Stellar evolution

There is a lot of genetic variation in humans the reason for this is because of four processes of evolution namely mutations, gene flow, gene drift and natural selection. Changes happening without a certain method or at random in a genetic code can be defined as mutations this brings change in the ratio of a specific form in a gene allele to the total…

In 1992, Mikhail Gorbachev allegedly said “Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.”1 Indeed, the goals of Pope Francis’s green encyclical and the core ideas of Marxism do seem to overlap. However, these connections are purely superficial. Upon further inspection, fundamental theory of Marxism differs socially, ideologically and economically from Pope’s ideas, making it impossible to assume any form of parallel between these two. First, the major purpose of…

The overwhelming majority of nature on the planet earth will be forever trapped in the confinement of a less cognitive ability, shackled to the walls of what they can and cannot do. All except for one, awe-inspiring species. The homo sapien, better known as a human, is the most evolved living organism in nature. In order to be classified as a human, one will have to possess many specific qualities. The anatomical body of a homosapien being cannot be viable without the possession of moral…

effort to improve genetics and induce more favorable, hierarchal offspring for the future generations of the country (Introduction to Eugenics). Coincidentally, Sir Francis Galton was the cousin of Charles Darwin, who is credited with the theory of evolution (Introduction to Eugenics). While eugenics never took hold in England, the controversial idea of selectively breeding individuals to make “desirable” offspring found interest…

In his lectures, “The Power of Myth,” Joseph Campbell states that two of the major functions of myth are the sociological and pedagogical. Myth can uphold social orders, and myth can teach people how to live in any circumstances. These two functions are not necessarily separate; in fact, they can intertwine in such a way that the myth itself can uphold a social order by teaching people how to live with that social order, as Walter Lippmann would say, manufacturing consent for that order just by…

The Myths Before the completely new way of thinking known as philosophy had emerged, myths answered the questions of the world. A myth is a story involving gods that explains certain situations, origins, or events in nature. In Nordic culture there was no lack of myths. Thor, a prominent god and character of many myths, had a hammer which caused thunderstorms. Thor’s hammer was also a vital weapon in the ongoing battle between the gods and the giants. This battle was a, “mythological…

The Lorax and Easter's End when you hear those two things you typically don’t think of much rather then a fictional story for young kids and a mysterious island covered in large stone heads leaving us puzzled on how they ever got there. Although that maybe all that ever does come to your mind if you look past they both are very similar in many ways regarding the science behind the two. As for the both face almost the same exact environmental issues that we do today. When it comes to key…

Nietzsche believed in the concept of infinity in more ways than just infinity’s existence. He seemed to suggest a living person’s life was not the only one lived by that person’s self; an individual’s life was the recurrence of his/her own self from a previous life ad infinitum. In this way, Nietzsche provided arguments against the prevalent Christian beliefs on the origin of the earth. One method he used, was utilizing ever evolving scientific theory as foundations and premises for his…

Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus" is a medium-sized frog that weighs about 8 grams and grows to 3.0-4.5 cm in length. Females are larger and about half a centimeter longer than males, but males have larger toes. The frog has a typical lifespan of five to seven years in the wild. Its bright blue skin, usually darker around its limbs and stomach, serves as a warning to predators. The glands of poisonous alkaloids located in the skin serve as a defense mechanism to potential predators. These poisons…

Introduction Evolution permeates everything in our environment; from the food that we eat or how we interact with other and the world around us. It affects how animals eat, grow, reproduce, and even die. There are many ways in which animals survive but this paper will be focusing on one specific theory of animal evolution: r/K Selection Theory. Meaning First, what does r and K mean? Both of these terms are derived from the Verhulst model of population dynamics: dN/dt=rN(1-N/K) in which r is…