Essays Tagged: "Scientific American"
Evolution of Immunity in Invertebrates
Thorough Summery of the Article -'Article Summery'Name: 'Immunity and the Invertebrates'Periodical: Scientific American Nov, 1996Author: Gregory Beck and Gail S. HabichtPages: 60 - 71Total Pages Read: ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Article review from Scientific American. Author discusses genetic crop modification and addressses long term impact on the environment
Kathy, Brown. 2001. "Seed of Concern",Scientific American, 284:52-57.In this article the author addresses the growing concern over the ris ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Secrecy in Science Hinderence of Scientific research Private investments into research
Secrecy in ScienceIn November of 1996 an article in the Scientific American reported an increasing alarm in secrecy in scientific research. In W. Wayt Gibbs ... ientific research. In W. Wayt Gibbs' article, he describes the negative consequences of withholding scientific research, how it is profitable to companies, and the migration of funding for schools.In ... nding for schools.In recent years many scientists have escalated the issue of increasing secrecy in scientific research and its negative consequences. As a whole withholding research leads to diversio ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Treatments of Melanoma
related deaths. It starts in skin cells called melanocytes, which produce the skin pigment melanin (Scientific American). When melanoma starts on the skin, is called cutaneous melanoma. It may also de ... elanoma associated antigens.One of the treatments for melanoma in the middle stages is virotherapy (Scientific American). In this treatment, viruses are genetically engineered to reproduce only in mel ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
I have Gold Gold Gold
A California-bound airline in 1849!? Don't laugh; it almost happened. Rufus Porter, founder of Scientific American, planned to fly 49ers west on propeller-driven balloons powered by steam engines ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Gender Bias Among Male Engineers
emales. The percentage had risen to 18 % by the year 2000 (SWE, 2004). Similarly, data collected by Scientific American Magazine indicate that approximately 22 % of doctoral engineering degrees were a ... that approximately 22 % of doctoral engineering degrees were awarded to females by the late 1990s (Scientific American, 1998). These statistics clearly indicate a significant influx of women into eng ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Technological advancements that have helped scientists identify the platypus
ypus reproduced. In 1884 Caldwell solved the problem by capturing a female with eggs.About 1904 the scientific American reported that there are many mammals that do not possess teeth when adults.Up un ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Is Cloning Moral?
en raised as to the moral acceptability of the act. There have immerged varying opinions within the scientific community as well as in larger society. While many of the concerns surrounding cloning "a ... ies has an important place in plans to manage species that are in danger of being wiped out" (Scientific American). By establishing a worldwide network of repositories to hold frozen tissue from ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
Uses Of Artificial Organs
Artificial Organs The September 1995 issue of Scientific American included this article on artificial organs. This article did not discuss the pos ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Placebo effect
Placebo Effect The activity I chose to write about was on Dr. Walter A. Brown's article in Scientific American about placebos and their effect on the patients. His article described what a pl ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Irrigating crops with seawater
Seawater Brown J. Jed, Glenn Edward P., and O'Leary James W. 1998. Irrigating Crops with Seawater. Scientific American. "Irrigating Crops with Seawater" talks about the global problem of findi ... put to use more often. Someday it might be a very important farming technique. The authors used the scientific method very well. They first observed that water and land are in shortage. Then they thou ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Deciphering The Code Of Life
we try to play God and tamper with mother-nature?" This isn't the first time I come across Scientific American, I have read numerous articles based on genomes and genetically inherited diseas ... e publication is addressed to a general audience; however those interested in reading articles from Scientific American should have background knowledge in the scientific domain.
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Is there really A Gay Gene? As society searches for
that ?homosexuality is genetic?, Narth Sept. 30,2002. Dean Hamer, gay gene researcher was asked by Scientific American in homosexuality was rooted solely in biology. He replied: ?Absolutely not. From ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
False Memories
ned to them? Elizabeth E. Loftus?s article, Creating False Memories, in the September 1997 issue of Scientific American, proves the answer to be yes. It shows many instances where people have remember ... memories and try to avoid them ourselves.Bibliography Loftus, Elizabeth. ?Creating False Memories.? Scientific American. September 1997: 30-35.
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Flawed Evidence for Evolution
re they simple amino acids, when they're together they are self-destructive. Robert Hazen states in Scientific American: Scientists refer to the two versions [of amino acids] as "left-handed" (or "L") ... itrogen-rich atmosphere are simply ignored. That just goes to show that an experiment that has been scientifically proven as flawed is still taught as factual evidence in our textbooks today. When I l ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
What Causes Hiccups?
now I just need to know how to get rid of these hiccups.Work Cited Nowak, J. "What Causes Hiccups." Scientific American August 2004: 100.Biology Summary
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology