National Science Foundation

Introduction Ethical principles in research underscore the requirements that ought to be fulfilled in the course of conducting research (Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of, 2009, p. 12). Most of these principles revolve around the element of integrity, trust, validity, reliability, and welfare. Therefore, the underlying processes of research ought to ensure that ethical frameworks are developed to guarantee the total adherence of established standards.…

Modern science-fiction films vividly illustrate modern social issues and current attitudes toward the future. Based on the short story “Super Toys Last All Summer Long,” “Artificial Intelligence” takes place in the end of the 21st century at the United States of America. Spielberg 's film raises many questions: foremost among them, what does it mean to be a person? Degree of personhood is the status of how much a thing is a person depending on certain qualities. This theory concerns with…

are alive, but now they are going to try and make a clone from the last passenger pigeon that died in her cage at the Cincinnati Zoo. The nonprofit Long Now Foundation has a project to try and make the clone. They plan on taking DNA fragments from a preserved passenger pigeon and using band-tailed pigeons as the parents. The Long Now Foundation hopes to complete this within the next decade with the amount of money and technology being directed to this challenge. (McGrain,…

that were just subjected into the liver, blood, and the biopsies of the chimpanzee. The laboratories have called this testing the “BIOQUAL” that’s truly known as “SEMA” and had been tormenting the chimpanzees that were in the NIH-funded research National Institutes of Health. The experiments about the hepatitis C was to place swarms of mosquitoes onto the chimpanzees to try and infect them with malaria, and many more other neglective and cruel studies. After they infected them with norovirus,…

increase the availability and quality of child care for children under the age of three. Increase information on the practice of responsive, respectful and relationship infant toddler care, and try to convince local, regional, and national policies and practices that the foundation for all curriculum development and activities are the needs of infants, toddlers and their…

Summary: Three scientists— Rick Potts from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Susan Anton from New York University, and Leslie Aiello from the Wenner-Gren Foundation— determined that the characteristics: bipedal gait, body size, and delayed growth and development for the kids, of modern humans may not have evolved all at once, but evolution was more of a “patchwork” adapting to fluctuating wet and arid conditions in Africa. They came to this conclusion based on their work…

public's attitudes toward animal research in Switzerland: the goal of the present article is to fill this gap. In the United States, the National Science Foundation surveys show that between 1988 and 2001 the acceptance of animal experimentation decreased: in 1988, 53 percent of Americans approved animal research; in 2001, only 44 percent approved it (National Science Board, 2002).” ( Von Roten 2008). Van Roten uses data to help represent the idea that people are less in favor of animal…

Schallborn. Doctors of optometry Gary Heiting and Lary Wan mention in their article about Computer Vision Syndrome among children that there has been over a 66% increase of nearsightedness among Americans (Heiting). Though this study, conducted by the National Eye Institute, covered more than just children, the connection is still believed to be technology. However, Hieting and Wan continue in their article with this statement, "Sitting for hours in front of a computer screen stresses a child's…

Though the benefits of the research enterprise far outweigh the costs, many in the field recognize that there are improvements that would make the system more efficient and cost-effective. The federal government assumes a great deal of the administrative and financial burden of research in America; being accountable to taxpayers and American citizens in this regard requires continuous analysis of policies and procedures to ensure adequate stewardship of public trust. Towards this agenda, three…

Introduction Various answers can come to mind when asked about leadership. These different answers reflect how different leaders we are. Long time ago, researchers tried to bring this art of leadership into science to study it, teach it, and apply it in life. Guidelines would provide the world with some good leaders. In this paper, I’m going to compare between two different types of leader (an Ethical leader and an unethical leader) which are; Gandhi and Hitler. In General, studying their way…