Natalie Angier

Movement) phases of sleep. According to Natalie Angier, Dr. Levin said that when you are entering into REM, your whole brain converts as cortical precincts change colors in scanning images to signify awakening or calm. In addition, the limbic system becomes more active than when you are awake, which is the reason why you are easily excited in your dreams (Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). Angier says that in REM, your…

“Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind” (Angier 490). Both essays, “The Canon” by Natalie Angier and “Scientific Literacy and the Habit of Discourse” by Thomas W. Martin, discuss that science is not a set of facts to be learned, but is best practiced through actions. These two articles approach the topic differently by using different rhetorical modes and styles. Even though the article’s main points have similarities, the essays contain many differences through their…

common house pet in America and feral cats are becoming a problem within the United States. Natalie Angier talks about this in her article “The Killer Cats Are Winning!” I think feral cats are becoming a problem and they should be euthanized. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), does not work because it does not reduce the population and cats are still killing other animals, and cats should be kept indoors. Natalie Angier, discusses that we spend a lot of money on cats; nevertheless, cats are wild at…

Altruism, Heroism and Evolutions Gifts” the author Natalie Angier describes altruism by using examples of not only human beings but also in other species and social colonies. To allege, Angier explains how in ant and bee colonies, sterile female workers labor ceaselessly for their queen, and will even die for her when the nest is threatened. She compares the colonies to our soldiers, who risk their lives to fight and protect our country. I agree with Angier and how she explains that altruisms…

brain. With choosing a partner, based on surveys by Professor Buss, men believe youth and beauty are the most important traits in their women. With women, they find ambition and financial success to be the greatest trait among men. With that as proof, Angier states that with the reason for women wanting successful men, shows men have the upper hand in a job aspect. Stating that men own the vast majority of the world wealth, that men have the upper hand to money and are more adept to receive…

strong” –Natalie Angier, “Why Men Don’t Last”. Also the more active a person is and “thin” often means the unhappier a person is compared to a “fat” person. Thin people also have to be doing something, but a chubby person is more relaxed and enjoys actual life a whole lot more. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the texts Why Men Don’t Last: Self-Destruction as a Way of Life and That Lean and Hungry Look by Natalie Angier and Suzanne Britt. In Why Men Don’t Last…

Society has a specific view on beauty that plays into the lives of children and adults that captivates society every day. Those who do not fall into these ideas of beauty are shunned out and chastised for their differences. First, Natalie Angier looks into the world of toys, and how the way these toys are being represented is shaping the minds of the children of tomorrow. Adding to this, in Andre Dubus’s short story, “The Fat Girl”, Louise, the female protagonist, is chastised and condemned as…

This specific research is on males, and how they are more violent than women. Some of the reasons why men are more violent than women that a few researchers have found are; biological, historical, and nature risk takers. The first research by Natalie Angier supports the idea that men are more violent due to biology and how they are made to be. She explains “Among the cardinal principles of the evo-psycho set is that men are by nature more polygamous than women are; and much more accepting of…

What comes in your mind when you heard someone saying “family”? Most likely, people have their own definition of family because we all are raised in different environment. It is difficult to define family as in one word because in today’s generation there are many types of families. Such as, single parents, same sex parents, unmarried couples, and etc. Culture plays important role in defining family as well. For example, some general public might believe that there needs to be a male and a…

S. bill aiming to help create a more courteous social landscape through penalizing broadcasters who spout obscenities, Natalie Angier rejects the possibility of a “gentle” language. In her article “Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore,” published in the New York Times in 2005, she asserts that swearing is universal across all human cultures and languages. Within her article, Angier provides several well-supported claims about the universalism of swearing. First, she describes the long historical…