Planetary science

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…

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…