McNeil, Donald. "After Long Scientific Search, Still No Cure for AIDS." The New York Times, 9 May 2010. Web. 5 September 2010.
Showing posts with label hopes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hopes. Show all posts
Sunday, September 5, 2010
A Cure for AIDS in Our Lifetime?
One huge hope for science that I have is that scientists will be able to find a cure for not only AIDs, but for all deadly diseases and infections. I think that it is safe to say that most people know at least one person who has died from a disease or infection that has no cure. I also think it is safe to say that these people would love there to be a discovery to cure the disease which killed their loved one. The unfortunate part is that scientists are not optimistic about finding cures to such diseases. This article talks about how scientists are not even sure if there will even be a possibility of find a cure "in the next 20 years" (McNeil). It is somewhat sad that scientists are not hopeful, but that does not mean that a cure will not be found.
Hopes
Technology as others have stated has pros and cons. Cons would be we sometimes rely on them heavily and often take them for granted. The pros are obvious, it has simplified many daily tasks in life like automation and time consuming tasks. Without all the help technology provides it would make advancement in our society much slower than the current rate. Some might argue we are progressing too fast because we cannot sustain ourselves.
Recently we have been turning to technology/ science to figure out how to reverse the damage we have done to the climate. Originally we thought we could slow down the amount of pollution we are putting into the air, but after this was apparent it wouldn't work on its own. Many more countries recently have been prospering and their people are using more and polluting, and the government of those countries has to control those emissions just as the U.S has policies in place to limit its emissions.
Some ideas that have been thought up of how to combat global warning: "injecting sulfur dioxide
aerosols"
fertilize the open oceans with iron
"giant reflective helium balloons"
"putting sunshades above the Earth to reflect sunlight"
From: Global Warming: Technology vs. Choice
Some of these ideas are far from ordinary but innovation is what our society thrives on. Even if we can use science to create a way to help reverse what we have done to the climate/atmosphere it still comes down to our behavior as people. The solution sound simple, change our behavior when it comes to things like this. In reality that is extremely difficult and it again is one of those things a lot of people take for granite. It good take a whole generation or some type of event for people to wake up .
Citation:
Leech, Eric. "Global Warming: Technology vs. Choice." TreeHugger. 30 May 2009. Web. 06 Sept. 2010..
Recently we have been turning to technology/ science to figure out how to reverse the damage we have done to the climate. Originally we thought we could slow down the amount of pollution we are putting into the air, but after this was apparent it wouldn't work on its own. Many more countries recently have been prospering and their people are using more and polluting, and the government of those countries has to control those emissions just as the U.S has policies in place to limit its emissions.
Some ideas that have been thought up of how to combat global warning: "injecting sulfur dioxide
aerosols"
fertilize the open oceans with iron
"giant reflective helium balloons"
"putting sunshades above the Earth to reflect sunlight"
From: Global Warming: Technology vs. Choice
Some of these ideas are far from ordinary but innovation is what our society thrives on. Even if we can use science to create a way to help reverse what we have done to the climate/atmosphere it still comes down to our behavior as people. The solution sound simple, change our behavior when it comes to things like this. In reality that is extremely difficult and it again is one of those things a lot of people take for granite. It good take a whole generation or some type of event for people to wake up .
Citation:
Leech, Eric. "Global Warming: Technology vs. Choice." TreeHugger. 30 May 2009. Web. 06 Sept. 2010.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Laurel's Hope for Science
Being a middle school education major, I have a lot of educational hopes surrounding science for the future. Rather than technological advances being a distraction, (students texting during class, going on Facebook instead of paying attention, etc), I hope to see science create some great educational tools. I would like to see science advance to a point where laptops are accessible and affordable for all students. While I know very little about video games, I think it would be safe to say that there aren't many entertaining educational ones. I hope that more entertaining, educational video games will be created will be created in the future.
While I know there are financial limitations on the research being done, I'd like to see more medical advances in the future. I'm not talking about unnecessary advances like designer babies or a pill to make your hair grow in straight, curly, or wavy,(read article here), but rather cures, or at least remedies to relive the symptoms of diseases and ailments(Mid Brain). Along the lines of medical advances, I'd like to see more of a push to develop more environmentally friendly products. One reason I feel people shy away from environmentally safe products is the higher cost associated with them. I hope that scientists develop more wallet friendly ways to save the planet in the future.
One hope I have regarding science in the future is that marine biologists explore more of the ocean. The ocean makes up 70 percent of the earth, and human eyes have only seen 5 percent of it (National Ocean Service). Who knows what could be down there?
Sources
1.Brain, Mid. "For Straight Hair Just Swallow A Pill." Web log post. The Beauty Brains. 12 Jan. 2010. Web. 4 Sept. 2010.
2.Story Teller Media. "Part 1 Monsters of the Deep." Youtube. Story Teller Media, 20 Dec. 2008. Web. 4 Sept. 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVnh3NKJsuI.
3."To Date We Have Explored Less than Five Percent of the Ocean." US Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 4 Sept. 2010..
While I know there are financial limitations on the research being done, I'd like to see more medical advances in the future. I'm not talking about unnecessary advances like designer babies or a pill to make your hair grow in straight, curly, or wavy,(read article here), but rather cures, or at least remedies to relive the symptoms of diseases and ailments(Mid Brain). Along the lines of medical advances, I'd like to see more of a push to develop more environmentally friendly products. One reason I feel people shy away from environmentally safe products is the higher cost associated with them. I hope that scientists develop more wallet friendly ways to save the planet in the future.
One hope I have regarding science in the future is that marine biologists explore more of the ocean. The ocean makes up 70 percent of the earth, and human eyes have only seen 5 percent of it (National Ocean Service). Who knows what could be down there?
Sources
1.Brain, Mid. "For Straight Hair Just Swallow A Pill." Web log post. The Beauty Brains. 12 Jan. 2010. Web. 4 Sept. 2010.
2.Story Teller Media. "Part 1 Monsters of the Deep." Youtube. Story Teller Media, 20 Dec. 2008. Web. 4 Sept. 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVnh3NKJsuI.
3."To Date We Have Explored Less than Five Percent of the Ocean." US Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 4 Sept. 2010.
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