Francis Gary Powers

It is a scientific fact that, over time, animals and plants alike change and evolve to be better suited to their environment. Using modern scientific methods, we are now capable of similar genetic alterations, but at a significantly accelerated pace. Specifically, we can alter the genetic material of nearly anything we like, and produce a new, better, more prosperous version of the original organism. Now, this sounds all well and good, but there tends to be a certain stigma about performing such…

Eugenics is a type of genetic engineering that was intended for the improvement of the human population through artificial selection and gene editing technologies to increase the frequency of advantageous or desirable characteristics. The idea of eugenics to improve human conditions, in the form of embryo manipulation, has been debated in many scientific and cultural communities for various reasons. One of them being its effect on society, specifically the societal views of genetically improved…

Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 06:18 Hrs. I observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Brock Services LLC building and Riverside Auto Dealership located at 341 US-90. The vehicle pulled up to the exit of the parking lot and remained stationary for a few seconds and then traveled east on the service road to Oak St. The vehicle turned south onto Oak St. at a high rate of speed as I was turning onto the service road from US-90. I lost sight of the vehicle until I arrived at Oak and Da…

In the spring of 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the true structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) utilizing theoretical chemistry and borrowed X-ray crystallography images. They postulated that the structure of DNA contained two helical chains that run in opposite directions of one another. They also stated, in contrast to Linus Pauling’s structure, that due to the repulsive forces between the negatively charged phosphate groups the nitrogenous bases would be located on the…

Francis Harry Compton Crick, is known by all to have received a nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his contributions in the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid, also known as DNA, and its structure. Although his accomplishments are incredible, the journey to them were even more so. Crick was born on june 8th in 1916 to a small town of Weston Favell, Northamptonshire located in the United Kingdom. Here Crick attended Northampton Grammar School, as a young boy. Later, Crick and his family…

True North – Anna Darlene Edmondson “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him (Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV). Say you were lost in dense-wooded timberland. Probably, your own intuitions of ‘true north’ would misguide you (like my GPS). It’s continuously recalculating … and sadly, I miss appointments. Ugh! Truth is, I depend on technology and believe it’s faultless. Yet, glitches abound with nearly everything man creates. However,…

Many have worried about how genetic engineering would affect humans, and the perception of beauty or self. Would those who are born naturally become ugly? Would one only be beautiful if their looks were predetermined? What would happen to the self-confidence of those who are born without genetic engineering? Would the children blame the parents for any of their faults? Or will the world continue spin, without much being changed? Some think this would affect the looks of humanity. The idea that…

Saint Bernard was born in 1090 and was bore to his parents, Tescelin Lord of Fontaines and Aleth of Montbard. Bernard was 1 of 7 children and he was the third child of the family. In Saint Bernards early life he was very academic and his studies got the admiration of his teachers. Bernard wanted to excel in literature so that later he could study the bible, he had a special devotion to mary and would later write about mary naming her ¨Queen of Heaven¨. Bernard preached an untraditional faith in…

Influential People who contributed to Genetics: James Watson: James Dewey Watson is a Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist and researcher, who is credited with co-discovering the the double-helix structure of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953 with Francis Crick. Crick and Watson’s first efforts towards learning the structure of the DNA came up with many attempts, but it eventually concluded in the spring of 1953. Their research portrayed the DNA model pulling forth the double-helical…

Did you know Francis Marion was a huge part of the American Revolution? Did you know his nickname was Swamp Fox? Francis Marion was a huge part of the American Revolution, he was the guerrilla leader. The guerilla leader is the leader of the guerrilla squad, he showed the American military guerrilla warfare, guerrilla warfare is when you use the world for your advantage by using tree,bushes, or anything really. Francis Marion was born on February 26, 1732 and died on February 27, 1795. He was a…