National Science Foundation

I found the article about the microbiologist Matthias J. Schnell particularly interesting because it brings up an important ethical questions. “Is it ok to speed up the necessary steps to for vaccine approval when there is a high demand or funding becomes available?” “What happens when thorough testing is not done and possible side effects are not examined?” I can see how in desperate times speeding up procedures to have a vaccine on the market may be necessary, however I can also recognize the…

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). I have not seen any changes in the gender gap nor have I seen any changes in the way teachers underestimate girls math…

A multidisciplinary approach involves drawing appropriately from multiple academic disciplines to redefine problems outside normal boundaries and reach solutions based on a new understanding of complex situations. For example, a multidisciplinary approach is used by the multidisciplinary team in health care with an aim to address the complex clinical and nursing needs. Also, multidisciplinary research is a pursuit of truth with the help of numerous specialized branches of learning which aims at…

Does Social Media Bring Us Closer-or Make Us Loners, written by Wency Leung, is about one main question in which Leung asks people to consider their relationship with social media and technology. In this article, Wency Leung argues how technology is distracting us from personal experience with others. She wants the reader to consider if social media and technology help create friendship or help with creating some barriers between people. Leung argues against multiple sources and uses those…

The Enlightenment was a time of change and new emerging ideas. People began to advocate for things such as more personal freedoms, and moving away from the church and other absolute authority. They emphasized reason and rationality, and began to try new styles of government. Ideas such as separate government branches and other federal system ideas began to come into play. People began to mistrust religious authority during the Enlightenment. The scientific method was developed, and discoveries…

In this moral dilemma, Bailey is confronted with the option to preserve a friendship with a research colleague, or reduce a barrier in his professional development. Also, conflicts regarding the right of Stern and Professor Martin to have a romantic relationship, and the right of graduate students to experience equal treatment are presented. The romantic relationship between Martin and Stern has brought upon the misuse of research grants, a misrepresentation of authorship, and has interrupted…

Throughout the course of history, there have been many drastic changes in western culture, but perhaps two of the most well known expansions in art, science, and thinking in general, took place during the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. Though both of the said points in time undoubtedly each have their own merits, it is when both are examined simultaneously that one can witness the scope and magnitude that each affected the other. Perhaps one of the defining factors of both of these eras…

(AGG) Imagine a society that has made extreme technological progress to the point it is available to the masseo, do you think that would have a negative effect on said society? (BS-1) In the book Fahrenheit 451 the people are completely immersed in media technology that they have obtained. (BS-2) As a consequence, the people are negatively impacted, they are made into unthinking creatures, only shells of human beings. (BS-3) But, to prove that it is the technology making the influence, it has…

Animal testing should not be legal. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, each year, more than 100 million animals are killed in US laboratories for a plethora of different types of animal testing. (“Using Animals”) Time and time again companies test on animals whether it be for cosmetics, medicines and even deadly diseases. Using animals as “guinea pigs” is not ethical by any means, and should be illegal everywhere. Not only is it wasting animals’ lives but it is also…

Earlier this month, I was searching the web for a science camp/program for this summer. After turning over what seemed like every stone, I could not find a program that was both hands-on and a reasonable price. However, a few Google searches later, and I came across this great program offered by Jefferson. When I read the program description to my parents; they were in shock at what I could potentially be doing this summer. But how did I get interested in this program in the first place? The…