In contrast to Hurricane Katrina, there was a greater response to the Joplin disaster by local assets in lieu of federal ones. The results are startling. A year after Katrina there was widespread criticism of the failed recovery and rebuilding efforts of FEMA resulting in congressional investigations and excoriating media […]

Forty percent of American kids living below the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study published in Health Affairs. Poorer kids are more likely to be obese or overweight than middle class kids and consume a bigger proportion of their calories while at school. With obesity issues […]

1. Do you think the social and cultural environments of the 18th and 19th centuries helped or hindered the study of microbiology in particular and science in general?  Why?  2. Do you think that microbiology and science are influenced by today’s social and cultural environments? provide examples to support your […]

Q1. 1. Every time Spike went to a boxing match, he wanted to see a knockout. Finally his friend explained what happens when someone gets knocked out. What is the explanation? What may be the repercussions? 2. Explain how hypothalamus of the brain and the autonomic nervous system allow us […]