The Debate About Animal Experimentation: Benefits and Controversies
This series examines ethical and practical issues relating to the use of animal experimentation in science.
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Developing Launch Vehicles for the Mercury Space Program and Manned Spaceflight
While NASA was using proven vehicles for boosters, there’s a difference in reliability and safe for man. The launch vehicles had to be …
Continue ReadingMercury in the Environment: The Minamata Bay Tragedy
Ignorance kills, but not always quickly or in an obvious manner. Find out why discharges from chemical plants in the 1950s to rivers and the ocean led …
Continue ReadingMissions of NASA's Mercury Program, Astronauts, and Spacecraft
American manned spaceflight began with two quick testing of the waters dips on suborbital flights aboard the Mercury Redstone. Then, atop the more …
Continue ReadingPreventing Disease: Using Technology in Biology
Preventing disease is a huge step in saving lives and cutting down the costs of treatments, over all care and cures. Learn how technology in biology …
Continue ReadingThe Basic Structure of DNA and RNA: DNA is more stable than RNA.
Why and how is DNA more stable than RNA? This is one of the most fundamental questions in genetics. DNA is the genetic material and therefore has to …
Continue ReadingWhat Causes Space Weather? How Space Weather Affects Life and Technology on Earth
The concept of space weather might seem strange, but it appears less so once you realize this kind of weather doesn’t involve rain, snow, heat, …
Continue ReadingWhat is a Gene Pool? How Does it Change & Why is Genetic Diversity Important?
A gene pool is the totality of genetic information in a species. Gene pools vary in size and can grow and shrink. Warning bells sound when a gene …
Continue ReadingATP – Energy Rich Compound That Cells Need In Biochemical Processes
ATP plays a very important role in a living cell. It drives different cellular processes such as synthesis of new chemical compounds, membrane …
Continue ReadingDNA Structure: The Four Bases
The DNA molecule contains all the information needed for an organism to develop and function. It’s locked up inside the four chemical bases, …
Continue ReadingHuntington’s Disease Reserach: A New Breakthrough With Primates
Huntington’s disease is a very serious medical condition with rising statistics. Learn more about how a person gets Huntington’s Disease and the new …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding Host-Influenza Interactions at the Molecular Level
The interactions between the host and influenza are important for understanding the virus itself and for analyzing efficacies of influenza vaccines or …
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