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“A Christmas Carol” Applied to Today A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a novel that changes a person’s perspective on helping ‘mankind’. Marley, a former friend and partner of Scrooge, visits Scrooge in the night to confront his poor contribution to improve mankind. The ghost of Marley is unable to rest until he has visited his “fellow-men” (Dickens, 13). Scrooge is then visited by three ghosts: the past, present, and future. Feelings of realization burst and his heart becomes filled with…

Agouti Gene and Natural Selection In “Adaptive Evolution of Multiple Traits through Multiple Mutations at a Single Gene” by Catherine R. Linnen et al. the article discussed how mutations of multiple traits from a single gene led species to thrive in their environment. The research was based upon the phenotype of light-colored mice being selectively advantageous on the sand soils of Nebraska Hills. The fur of the mice evolved into a light- pigmentation to prevent from being attacked by predators.…

Eugenics is choosing traits in order to make all of society “better”. This practice has a terrible reputation because it was practiced by the Nazi’s in order to create a master race. Hence, why they exterminated those with mental and physical incapacities. It was also encouraged for those who worked within the regime to make sure their partners had good genetics with a healthy family history. According to the Deutsche Welle, thousands of people were forcibly sterilized because their genetics…

Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection are concepts well known by most people. Evolution being a change in a population over time and natural selection essentially coming down to survival of the fittest and being a key mechanism of evolution. In the case of seahorses, rather the 54 species of marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus, the male and female seahorses have evolved a series of unusual adaptations for the purpose of increasing their overall fitness. A common misconception…

In 1911, the problems and invalidness of scientific racism became more exposed, especially the main problem with it. The main problem with racial science was its inability to distinguish between phenotypical, genetic, biological, and cultural variation among the human population along with having insufficient and invalid evidence to back it up. Franz Boas questioned and challenged the beliefs that race, culture, and language were all connected. He studied and observed different skulls of…

There are many people in American history, but some of them really stand out from others. Ray Kroc is one of those people, he is known for accomplishing great things and if you opened a history book, he would most likely be in there. By exploring his childhood, the struggles he overcame, and his achievements, it will become evident that Ray Kroc Founded one of the most successful fast food restaurants. Ray Kroc (Raymond Albert Kroc) was born on October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois to Rose…

In the Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad writes of a man named Marlow who is telling an exciting tale of his trip along the river in Africa. He goes mainly for adventure, but his quest resides in a man named Kurtz. Kurtz, as gradually revealed throughout the story, starts off trying to help the native people of Africa, however, as the jungle takes over his mind, he strayed from the company’s beaten path and wanders into the heart of Darkness. There is a great controversy when it comes to Joseph…

Evolution, a process by which species developed physical and psychological characteristics to survive. The best-known changes in human beings have been the way of walking (bipedalism), the ability to reason and socialize with others, or the distribution of hair on certain body parts. But have you ever wondered about many other human changes, like why our brain is so big in comparison to our body, why our teeth decreased in size or why we are able to perceive colors. Believing or not, all these…

Evolution and intelligent design are two theories that explain how life started and how it progressed in diversity and complexion. In the evolution theory by Darwin, it states that heritable characteristics in life have been modified and changed due to natural selection. There are still questions that are unanswered or can’t be answered. For this reason, some argue that intelligent design is the most reliable theory. This theory states that there had to be some intelligent entity that was…

Drosophila Melanogaster, the common fruit fly, has been used to study evolutionary and genetic theories for over a century. Drosophila has played a crucial role in understanding these concepts, and has changed the field of biology more than any other organism. Our research attempted to further study the drosophila, specifically the apterous trait. The defining characteristic of drosophila with the apterous trait was their lack of wings. The nature of the trait was initially unclear, but, after…