How science and pseudo-science differ In the history of mankind, we have strived to understand the world around us, to know and understand how and why things happen. Thus, science was born. Pseudo-science was born, as well. A science tries to explain how and why things happen by creating laws that dictate what Nature does. A pseudo-science i...
Our school has an extremely low budget of approximately eighteen million dollars. Where should the money go? Should it go to the English department, or the math and science buildings? Should the money be invested in expanding our school and giving raises to hard-working teachers? Or should the money be invested in the ever so po...
From Water to Land (Revision) Abstract: The early tetrapods were the first vertebrates to actually walk the solid earth. They began their conquest of land in the Paleozoic era around 360 million years ago. The question many paleontologists have been asking for a long period of time is whether the anatomy for locomotion on land was develope...
, bipolar disorder and related illnesses Illnesses like schizophrenia bring untold misery to sufferers and their families. The suffering is magnified because of the unique stigma attached to these illnesses. Unlike other illnesses, it marks not only afflicted individuals, but also their relatives. For example the concep...
Genetic Technology and the betterment of our world What exactly is genetic engineering? A simple definition of genetic engineering is 'the ability to isolate DNA pieces that contain selected genes of other species'(Muench 238). Genetic engineering has been the upcoming field of biology since the early nineteen seventies. The prospero...