Science & Technology Essays and Term Papers

4 million years ago a wonderful evolutionary phenomenon was happening in Africa. Early hominids, man’s ancestors, were beginning a giant leap in their evolution. These hominids were moving out of the forest and beginning to walk upright, out…

ways. The most noticeable is that it lays in two parts; Serpens Caput which is the head of the serpent and Serpens Cauda, the tail of the serpent. These two separate constellations are joined to form one of the largest constellations in the…

Owls Background Owls are comprised of two closely related families in the avian order Strigiformes-the barn owls, or Tytonidae, and the typical owls, or Strigidae. Owls are relatively large birds, with a big head and short neck, a hooked beak,…

The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes should be legalized by the United States government due to marijuana’s numerous medicinal uses, it’s relative safety as a medication, and the many possible threats of continued prohibition. I. Introduction A…

advance into the 21st century the problems that we face become more and more evident. Inflation on luxuries that we house today like gasoline and electricity have increased dramatically over the past half century. Other problems faced such as population…

need to know a little bit about light (since that is what a laser is made of). Light from our sun, or from an electric bulb, is called white light. It is really a mixture of all the different colours of light. The colours range from violet, indigo,…

Kites are such interesting items. They are toys for many and learning tools for others. To really understand them, one must take into account some laws of Physics. Physics supplies the answer for exactly how a kite can fly and manuever…

by children in America, and society found it necessary to immediately find the causes to such bewildering tragedies. Whether it was the media, parental neglect, mental or physical abuse, availability of guns, or violence on TV, parents and…

and slightly acid-tasting gas. Sometimes referred to as a carbonic acid gas, the molecule consists of one atom of carbon joined to two atoms of oxygen. It occurs naturally in the atmospheres of many planets, including that of earth. Carbon dioxide…

is a very serious problem plaguing our world. Global warming is defined as a warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere that tends to intensify with an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Basically, global warming is exactly what it…