Ann Arbor, Michigan

With her advances in molecular structures, she has allowed scientists all over to study nerve transmissions and also in creating pest repellants. Isabella Karle, one of the greatest chemists of all time, was revolutionary ever since her birth in Michigan, to the awards that she has later achieved with her working the Manhattan Project, and even after retiring from her job of…

While medical use of marijuana is approved by over 23 states, there is just not enough research on its benefits. Karen Cicero, writer for Prevention says “Most of the research involves Marijuana or its individual psychoactive compounds administered in carefully measured doses.” Because so little research on Marijuana has been done “the FDA hasn’t removed it from its ‘schedule-one’ drug designation,” Cicero states, meaning that there is currently no medical use for it that is acceptable. NIDA…

Jerrold Post (2005) provides an overview of the complex approach to assessing the personalities of political leaders in hopes of developing an objective personality profile. The basic foundation involved in assessing a political personality combines identifying and evaluating the influence of key events and patterns in the individual's life chronology, a longitudinal analysis, and an in-depth examination of specific characteristics relevant to the role of a leader, a cross-sectional analysis…

encourage them toward less-lucrative social careers. Most women dislike STEM occupations, since they prefer to work in teams. As a psychologist in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor states, “Girls steer away from careers in math, science and engineering because they view science as a solitary rather than a social occupation” (University of Michigan,…

name Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. He didn’t keep his name nor his hometown for long. After just being born, he was taken away by his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, to her mother and father home located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dorthy was a woman who would not take any form of abuse, which is why she divorced Leslie’s father, Leslie Lynch King Sr. in that same year. She’d then gotten married to Gerald Ford, he was a local paint company salesman, from this was…

“In 1952, polio reached its peak when over 58,000 cases were reported, including 3,145 deaths.” (About Jonas Salk) Polio is among the top ten epidemics in the United States history and the widespread panic created by it could have continued longer without the polio vaccine’s inventor, Jonas Salk. Although Jonas Salk’s intentions and methods were called into question by many, his Poliomyelitis vaccine ended the polio epidemic of the early-mid 20th century. Background On October 28, 1914, Jonas…

insane,” he said. “The hyperbolic nature of television makes everybody think it’s demons and evil, and people are being attacked, that’s just not a real scenario.” Tenney is scheduled to be a guest speaker at the 2016 Swamp Gas UFO Conference in Ann Arbor on Saturday March…

Throughout my high school career, I’ve put much thought into the question that authorities have asked my generation since kindergarten: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” When we were six, they asked us this question. Our answers weren’t well developed, for we were young and unaware. We wanted to become astronauts, firefighters, Batman, or in my case, a professional tennis player. When we were ten, they asked us again, and our answers shifted to more realistic vocations, but ones that…

Happiness is a Glass Half Empty The phrase, ‘You are what you eat’, influences people to analyze their nutrition and diet and modify their lifestyle. However, people rarely stop to think about or even consider that ‘You are what you think’, and that this form of living vastly affects an individual’s life. People in general perceive and measure happiness by how successful they are in life. Oliver Burkeman, author of the “This Column Will Change Your Life” section for The Guardian Newspaper,…

Gay rights in the United States has most recently been a large and semi-controversial topic of discussion as it gains more and more awareness throughout our society. Gay rights haven’t always been such a prominent topic, and in fact, it wasn’t until 1924 when the first documented gay rights organization, the Society for Human Rights, was founded. This society worked hard to begin to introduce this idea of gay rights to America, although it was disbanded due to political pressure shortly after it…