Tweaked By Technology Tweaked By Technology Science fiction novelist William Gibson weaves technology into the futuristic themes found in his books. In Gibson’s latest novel, Iduro, celebrity and technology are linked in a digital society as media uses technology in a number of ways, both detrimental and beneficial, to affect the careers of celebrities. The media uses and abuses techn

Incandescent Light Bulb Light Bulb The sun produces an enormous amount of light. It generates 3.83x10 to the 23 watts of power in the form of light. Another source of light is the incandescent light bulb. It emits 60 to 100 watts of power, and is most common light bulb used today is called the incandescent lamp. This bulb consists of a smooth round glass exterior. Stretched coiled

Twister Twister was a great movie that managed to fool a lot of normal people with special effects. Although to a person that knows a little about weather it may have seemed a bit far-fetched and unrealistic. If you look closely at details in the movie you can pick up on errors and find information that you can draw conclusions to. In estimating the strength of the tornado I would m

A Miracle for Mankind Cloning is not an easy task, but because of such a growth in research it is worth the difficulties to carry out such an experiment. Cloning is based on nuclear transfer, which involve the use of two cells, the same technique scientists have used for some years to copy animals from embryonic cells. The technique where by a female's egg is removed, put into a Petri

Cystic Fibrosis, What is It' Cystic Fibrosis, What is It' Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects the tissues that produce mucus secretions. These tissues can be found in the lungs, gastrointestinal tract, pan crease, and the ducts of the liver. Cystic fibrosis can also affect the sweat glands and the male reproductive system. People with the disease have abnormally thic

Bladder Cancer: An Unmerciful Killer Bladder Cancer: An Unmerciful Killer “Cancer is the disruption of the orderly and regulated cycle of cell replication and division under the control of our genes” (Handout). There are more than one hundred different forms of cancer that can attack almost any part of the body. One form of cancer that affects more people than most are aware of is b

Reproductive Cloning REPRODUCTIVE CLONING AND STEM CELL RESEARCH Reproductive cloning has been under talk for years and scrutinized by many. Over the years two methods of human cloning has been developed. Even though human cloning has huge medical possibilities, many do still not accept it. Through stem cells, many medical conditions can be treated. Embryonic stem cells and adu

Steroids People inject it, they swallow it, and some people even smuggle it. Steroids is what I am talking about. Do they really damage your body' People are deceived about the true disadvantages and the minor advantages that anabolic steroids have. For most people who take these drugs they face many visible changes in their body that they may overlook. For example, many people form la

The Absorption Process Absorption is the process by which the provisions of digestion are transported into the body’s internal environment, enabling the nutrients to reach the body’s cells. Most absorption takes place in the small intestine, which is composed of three segments: the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. Together, the small intestine accounts for almost ten feet of coiled

Great Barrier Reef Tortorici-1 When people first think of the country continent of Australia, they may immediately think of koala bears, kangaroos, and perhaps surfing. However, one of this countries greatest gifts to the world is the Great Barrier Reef. Located off the Northeastern coast of Australia, and bordering the Coral Sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean (Encarta). Not only

US Health Care The current US healthcare financing system is briefly outlined in the following paragraphs. Medicare was an attempt to ensure that adequate medical care would be available to the aged and some chronically ill persons and that the price of such services would not be so prohibitive that persons would have no basic care. Medicare is federally funded and is financed by a ta

Volcanoes Against Comunites Volcanoes against Communities In Portland, we live only 80 kilometers from an active volcano; Mount St. Helens. It is important to know how an eruption from a volcano could affect our daily lives. Since the eruption in May of 1980 of Mount St. Helens, geologists have come to a better understanding of both the mechanics of volcanoes and the dangers they pres

Village Of The Dammed: Perfecting The Child Imagine that your grandchildren can pick exactly how their babies will look, think, and act. Your family curse of breast cancer or cystic fibrosis or early heart attack – not to mention dyslexia, fat thighs, shyness, or male-pattern baldness – will be vanquished in a single stroke. Your great-grandchildren will be as lean, literate, loquacious,

Virtual Office Today’s Information Technology, Is there still a need for an office space. In today’s corporate landscape, traditional office space is steadily becoming a thing of the past. Empty chairs and vacant cubicles provide the backdrop for much of today’s corporate floor space. Nothing more than little signs reading “Telecommuting Today” or “Virtual Office Day” hang fr

Visicection Sophisticated non-animal testing methods exist, so why not spare animals lives. According to Dallas Pratt, M.D., “Many systems using either animal or human cell or organ cultures, as well as plant materials and microorganisms, have been created with emphasis on those which are rapid, inexpensive, and can discriminate between those chemicals whose properties represent a high

