Narcolepsy Narcolepsy Abstract Sleep is an essential part of our lives. Those who do appreciate and enjoy sleep often take it for granted. Those who cannot sleep yearn for it, but realize that they will never appreciate its full capacity. Sleep is a part of the human life that also has disorders that terrorize its victims. One such sleep disorder is narcolepsy, this disorder is

Nasa Nasa’s satellite was found to confirm that a thirty-year-old unproven theory that may have been pondering about says that there are two areas near the equator that have had winds converge year after year and is driving ocean circulation form south of the equator. This means that the satellite has found a year round northern and southern Intertropical Convergence Zone. This is intere

Nature Vs Nurture The nature versus nurture debate has been a classic controversy among experts for centuries. Presently, there is no clear conclusion to the dispute; yet, there are many hypotheses. Both sides of this controversy have been explored thoroughly among researchers. The purpose of this paper is to prove that the mental aptitude of a person is determined by his genetics,

Nature Vs. Nurture Debate Are we prisoners to our genes or do we just conform to our environment' That is the major question behind the “nature vs. nurture” debate. Do we become human by our upbringing in society or are we naturally suppose to have the instincts born in us to develop to become human' That is the nature vs nurture debate. The debate of nurture says we develop from our

Neanderthals What happened to the Neandethals After about 30,000 years ago Neanderthal remains are conspicuously absent. Presumably these people died out. Why' In Europe their disappearance occurred soon after a new type of human appeared. These were the Cro-Mangon people known from their fossils to be anatomically fully modern Homo sapiens and physically almost indistinguishable from

Neon Since its introduction to the scientific world, the element Neon has proven to be an important part of science, technology and medicine. As one of the first inert gases to be discovered, it was instrumental in providing valuable information on the make-up of the earth’s atmosphere. Neon has been a valuable asset in modern industry and medicine, as well as a popular method of adver

Nikola Tesla In this modern age of cell phones and palm pilots we often find ourselves relying on technology to make it though the day. How many people can say that they could do without a car or a phone' Indeed we all take a lot of technology for granted. Some of the technology is so pervasive that we tend to forget it is even there. AC powered engines drive numerous machines, vacuum t

Whiptail Lizard Science, as defined by the Miriam online dictionary, is the state of knowing knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding. Where then does this knowledge come from and how can we be sure it is correct' We know as humans that to reproduce a male and a female of our species must come together, copulate and fertilize an egg. There is then a nine-month ges

African Predators The top African predators are constantly competing with each other. Even though there is some type of hierarchy within the desert, all predators have some type of competition going on. For one thing, when one animal is killed, all of the predators try to get it. Therefore, the strongest, fastest, and smartest usually gets to keep the prey. However, other adaptations

Viruses VIRUS Virus- a microscopic particle that invades the cells of plants, animals, fungi, and Bacteria. Are viruses really alive' They do have some characteristics of a living thing. Viruses have genetic material, and they are able to evolve. But viruses are not made of cells, they cannot make protein, and they can’t use energy. They can’t reproduce on there own, only when

Archimedes Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born in Syracuse, Sicily in the year 287 B.C. He was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. Due to the lack of information about Greek mathematics, many Greek mathematicians and their works are hardly known. Archimedes is the exception. Archimedes was very preoccupied with mathematics. For instance, he often forgot to eat and

DNA Fingerprinting DNA Fingerprinting is also referred to as DNA profiling and DNA typing. It was first developed as an identification technique in England in 1985. The original use was to expose the presence of any genetic diseases. About three years later it became used to identify criminals through the analysis of genetic material and to settle paternity disputes. It is still used for

Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: Competing Nucleophiles The purpose of this lab is to compare the nucleophilic abilities of the addition of chloride and bromide ions to the compounds of n-butyl alcohol and tertiary butyl alcohol, in SN1 and SN2 environments. This will determine which of the anions is the better nucleophile, in each mechanis

Artificial Intelligence Intelligence By: John Cruz Artificial Intelligence once something that people thought could only come out of science fiction novels and movies. But today that could all change because of a robot called Cog. Cog is an artificial intelligence that it’s creators have given a body. He is the future of AI and a new beginning for the field. His creator , Rogney Br

AI Artificial Intelligence is the ability of a computer to “think” and act on it’s own. The term Artificial intelligence was first coined in 1950, in London England by Alan Turing. A landmark paper by Alan Turing argued for the possibility of building intelligent computing systems. The paper purposed what is referred to now as the “Turing Test”. This test compared the intellectual capabi

