Tag: biology

  • Why Parents Shouldn’t Be Able to Refuse Medical Treatment for an Ill Child

    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] Legally, refusal to provide or access medical care for children can be termed medical neglect. According to the latest available national statistics, documented child abuse and neglect in 2011 affected more than 675,000 children, or nearly 1 in a 100 kids. On average,… Read more

  • How Does Biotechnology Affect Kids?

    [One of 50 articles written and published for Demand Media in 2013] Biotechnology can affect children before they are conceived, before they are born and as they age. The knowledge base is expanding quickly, with new tools for DNA analysis. The ability to model and image molecular and atomic interactions, together with sophisticated scanning techniques… Read more

  • What’s the Oldest Form of Life?

    When I was in high school, we’d study simple forms of life – single cell life,  like a paramecium. And the thing that consistently impressed me was how incredibly complicated these life forms of were. We’d examine a single, basic cell, and find it was amazingly sophisticated. It sparked a powerful interest in developing a… Read more

  • The Biology of Deafness

    Employment Matters column, i711.com According to the biology departments at Gallaudet University and the Medical College of Virgina, at least 85% of deaf people will marry another deaf person. Many of those marriages will eventually include children, and if their parents became deaf by genetic causes, there’s certainly a chance of the children being deaf… Read more