Craig Venter Essays

Craig Venter, a biotechnologist who had fought in the Vietnam War, once said, “The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.” The Vietnam War was a treacherous battle for many veterans. Even though Wayne Chevalier was not in many battles, he still had experiences that he still remembers today. Wayne had skills that he used to survive in the war and overall, he is lucky to be

The Principal Photography for Jaws began on May 2nd, 1974 and was released on June 20th, 1975. Universal Pictures distributed Jaws, making $470 million on a $3.5 million-dollar budget. This film is still the seventh highest grossing film of all-time. Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg and edited by Verna Fields, winning 3 Academy Awards they were for editing, best original dramatic score, and another for best sound. Jaws had many production issues when it came to the building of the mechanical

The creation of the synthetic cell is part of an effort to design a “minimal cell” containing only the most basic genome required for life. Craig Venter fully believes in this great tool as the basis for cells to efficiently produce biofuels, vaccines, drugs and other products. With synthetic genomes, we can switch out dozens or even hundreds of genes at once. And life is really good at creating complex molecules. The hope is that one day, we’ll be able to change the genomes in simple organisms

One of the most important relationships humans have is the relationship they have with their mothers. The bond between a mother and her daughter starts from the day she has her baby girl. When a little girl grows up, she idolizes her Mom. She wants to look like her, act like her, and even do exactly what she does. When someone has a positive connection with their mother, they feel like they can open up in any way to her. If their relationship is the total opposite, then they would not have good communication

There is no doubt a family vacation is a time for bonding and relaxation but that is not what happens in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “Interpreter of Maladies.” In principle, a vacation is a binary concept that involves contrast in order to happen: the “we and them”, the familiar and the unfamiliar, and the “here and there.” As the Das family visits India Lahiri makes use of these dualities to tell the story. She explores the idea of physical space to enhance the tension between her characters and

A Heroic Satan (An Analysis of Satan’s Behavior and Heroic Elements in Milton’s, Paradise Lost) If Milton’s, Paradise Lost is an epic, then who is the epic hero? This is a question addressed by manys scholars throughout their engagement of study in this piece of literature. In all of life, it is most often taught that Satan is an evil figure, leading numerous beings astray from the path they should be taking. Religious priests and leaders preach of his terrible deeds and attempts to tempt humans

Civic Contribution of Craig Kielburger Craig Kielburger was born on December 17, 1982.His passion to fight for civil rights started at the age of 12 when he read about the tragic death of child labourer, Iqbal Masih.Ever since that moment, Craig’s love for social activism has taken off, and he founded Free the Children (now WE Charity) in 1995.Since then, he has been determined to give kids around the world a voice and has participated in many humanitarian efforts such as opening over 100 schools

Can Teens Change The World? “Young people, all to often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored,” is a quote from Mo Ibrahim. This explains that in yesterday’s society we had little notice of our voices that create change in today’s society. In the world’s society, we have teenagers stand up and fight for what they want. It is not like past times when we had no say in anything until adulthood. But, now we have voices that create change all around us. The ones’ that take the risk

Born a crime by Trevor Noah When Trevor Noah succeeded Jon Stewart as host of “The Daily Show” last year, the 32-year-old South African comedian had huge shoes to fill. Could he prove himself a worthy successor? Who was he, anyway? In his fascinating memoir, Born a Crime, we get to know Comedy Central’s import, and the evidence is clear: Challenges are nothing new to Noah. Born in 1984 to a Swiss father and a black mother, Noah was living proof that his parents had violated the law forbidding

Life is a journey full of choices and obstacles. People build their lives around the kinds of choices they make and the obstacles they do or do not overcome. Stereotypes, social judgement, racism, and sexual barriers are a few examples of the kinds of obstacles society provides; however, one of the most difficult obstacles can often be oneself. Creator of The Daily Motivator, a motivational website, Ralph Marston believes that even though life contains difficult obstacles one should never allow themself

argued that the court’s decision was more based on strict scrutiny rather than intermediate scrutiny as it was in Craig v. Boren. By not allowing women, Virginia was facing the same dilemma as Oklahoma in Craig v. Boren when the Equal Protection Clause had been called into question when state law gave two different drinking ages for different sexes. In this 7-2 case was the first to Craig v. Boren, which stated that Oklahoma having two different drinking ages for males and females was unconstitutional

Rowan McCarthy Kim ½ Period 6 Race: A Ruinous Colonial Construct For hundreds of years, humans have been separated into groups based on cosmetic, and supposedly genetic differences, called race. However, although there might be some cosmetic variation between races, there are no real genetic differences. Since humans originated in Africa, every gene originated there, and race is a concentrated version of those traits based on settlers in that area, although many genes did get passed around the world

In pursuit of this inquiry, I first focused my research on the moral obligations of genetic engineering, an ever-expanding innovation. I discovered a scientific community divided into two highly polarized groups; one saying that biotechnology should be researched and promoted, and another saying that it is completely unethical. The idea of “editing” the genetic code of life has a negative connotation in the minds of worried ethicists and anxious scientists, whether in the midst of a deadly famine

Scientifically, in the 1990s, the Human Genome Project was not the only influential experiment that tested the boundaries of human knowledge and morality. In 1990, the United States Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health coordinated the Human Genome Project with top scientists and researchers from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and China. The goal of this project was to provide researchers with the tools to understand genetic factors in human diseases

The Importance of Responsibility Within Science A scientist's moral compass must remain keen in order to ensure that their discoveries do not become a detriment to their society. The growing number of scientific experiments in the past several centuries has caused an equal rise in dangers, causing new laws to be formed regarding scientific responsibility. Mary Shelly’s gothic novel Frankenstein follows the tragic hero Victor Frankenstein and his similarly catastrophic creation. Victor is an ambitious

Bill Nye Ken Ham Debate A major question that most of us ask on a daily basis is “Where do we come from?’ or “How did life start?”. Some people believe in Darwinism, along the lines of evolution, and Creationism, believing that the world was created by God. Ken Ham and Bill Nye were the two debaters in this debate that were debating toward how life was started, whether it was Creationism or Darwinism. Personally, I believe toward the Christianity/religious route because I believe that God created