Ocean Enviroment Ocean Environment The sea is the most obvious feature of the earth's surface. Approximately seventy percent of this surface is covered by water, in one way or another. Beneath this water are the familiar sands of the beaches, bottoms of bays, and the inshore ocean. Farther offshore this water covers an amazing submarine topography of underwater canyons, trenc

Oil Introduction Imagine what would happen if the world were to run out of oil. One of the many problems that would occur is that gasoline would no longer be available. This means that you would no longer be able to drive your car or take a bus somewhere. Planes would no longer be able to fly. Transportation will become more difficult and costly. According to the Department of Ener

Oncogenes Cancer is when genes, common to all humans, go wrong and allow cells to rapidly and abnormally grow. Once abnormally grown, a tumor begins to form that can be cancerous(malignant) or benign. A tumor becomes cancerous once it goes through metastasis which is the spread of cancer cells beyond their original site. there are hundreds of different cancers. Retinoblastoma is canc

Open Source Software In Education Pushed By Government As I’ll argue in this essay, there’s much more at stake here than money. In what follows, I’ll argue that open source software in general--and Linux in particiular--holds the key to the ability of colleges and universities to retain their traditions of scientific and scholarly excellence as they adapt to an increasingly computerized

Opinion Response Journal #1 Making Responsible Decisions: An Interpretive Ethic for Genetic Decision making In the Newsweek article, “Making Responsible Decisions”, author Mary Terrell White debates the issue of genetic counseling and it’s affect on the client’s ability to make thoughtful and good decisions. Due to the frequency of medical advancements in technology, many new hor

Optical Lasers I am doing my report on lasers. Laser, acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Lasers are devices that amplify light and produce coherent light beams, ranging from infrared to ultraviolet. A light beam is coherent when its waves, or photons, propagate in step with one another. Laser light, therefore, can be made extremely in

Organ Donation Organ Donation There are many people that need organs; there are over 71,000 people waiting for transplants in the United States (United Network for Organ Sharing). This list is growing rapidly in the United States alone; a new name is added to the transplant waiting list every 16 minutes (UNOS). This should be reason enough for individuals to donate but this isn’

Organ Donation Organ Donation The act of saving lives has reached a remarkable goal. With the process of organ donations, life can still go on for the unfortunate people with malfunctioning organs. Every one should be an organ donor because each day approximately sixty people out of one hundred receive an organ transplant, but another seventeen people on the waiting list die. A single

Organ Transplants Organ Transplants Being assigned the subject, organ transplants, I realized very quickly that this could cover a broad area. Does this mean animal to human transplants, (there's no way I am going to get into the rights of animals on this one) artificial organ transplants, living donor transplants or partial transplants, such as bone marrow and fetal brain cells,

Rate of Osmosis on Potato Chips Rate of Osmosis on Potato Chips Planning We have been asked to investigate the effect of osmosis on potato chips. Osmosis is the diffusion of water from a lower concentration of solute to a higher concentration of solute, through a membrane. I have chosen to investigate the effect of the water potential/concentration of solution on potato chips. Th

Osmosis And Diffusion DIFFUSION AND PASSIVE TRANSPORT In principle, just about all substances diffuse, with a variation of rates. Diffusion is the process in which the particles are uniformly distributed or at equilibrium, and the process of random movement toward a state of equilibrium. In diffusion, motions are uniquely at random can produce a net mevement-always a direction from a

Over Popolation Two hundred years ago, Thomas Malthus, in An Essay on the Principle of Population, reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially, while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). There is evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example in New York City alone the population

Overpopulation The Enviromnetal Degradation as a Result of Overpopulation Introduction There are simply too many people on our planet, and the population is not showing any signs of slowing down(see Figure 1). It is having disastrous effects on our environment. There are too many implications and interrelationships to discuss in this paper, but the three substances that our ea

Air Pollution What is air pollution' ‘I’ll go out for a breath of fresh air’ is an often-heard phrase. But how many of us realize that this has become irrelevant in today’s world, because the quality of air in our cities is anything but fresh. Air pollution is a serious problem in our society these days. We come across it indoors, when people have been smoking, and outdoors,

Oxycodone To begin with, Oxycodones' brand names include M-Oxy, OxyContin, Oxyir, Percolone, and Roxicodone. Oxycodone is in a class of drugs called narcotic analgesics. It simply relieves moderate to severe pain. It is a drug meant to be swallowed whole, delivering pain relief for up to 12 hours. Oxycodone is habit forming. Many deaths have been associated with illegal use of this dr