Science & Technology Essays and Term Papers

around its middle that covered almost twelve percent of the earth's land surface.(Miller & Berry 3) Today, the rain forest covers two percent of the earth's land surface and it is declining rapidly. The following will be a description of the rain forest,…

Or is it the start of a new generation? To some, cloning could give back a life, or a life of fun, happiness, and freedom. For others it could mean destruction, evil, or power. Throughout this essay you should get a better idea of cloning and…

at rest, which is an accumulation of electric charge. This source of energy is the opposite of moving electric charge, known as electric current. It is part of the study of phenomena resulting from electric charge, called electrostatics. Electrostatics…

affects moral values of human beings and other living things alike. In February 1997 scientists in Scotland announced the birth of the first cloned sheep named Dolly, this heralded the future of cloning possibilities and scientists began extensive…

the shelves in the supermarket, genetically engineered soybeans and maize. We find it growing in a plot down the lane, test field release sites with genetically engineered grape seed, sugar beet, wheat, potato, strawberries and more. There has been…

at Johns Hopkins University, wrote the first paper applying the term 'autism' to a group of children who were self-absorbed and who had severe social, communication, and behavioral problems. For many years, the most cited statistic is that…

abuse as stated by law. They also make note of differences between adult and child abuse. When physical abuse refers to adults, it is divided into battery and spousal abuse, which may encompass other types of abuse. The five main types of abuse…

Thousands of animals die each year from water pollution. Water pollution was originally caused by need of space (to dump trash). The dumping of garbage was caused by the lack of space in landfills. Instead of recycling some people started dumping…

is based in the view that the only way to prove you know the mind's causal properties is to build it. In its purest form, AI research seeks to create an automaton possessing human intellectual capabilities and eventually, consciousness. There is no…

worldwide. What started as an experiment in Edison’s laboratory has grown to mammoth proportions as we it today. Nuclear power, introduced in the late 50s, was thought by many to be the answer to all of our energy needs. Both source’s developments…