the medical field to create antibiotics. The author‚ Dorothy H. Crawford is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Assistant Principal for the Public Understanding of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She is also the author of The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses‚ and she was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to medicine and higher education. Microbes existed on earth far before humans‚ and since
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Technology is our enemy. Technology is also our closest ally. It is the darkness to humanity’s light‚ the chaos to its order‚ and the yin to its yang. Humanity and technology cannot exist without one another; they are forever entwined. Humanity’s actions shape technology‚ yet it is technology that shapes humanity’s actions. People believe that every advancement will revolutionize and benefit all aspects of society. However‚ people often ignore the darker‚ more dominant characteristic of progress
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Enemy mine Fiction or Reality? Description Enemy mine is an excellent movie of scientific fiction made in 1985 in which two involved warriors in a wild future war between the Earth and the Dracon planet‚ where in a middle of a spaceship fight they are forced to land in a desolate and inhospitable planet. The principle‚ the human being (Dennis Quaid) and its enemy‚ a foreign reptile (Louis Gosset‚ Jr) are determined to mutual destruction
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Public Enemy Number One Director Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is based on Bryan Burrough’s book; Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI‚ 1933-43.The film shows the deeds of the best of the best FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale)‚ in attempt of capturing the popular bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp). This film captures history’s most astonishing sudden rise in the crime rate of American history which was the two year battle between J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI
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Kudzu was first introduced to the United States in 1876. It was discovered that animals would use the plant for forage and was later used as cattle fodder. Additionally‚ kudzu was found to be a great tool for erosion control due to its strong root system. The plant also helps fix the nitrogen content in the soil. Kudzu also contains several medical chemicals‚ daidzen and genistein‚ which fight inflammation‚ infections‚ cancer‚ and promote estrous cycles. Although kudzu seemed like a wonder plant
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dictionary‚ by Farlex‚ obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat. With more and more Americans becoming obese at a shocking rate due to numerous factors‚ obesity may be developing into one of the most dangerous health problems in the United States. The obesity crisis in America is attributed to many causes; some of the most prominent causes are related to unhealthy dietary habits‚ lack of physical activity routine‚ and poor health education. Unhealthy dietary habits are contributing to the
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"Enemy at the Gates" Craig Williams was born in Concord Massachusetts. He wrote the book "Enemy at the Gates" in 1973. The point of this book was to show both the extreme importance of this battle in the course of World War II and the courage of both the German and Russian troops during this horrific battle. This book did an excellent job portraying the hardships the soldiers faced and the gruesome scope of the battle for this important city. However‚ it did so with a pro-axis slant.
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thing- destroying the enemy. Many people soon imagine the enemy as a lower- type of animal in order to dehumanize the enemy to attack the enemy and shoot at him/her. In the video‚ “Faces of the Enemy‚” Doctor John Dower even claims that “Psychologically‚ this process of dehumanization facilitates killing.” People must first visualize their enemy as an enemy and not a human being. Within the same video‚ Sam Keen States‚ “Before we make a weapon for war‚ we make an image of the enemy. First‚ we think
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Public Enemies People magazine gave it four stars and critics choice. The Washington Post says‚ “A wild and amazing story‚ and Burrough tells it with great gusto... It is hard to imagine a more careful‚ complete and entertaining book on the subject‚ and on this era.” Newsweek proclaims‚ “A rollicking yarn whose prose bounces across the page like a getaway car through a wheat field.” All of these nationwide publications have high praise for Public Enemies‚ America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the
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polluting the water with a toxic agent‚ Spielberg polluted it with a gigantic shark. Similar to An Enemy of the People‚ in Jaws‚ the residents of Amity Island on the Atlantic coast‚ who are dependent on the tourist trade for their livelihood‚ keep their beaches open in spite of warnings from Police Chief Martin Brody and scientist Matt Hooper that a gigantic great white shark roams the waters. In An Enemy of the People and Jaws‚ Jaws conveys a stronger message of truth to the audience through the visible
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