Vitamin C Vitamin C Functions of Vitamin C Vitamin provides many functions for the body. Its main purpose is to act as a reducing agent. The reduction process occurs by the donating of electrons and neutrons to other compounds (Nutrition 390). This function of Vitamin C leads to many other services that Vitamin C provides for the body. For instance, Vitamin C is a large cont

Vitamin C The Function of Vitamin C 1) The role in synthesizing the protein collagen * Protein Collagen is highly concentrated in connective to tissue, bone, teeth, tendons, and blood vessels. Also, is very important for wound healing. 2) Water-Soluble Antioxidant * Reduce the formation of cancer-causing nitrosamines in the stomach. * Keep the folate coenzymes intac

Water Fresh water is one of our most important natural resources because it's needed for survival and there is no substitute for it. Unlike energy, which has many alternative forms there are no alternatives for water. Most of our earth is covered by water, but only a tiny amount is available for fresh water. The amount of accessible fresh water varies from country to country and region t

Geology Of Home Town Geological History of my Home Town Earth is an Inner Terrestrial Planet Size that is about 8,000 miles in diameter and 1 A.U. in distance from the Sun. Earth may be the most distinctive of all planets because of the life forms we know exist here and the way they use the Suns energy. The Earth is composed of a vast amount of water, mostly in the form of oceans, wh

Orgin Of The Cold War Ousmane Ag Polical Science THE ORGIN OF THE COLD WAR Intro Cold War is term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of communist and non-communist nations. On one side were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and its communist allies, often referred to as the Eastern blo

Weather Modification & Cloud Seeding Weather modification through cloud seeding has been happening since the 1940s and continues today in 24 countries and ten U.S. states (Dick 2001). Although most government funding for research ceased in the late 1970s because of inconclusive results (Dick 2001) cloud seeding in the form of hail suppression, rain enhancement and fog dispersion, still c

West Nile Virus For the nine weeks article I chose my article on Montgomery counties first West Nile virus case. The article talks about ways to prevent getting the virus, how very few people who contract the disease die, and it talks about the man who had the disease. I chose to write about this article because it hits very close to home and the way it has spread all over the world fr

West Nile Virus West Nile Virus Although the West Nile Virus is not a commonly known virus around the public, it still affects many people around the world. The virus can me spread several different ways, including infected Mosquitoes, transfusions and transplants. In the following, all topics from preventing infection to statistics on the effect of west Nile Virus on humans will

DDT DDT and The Environment: The Effects on the Ecosystem As earth's population grows so does the demand for food, and the use of pesticides has become essential in meeting this demand. The first important synthetic organic pesticide was a chlorinated hydrocarbon, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane or DDT. DDT was discovered in 1939 by Swiss chemist Paul Müeller. In its early days, DDT w

Water Pollution Water Pollution Water pollution occurs mostly when people overload the water environment with wastes. It’s defined as contamination of streams, lakes, underground water, bays or oceans by substances harmful to living things. Water is necessary to life on earth. All organisms contain it, some drink it, some live in it. Plants and animals require water that is moderately

West Nile Virus The West Nile Virus You begin to experience mild headache, your muscles and joints are sore, and a red bumpy rash seems to have developed on your skin. You ask yourself, what is wrong with me' The answer, you might just be one of the 854 people to be infected with the West Nile Virus. “To date the CDC (Center for Disease Control) has reported 854 cases in people

A New Technology of Cloning Humans A New Technology of Cloning Humans Is cloning the new method to treat human beings in the future' Recently, there has been an argument about cloning a human being. When it comes to cloning, people seem to want it both ways: "no" to reproductive cloning on moral grounds and "yes" to therapeutic cloning on scientific grounds. But, which one is the

Weather On Other Planets Scientists throughout history have studied the effects of space weather. Over time, technology has advanced greatly, allowing scientists to gain a better knowledge of the workings of the solar system and thus a better knowledge of Earth. Telescopes and spacecraft have led scientists into the mysterious unknown – space. Due to advances made by NASA and other space

Cloning Cloning, as of recent years, has become a very controversial issue. Society is firmly divided on the uses and ethics of cloning. Cloning can rang from producing copies of plants and animals to clones of humans and human organs. But cloning can have several positive effects for the well being of society. Cloning plants can have positive effects for humans. Scientist can clone pl

Flight Research: Airplanes are an efficient way of traveling to far places. Airplanes are amazing if you know what and how the air keeps the plane airborne. There are three components of flight: aerodynamics, the Bernoulli principal and supersonic flight. Some other things about flight are the four forces, lift, drag, weight, and thrust. One of the basic things you need to kn