Assisted reproduction

The Crested Gecko: Geckos Galore Imagine finding a creature that people believed went extinct 21 years ago. Scientists believed that the crested gecko disappeared from the earth forever, however they discovered not one, but dozens in the deep jungles of New Caledonia off the coast of Australia, but how did these geckos survive? They managed to survive by responding to their environment, getting energy, reproducing, exchanging gases, and moving. Responding to the Environment The crested gecko lives

In comparing and contrasting the three interviewees, I noticed that all three fumbled around and struggled with two extremely important questions. The questions of when life begins along with the rights of the fetus are two of the most controversial in the entire abortion debate, and are actually likely why the debate remains at a standstill. To begin, I’d like to address when life first begins. In general, there are several points where it is possible to identify the fetus as it’s own person. Some

Primate Write-Up According to Wikipedia, spider monkeys tend to live in medium sized groups of around two or three dozen individuals called troops, averaging at about 15 to 25 individuals in a group. The group will break up into smaller bands on occasion, like to split up to forage for food resources or if there are not enough resources to support the entire group to increase their chances of survival. They are typically found in large, unoccupied areas in the upper layer of the rainforests of Central

In the book, A Primate 's Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among Baboons, by Robert Sapolsky is about bettering understanding the connection between animals, in this case baboons and humans. Most importantly what is the correlation if any, between the emotions and diseases of a baboon and human. Sapolsky, spent twenty years of his life studying how baboons act, react, and most importantly how they express themselves. Further understanding the relationships of baboons and how their hierarchy

Researchers from the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge are believed to be the first team to reach the halfway point in creating human sperm. If they could successfully recreate the way the human body produces sperm, it may lead to the creation of artificial sperm and eggs for infertility treatment. The pathway between stem cells and immature sperm involves a series of complex steps, meiosis, Engadget reported. For around eight weeks, the cells follow the same journey before it takes

According to Judith A. Boss, author of Analyzing Moral Issues, cloning is an asexual reproduction process in which genetically identical individuals are produced (Boss 126). Two authors, specifically, Julian Savulescu and Leon Kass have very distinct and different points of view on cloning and genetic enhancement. Human cloning has become a significant argument that most people have a stance either for or against it. Cloning is allowed and occurs in our society today, but whether one finds it acceptable

Conformity is caused when there is pressure to follow the standards of society, but some still question their identity and who they really are. In Jeffrey Eugenides’s book, Middlesex, Cal Stephanides is first born as Calliope and raised as a female. In her adolescence, Callie begins to have feelings for another of the same sex, but in the society it was seen as wrong, and therefore has a short relationship with someone of the opposite sex instead. While Callie was raised as a female, she always questioned

According to Webster's dictionary, life is "the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body; a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings." Well that about says it all, right? After all, don't you consider yourself not to be a dead body? I know I do. Can't I walk, breathe, think and eat? No dead body can do that. But I imagine that there is far more to life than that. It all comes down to why are we here? Regardless of

performed by abortion. This desecration of the body can have lasting effects on the human body, in some instances the damage to the uterus is so severe that the only medical solution is to remove the uterus, thereby removing the possibility of sexual reproduction. Lastly abortion contributes to the social dimension of sin. According to the Catechism, human beings are not solely responsible for his own sins, but also the sins of his neighbour. This effect is especially present in abortion where multiple

One of the fastest growing areas in human civilization is technology, specifically computing systems and engineering. A field in computer science known as artificial intelligence is becoming more advanced and is excelling as technology expands. Artificial intelligence, often abbreviated as AI, is the creation and application of a machine to mimic and execute functions as a human brain can. AI is run by long lines code that operates the functions of the machine and databases to store information.