Tithonus

trying to fix a car that’s breaking down in front of us. That’s why scientists are trying to shift the medical community’s attention toward expanding the period of our lives in which we are healthy. Meaning we wouldn’t end up like the Greek myth of Tithonus, becoming weaker and weaker. Basically, you won’t turn into a insignificant grape, babbling on. We could end aging in the years to come, but at the same time, those who want to pass on, will have the option to terminate their existence when they

It seems quaint to a viewer in 2012 to consider that François Boucher's paintings were, by some of the artist's contemporary critics, viewed as pornographic. For those of us who live in the era of internet pornography, nothing could seem more quaintly innocent than Boucher's eroticized rococo. The twenty-first century viewer faces Boucher quizzically: we are left wondering how Boucher's work could have defined an artistic school and moment so completely, and also earned such opprobrium not only from

Congress, the president, foreign countries, political activists, companies, consumers, churches, ethicists, doctors, patients, and even scientists have entered the fervent debate on cloning. The March edition of the Life Extension Foundation’s (LEF) magazine vocally calls for American citizens to write to their Senators and stop an anti-cloning bill from passage through both Houses (See Figure 1.) While the public argues over short-term questions – such as what is the definition of cloning, at what

ENTRY I Part I – Section I I-THE GODS The Greeks believed that the Earth was here before the gods; the gods did not create the universe, instead the universe made the gods. So the heaven and earth were the first parents, after them came the titans, and following them came the gods and goddesses. The titans were known to be big and of great strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus, also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve