Neil deGrasse Tyson

Ever since the beginning of the program, people have been debating on whether or not the US should fund NASA. They do this in the hopes that their tax dollars could go to something else, such as free health care or free universities. They believe NASA is a waste of time as well as resources and that humans should be focused on the people of Earth—not the stars. When really, NASA is a crucial part of the world humans live in; therefore, NASA’s budget should stay the same if not increased. This…

In the 1896 science fiction novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells depicts the island home of an insane doctor, who creates human-like beings from animals. Moreau’s goal was to engineer a human being by only using animals for his experiments and then replicate the process. Which is crazy because then would have totally weird cat videos, oh and animal rights and all that stuff. At the time the novel was written, gene splicing was considered science fiction. However, for the past…

Discussions about greenhouse gases are almost always dominated by the topic of carbon dioxide. While carbon dioxide’s recognition is well-deserved, not enough time is invested in thinking about the problems associated with the emissions from another very important greenhouse gas: methane. Although there are higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air, methane is shockingly thirty times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere. (1) Methane can be dangerous in other ways as well;…

Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter David J. Dzumba PSYC 2600: Interpersonal Behavior University of North Texas Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Abstract There are many famous couples in the music industry, but none as successful as Beyoncé and Jay-Z . They have been together 15 years, married nine of those years, have three children, and earned $107.5…

Climate change is a subject that is relevant to all living beings on Earth, yet it is underrepresented and in some cases even ignored by the media and the public. In the article Climate Change as News, Andrew C. Revkin states that the general topic of climate change is very difficult for journalists and reporters to cover for its lack of calamity when compared to other disasters and “FrontPage worthy” titles, and for its complexity that makes understanding this topic difficult for regular people…

The 21st century is marked and defined by rapid innovation in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. However, in a recent study by the US Department of Commerce Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation revealed that women only hold less than “25 percent of all STEM jobs” even though women constitute “47 percent of the overall workforce” . The astonishing statistic is that only “13 percent” of all engineers in the US are women. So why does this matter? Engineers, in…

Ever since that fateful night on July 4th, 1776 the United States of America has been a powerhouse and innovator on a global scale. The 13 colonies separated themselves from England because of religious persecution, taxes, and English oversight. The countries populace took a stand against all these things and slowly cultivated the world’s best economy, made technological advancements, and fought moral battles all over the world. America was the home for the downtrodden, intellectuals, and anyone…

Before we went separate ways, I played with someone's teddy bear but I don't know to whom it was. Maybe it belonged to Boribo? First of all, we went into a supermarket where some of us bought their lunches. Mael, Valentine, Ly and Boribo shared a sushi plate. It looked mouthwatering. I wanted to get some Dutch specialty like stroopwafels but I hadn't enough money. Instead, I walked around with Zoé. She was looking for a tobacconist. We went until the end of the street and back before asking to…

The Global Climate Change Debate - how do I know what to believe? Climate is defined by the Oxford Dictionary (University, 2015) as the average weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. It includes patterns of temperature, precipitation (rain or snow), humidity, wind and seasons (Adelsman, 2012). When there are changes in long-term averages of daily weather this is called climate change. Scientists believe that climate change is linked to the increasing…