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The human race has been blessed with a beautiful environment to live in. However as time has past most people have lost sight of the fact that the earth is an amazing gift. We go through our lives never taking the time to truly appreciate the perfect environment we inhabit. Humans pollute, destroy and for some reason have tried to dominate the earth instead of simply enjoying it. Every couple of months we find ourselves absolutely shocked when a natural disaster leaves millions of people…

Summary In this article, Delcourt and associates (1998) outline the implications of the carbonized plant remains to better grasp the effects Prehistoric Native Americans had on the Eastern Kentucky landscape through paleoecological sequence. Specially addressing how Prehistoric Native American populations bred and selected for plant-food resources in Eastern Kentucky during the Pleistocene and early Holocene (Delcourt, 1998). 36 radiocarbon-dated, botanical assemblages, mostly charcoal, obtained…

Considering the Development and Translation of New Terms Technology continues to grow and develop at exponential rates, new discoveries are being made in the sciences, entrepreneurs birth new inventions and ways of doing business, artists create new techniques.... While each of these situations is exciting and brings wonderful advances to our world, they also create challenges in language and language translation. Namely, there are often no words in our present lexicon to describe the new…

There are many different perspectives from which we can make judgements about Watson and Crick’s publishing of the double-helix structure of DNA. These judgements depend on a person’s views on scientific ethics, the perceived value of Watson and Crick’s findings, and how their findings were built on the work of their peers. I’m not particularly passionate about the matter, but I think that to frame a discussion about the Ethics of Watson and Crick’s “discovery,” the most fundamental step is to…

him in their science classes. Einsteins is one, if not the, most influential scientific figures this world has ever seen. Walter Isaacson delves deep into Einstein's life to tell us that he is more than just the commercialized image we see him as today. Einstein His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson tells the story of a hardworking, humorous, and rebellious man that defined the standards for scientists everywhere. Isaacson expounds the great physicists beliefs in not only science, but also…

Atheistic naturalism must answer many question, but their answers are not further coming, dubious at best, or based on faulty reasoning. Questions such as to why is there something rather than nothing. The laws of logic. The beauty of mathematical principles, and there applications to the world around us. The necessary fine tuning of biological information. The fine tuning of the universe and earth to support life. What about consciousness? If chance is the father of all these questions, than…

Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for discovering vitamin C. With interests in biology, a large sum of my time is spent in the lab or on a computer doing research. However research doesn’t have to apply only to biology of other physical sciences. Research can apply to most aspects and studies in life. Although when initially peering into humanities one may not notice the depths of research that has been done, and is capable of being done on the entities given. Biology and humanities…

In order to generate a life history table, it was necessary to collect data. The class was divided into four groups. Each group was to collect 10 specimens of G. holbrooki from a pond found on the FIU campus, to total 40 collected specimens. Each group was handed a ruler and a fishing net. All members of the group were to accomplish a task. While one member fished the mosquitofish, another would measure the female mosquitofish in millimeters, another would collect the data, and all would serve…

different age groups, educational backgrounds, and social classes made today's world view them only as tragedies. On the other hand, the progress achieved by those experiments over the past decades have substantially contributed to our present time' science and practice. One of the greatest positive gains of such experiments is that it led to the development (highlighted the importance) of ethics, guidelines and regulations…

Sometimes in life, it seems like nature reflects us. From stormy weather to match our struggles, or the warmth of the sun on our back to mirror the warmth of the joy in our hearts, pathetic fallacy follows our every move, both in our realities and in the many books we read. This is especially evident in the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and the poem “David” by Earle Birney, where each path the characters take is wrought with descriptions that reflect their actions. Whether the choice…