SCI 100 Module Five (2)

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SCI 100 Module Five: Ethical Issues in the Natural Sciences Describe an ethical issue that relates to the main idea of your chosen news story. One ethical issue I found relating to my chosen news story is on how we should value space. As humans, should we care about how we are affecting the universe around us with our research? Some argue that how we ought to value the universe depends on two other questions. Question one “Is there life we may discover elsewhere?” and two “For planets that do not harbor hospitable life, what value should we place on those environments?” This is an ethical issue that can relate to just about every scientific study conducted in our world honestly. Exploration of dark matter has resulted in new technological advances that could be altering many other things in space that we cannot see. There are a lot of risks and uncertainties with research of the universe. We don’t always know what benefits and rewards missions to explore space have. Explain how bias, beliefs, assumptions, or values relate to your ethical issue. The evidence that Dark Matter is real is overwhelming. Unfortunately, because it is so hard to detect, what damage are we really doing in interacting with it? Many physicists have theorized that because numerous experiments to find Dark Matter have failed, that our observations on gravity need modified and updated. Our constant experiments in space could eventually initiate a series of events that lead to geological cataclysms or even mass extinction. Most scientists believe that the numerous benefits to space exploration have far outweighed the risks. The expansion of our knowledge on space has helped greatly in learning how to defend our planet from threats in space, generating new medical innovations, finding possible resources for energy/fuel, and potentially leading to colonization of other planets in the future. Humanity can respect and value space making investments in its research worthwhile. Explain how your chosen ethical issue may impact (or has impacted) how research is conducted on the main idea of your chosen news story. The ethical issue I chose has impacted how the study of dark matter must be conducted using very strategically advanced technology. Scientists have especially come to learn how to reduce radiation exposure emitted by sources with the telescopes they use. Radiation exposure that could harm the humans conducting the research. Having high moral values has also helped ensure that only basic necessary research on dark matter be carried out in space. Explain how your chosen ethical issue may impact (or has impacted) advancements in the field of study. Respecting the universe in experiments and exploration has been one of greater importance. Observing Dark Matter has inspired people to continue to expand their knowledge of space. Advancements in science and medicine have been pushed to the forefront because of this field of study. Without the presence of Dark Matter, our universe would not exist the way it does. There would be no galaxies, stars, planets, and therefore, no life on planet earth.
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