numbers of stars and planets‚ is the universe teeming with intelligent life? How would the first contact impact human society? How would it affect religion? Would a creative God have made the universe to bring forth innumerable species of intelligent life? Or would such a God have made human beings‚ on this ordinary planet circling an ordinary star in an ordinary galaxy‚ to be unique? Some religions teach that what God does right here is special – Christianity cannot duck this question: would intelligent
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standing epidemic. People began choosing sides and making excuses and the incident was fodder for many debates. Domestic violence affects not only the person suffering abuse‚ but others as well. Just like most crimes‚ domestic violence causes a chain reaction that branches into the area of finance‚ family‚and a host of other areas as well. Every 9 seconds domestic violence affects a woman in America. However it is not only women. Whereas 1 in 3 women suffer some form of domestic violence‚ 1 in 4 men have
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Radjnie Binda November 26‚ 2013 How Does Stress Affect the Physical Body? Stress is a term that is highly difficult when it comes to defining it. Scientists say the term itself defies its definition. There are many ways in which stress can be defined as; the difficult part is to know which definition you are looking for. Hans Selye‚ a Hungarian endocrinologist‚ is the man who discovered the theory of stress. Selye defines stress as‚ "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for
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How Death can affect Perception of Reality Perception of reality‚ what is it? It is how one views the world around them and each persons is different. Many things can alter and affect someone’s perception either negatively or positively and an example that could go both ways is death and the relationship someone may have with it. The authors‚ Jill McCorkle and Edgar Allen Poe‚ do a good job of displaying this in their writings. However‚ the character of Fish is accepting of death‚ whereas the
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population is predicted to be up to 11 billion people. The question that comes to mind is‚ “How will we feed a growing population and continue to maintain sustainable food production‚ while keeping waste to a minimum and how will affect developed and developing countries?” World hunger affects about 795 million people‚ and the vast number of the hungry in the world live in developing countries‚ but it also affects developed countries as well. Two possible solutions to feeding the growing population is
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Heart rate is an extremely important part of many people’s lives. It affects our personal health and how our body works. When the body exercises‚ the heart rate goes up and when the body is inactive or not being active the heart rate goes down. When the pulse is pumping fast‚ then that means work is being done. Having a high heart rate is good for the heart and the body. Obese people can use heart rate and exercise to change their life. Due to the amount of people that are obese‚ a good amount of
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Exercise affects all people differently‚ specifically a person’s heart rate and blood pressure. After exercising your heart rate should increase and your blood pressure should decrease (Blood Pressure Association‚ 2008). The purpose of this lab was to determine which level of exercise would have the greatest impact on affected pulse and blood pressure. In this lab we tested how exercise affected heart rate by testing a random group of people with different body types and exercise levels to see how different
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order to gain further insight on the research at hand. Discussion Initially‚ Hill & Barton (2005)‚ demonstrated how red increases contestant’s chance of winning. Their line of argument followed the aforementioned research; Cuthill et al.‚ 1977; Milinski & Bakker‚ 1990; Setchell & Wickings‚ 2005; Waitt et al.‚ 2003. Thus‚ Hill & Barton (2005) took on an evolutionary perspective‚ arguing how the influence of the colour red is involved in competitive interactions and emphasizing its importance in sports
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Does Birth Order Affect Personality? Many people say that birth order can affect your personality; but is this fact‚ or fiction? Many scientists have come together to either prove this wrong or set this statement into the textbooks‚ but does the order of children‚ or lack of if you are an only child‚ actually effect the way you think and act? Experiments and Scientific Research Alfred Adler was one of the first scientists to use birth order to assess his psychological clients in either the late
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Enzyme Activity How does temperature affect enzyme activity? In this practical investigation‚ my aim is to discover how temperature will affect enzyme activity‚ by looking at the rate of reaction. I predict that the higher the temperature will be‚ the faster the reactions take place. However‚ I also think that there will be an optimum temperature‚ at which the reaction will work at its fastest; if the temperature goes beyond that‚ the reactions will stop altogether as the enzymes would have
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