traditional religion should be able to find a home in non traditional religion. A popular example of Secular Humanists views of the world was said by author Salman Rushdie on ABC's “Nightline” on February 13, 1989. [My book says] that there is an old, old conflict between the secular view of the world and the religious ...
- 3997: The Effects of Television Violence on Children
- The Effects of Television Violence on Children What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a ... major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing why children are so mesmerized by this big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it ... violence affect the child's youth, but it can also affect his or her adulthood. Some psychologists and psychiatrists feel that continued exposure to such violence might unnaturally speed up the impact of the adult world on the child. This can force the child into a kind of premature maturity. As the child matures into an adult, he can become bewildered, have a greater distrust towards others, a superficial approach ...
- 3998: Importance of Priority in Today's Society
- ... to keep self- discipline as a major priority. Right now we may not realize it, but we are not living in a perfect society on this planet. But perfect is not the answer for our world, as it seems implausible. Rather, we are trying to work out into the opposite direction and not suffer chaos. Think of what would happen, if we all took the responsibility to keep our self disciplined and utterly focused in trying to do the best we could. Our world would not suffer the many consequences we suffer now. For example, if we decided to peaceful with other nations, and kept respect and peace with everyone. The prevention of mayhem, chaos and anarchy will not ... is, every person on this earth out of the many billions that there are, needs to take responsibility of his/her actions. Chaos, mayhem, disturbance, turmoil, pandemonium, uproar. Is this what we want in our world today? Although people are afraid to say it, it is obvious that if we all do not think before we do things, these events that I described could occur in the near future. Many ...
- 3999: Child Exploitation
- ... think of first when you think of child exploitation? Most likely you think about sweatshops. But in what other ways are children exploited? Kids are used, abused, bruised and broken in numerous ways around the world from slavery to prostitution. In the UAE, for example, children are taken as infants from their homes in Bangladesh to be used as camel jockeys. When they are too heavy, they are turned loose to die in the desert. Plus, while they are being held captive, they are caged, beaten and starved. Now where are these child rights organizations that are fighting for kids in sweatshops? How can the world sit back and condone such behavior? Children are dying for the sake of a sport and the world does nothing. As if the idea has not been beaten into our heads enough, but these children that are dying are our future. Organizations have been formed to make sure that we know this, ...
- 4000: Television Violence and Children
- Television Violence and Children What has the world come to these days? It often seems that everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a ... major source of violence. In many families’ living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing why children are so mesmerized by this big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it ... violence affect the child’s youth, but it can also affect his or her adulthood. Some psychologists and psychiatrists feel that continued exposure to such violence might unnaturally speed up the impact of the adult world on the child. This can force the child into a kind of premature maturity. As the child matures into an adult, he can become bewildered, have a greater distrust towards others, a superficial approach ...
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