Essay on Mysteries of Science and Technology

The police were to blame for not capturing Jack the Ripper but only to a certain extent. At the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, the police force was developing and as the Jack the Ripper case started to cause speculation, the police force started to develop rapidly. The murders even sparked investigations from Scotland Yard as well as the Metropolitan Police, this meant that the case became rather crowded very quickly. The Jack the Ripper case was clearly mishandled due to the methods the…

The bestiary genre has existed for centuries, introducing and entertaining its readers with compilations of both stories and facts about creatures who are familiar, unfamiliar, real, and imaginary. In some aspects, Henderson’s The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, a 21st century bestiary, is no different, since it still incorporates beasts ranging from the fire-defying salamander to the intelligent macaque. However, in other ways, this bestiary diverges from previous ones. Henderson’s bestiary…

Introduction.. In an after world of destruction that happened in the future; Chicago, survivors were divided into five groups of fighting, based on their personalities: Abnegation, for the giving; Amity, for the peaceful; Candor, for the honest; Dauntless, for the brave; and Erudite, for the thinking-related and highly educated. Each year, all sixteen-year-olds must take an ability test that describes the group of people involved in a battle for which they are best suited. After receiving the…

Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine are the four nucleotide bases of DNA. The clever title, of the futuristic movie revolving around genetic engineering, “Gattaca”, is a DNA sequence. The symbolism, as within the title, continues throughout the thought provoking film. DNA is like the instructions used to develop life. However, in the film, DNA is also a prime determinate of social class. Vincent Freeman is a baby of faith, conceived by means of natural reproduction. His parent’s decision, to…

level, and as a 20 year-old, I myself am aware that many people expect me to hold certain beliefs, and be interested in certain things, because of my age. I do share in some of the interests common to my generation, just as I enjoy the advantages of technology my generation has, and no other has had to this extent. At the same time, however, I am not a part of many behaviors and concerns that are identified with my generation, either because they do not interest me or because I do not feel that…

The term “alien” deters people from even considering the existence of these beings due to the extremes and stereotypes placed on them through science-fiction movies and comics. An alien is not an evil, manipulative race that is trying to conquer the earth, which is portrayed in nearly all of the alien resources that are in the world today, but instead a living being with the same curiosity as ourselves. The stereotypical alien is too far-fetched for universal acceptance, but the reality of…

As numerous memories as I have of reading, I have no memory of learning how to read, so I assume I was too young for it to create a lasting impression. However, I vividly remember visiting my grandmother in Washington state when I was between the ages of five and six. We would sit before immense windows that overlooked the house’s yard and read short stories together. Thinking of these times inspires fond memories of reading stories such as Frog and Toad. I think this has an underlying effect I…

In the book “Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI” written by former FBI Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) agents Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman describes in the very first chapter a disturbed individual in which made Jack the Ripper look like an amateur. Chase was a sick being and his first murder dealt with a pregnant woman that he shoved…

In the western hemisphere your 18th birthday is a very enormous deal. People plan for it for years and that is the day pre-teens and teenagers look forward to. To most, it represents all the opportunities the world has to offer, it gives us a political voice and it opens up a whole new world of clubs, partying and freedom. But with those great perks comes a huge responsibility; in the United States of America, your eighteenth birthday is when the judicial system can legally press charges on you…

facets of education system tackle how to think and what to think. The importance of history is more onto the side of what to think or what has happened in the past that can be related up to the present time. On the other hand, subjects such as Science, Technology, and college courses are more on the side of how to think as the brain matures and learning skills improve; thus, what to think and how to think are somehow correlated. They stick…