Papers on Science and Environment
Creationism Vs Evolution: Through The Eyes Of Jay Gould
Words: 1105 - Pages: 5.... ever. In Jay Gould’s book The Panda’s Thumb,
an overview of and an argument for Charles Darwin’s evolutionary thinking is
conducted with flowing thoughts and ideas. This essay titled "Natural Selection
and the Human Brain: Darwin vs. Wallace" takes a look directly at two hard
fought battles between evolutionists and creationists. Using sexual selection
and the origins of human intellect as his proponents, Gould argues his opinion
in the favor of evolutionary thought.
In this essay titled "Natural Selection and The Human Brain: Darwin vs.
Wallace," Gould tells about the contest between Darwin and another prominent
scientist named Alf .....
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The Effects Of UFO's On People
Words: 1089 - Pages: 4.... thousands of UFO sightings since 1948, including photos of alleged UFOs and
interviews with people who claim to have seen them. Since UFOs were considered
a potential security risk, the report on these sightings was originally
classified as secret. (Craig, 917) When the report was later declassified it
showed that 90 percent of all UFO sightings could be easily explained. Most of
the sightings turned out to be celestial objects, such as stars or bright
planets like Venus, or atmospheric events such as auroras or meteors falling
through the atmosphere. Many other sightings turned out to be objects such as
weather balloons, satellit .....
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Dams And Resources
Words: 1199 - Pages: 5.... most of which were built in the past 50 years, now obstruct the world's
rivers. More than 400,000 square kilometers--an area larger than Zimbabwe, and 13 times the size of
Lesotho. Volta Reservoir behind Ghana's Akasombo Dam, flooded 4% of that nation's land area. In the
United States, whose 5,500 large dams make it the second most dammed country in the world, we have
stopped building large dams, and are now spending great amounts of money trying to fix the problems
created by existing dams.
Although the impacts of large dams have been well documented for some time now, in case after
case, new ones are proposed whose environment .....
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Epilepsy Oral
Words: 1060 - Pages: 4.... John Hughlings Jackson and W.R. Gowers, studied people with epilepsy at the National Hospital for Paralyzed and Epileptics in London and proved Hippocrates' theory that epilepsy is a brain malfunction.
Still, the 19th century health care systems in Europe isolated people with epilepsy and forced them to live in colonies away from society. Until as late as the 1950¡¦s, people rarely talked about their epilepsy and therefore hid the disorder from the public.
While there are some recognized causes to epilepsy the vast majority of cases have no known cause. In cases where the cause is known it is called Symptomatic Epilepsy. Fewer than t .....
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David Suzuki's A Planet For The Taking
Words: 944 - Pages: 4.... is evident when he states "We
have both a sense of the importance of the wilderness and space in our culture
and an attitude that it is limitless and therefore we needn't worry." These
words suggest that we are willing to reap the rewards of our vast resources but
we fail to see the harm that we are doing, and will continue to do if we do not
stop these actions.
Although his approach for explaining his beliefs changes, Suzuki's tone
of great concern remains consistent throughout the essay. After his views are
presented, Suzuki begins to tell us what we have done to our country and how we
are destroying it. Present day Canadians are .....
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Diamonds
Words: 477 - Pages: 2.... trace elements. These 0.5% of elements are the reason why a Diamond has different color shades. For example Nitrogen causes it to have a yellow tint , and Boron a blue shade. The pink color in some are thought to be caused by deformation of the atomic structure of the diamond crystal. A pure Diamond , which would be 100% carbon, is colorless
were created million years ago, when the earth was formed, the material experienced pressure of 5million times the atmosphere at sea level and temperatures between 1000~1200degreesC. These conditions caused carbon in the layers inside the planet to crystallize into . The moved up to the earth .....
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Indicactor Lab
Words: 430 - Pages: 2.... substance reacted to red litmus paper, and it had no effect on blue litmus paper. Phenolphthalein turned a hot pink color very quickly, and the pH value was about 11.5. The substance was clear and had a strong odor to it. These results led me to my conclusion that substance C is ammonia.
Test-tube D: Test-tube D contained lemonade. The substance reacted to blue litmus paper, and red litmus underwent no changes. It had no effect on Phenolphthalein, and its pH value was 3, a strong acid. Knowing that lemons are very acidic, and that the substance was yellow and sweet smelling, I concluded that substance D was lemonade.
Test-tube E: I could .....
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Breast Cancer
Words: 1960 - Pages: 8.... the epithelial cells of the terminal end buds (TEB) of the breast milk ductal system. While the outlining steps of are unknown, the cells
in the breast trigger a reaction of cell reproduction. These new cancer cells form tumors. If cancer cells are active or are considered malign, the tumor grows at tremendous speeds, and may end up in metastasis. Metastasis is a complex process in which cells break away from their primary tumors, and via the blood supply or through the lymph system relocate into other organs, thus spreading cancer throughout the body if left untreated. Generally, if a lump is smaller than one centimeter, it is considered b .....
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Effects Of Technology
Words: 661 - Pages: 3.... don’t understand is that the Internet is not all good. Much of the information posted on sites on the Internet is merely opinions, not factual information. When people look at this information, it looks and seems like trustful information, but most of the time, it is not.
Although the Internet is a relatively new technology, television has been around for about fifty years. There are many problems with television though,
mainly with the content of the shows. Many of the shows on television portray violence, drugs, sexual activity, and profanity. People who watch these shows see what the actors and actresses are doing and t .....
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The Discovery Of The Electron
Words: 61 - Pages: 1.... g, about 1/1836 of the mass
of the proton or neutron.
The charge of the electron is -e = -4.8 x 10^-10 esu .....
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