Science & Technology Essays and Term Papers

burning acid falling from the sky destroying everything in sight may come to mind; and as absurd as this sounds it is not that far from the truth. Acid rain is a form of air pollution. It is formed when oxides of sulfur and nitrogen combine with atmosp…

Animals were just creatures put on this earth, and whatever happened to them, well, I simply didn’t care. I saw them as just animals that didn’t have feelings or even much intelligence. I always did love animals; I just didn’t think much of them.…

provide the world with infinite uses from the very simple, such as food storage containers, to the very complex, as in artificial limbs. Plastics surround everyone at every moment of their day. Without them all every day items would cost more, and…

begin cloning human beings at his clinic in January of 1998. In November 1998, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission began conducting a thorough review of the issues associated with human stem cell research, in the United States. The stem cell…

speeds, lighting up the dark recesses and grooves within to produce what we call intelligent thought. For centuries, humans have grasped onto our notion of intelligence as belonging to us and us alone. However, as we wave goodbye to the 20th century…

12 past 5:00 San Francisco suffered a major earthquake that killed 3000 people, the earthquake lasted for about 40 seconds and was recorded at 8.3 on the Richter Scale. People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings…

affect almost every part of a person’s body. The affect alcohol has on a person depends on their sex, weight, how fast they metabolize alcohol, situation, mood, and the presence of food in the stomach. Alcohol decreases a person’s inhibitions, which…

throughout history and throughout the world humans have been devastated by pandemics, epidemics, and endemics that have nearly wiped out populations entirely. This paper will overview just a few of the most devastating of these epidemics which…

RU-486 (mifepristone). I chose this article for a few reasons. I was interested in the article's content, and although the article appeared to be straight forward there were many hidden messages. Before this article I knew nothing about…

use of astronomical phenomena to predict earthly and human events, in terms of an assumed theoretical system. In its earliest form, astrology consisted of simple omens that astrologers read from the sky. In its mature form, astrology analyzes the suppose…