Where I'm At Now

After reading several articles regarding the topic science and technology as a whole, I have a pretty good idea of the advancements America has made in this field throughout history. Personally, I find the recent topics most interesting to read about. Specifically, the Cold War and all the science behind it caught my attention. The United States and Russia fought in an arms race and space race using all the scientific power they could attain to come out ahead. Another subtopic I find extremely interesting is the Human Genome Project. Researchers worked to decode an entire human genetic code which can be very beneficial in the future. For example, it can determine what genes produce cancer and warn individuals if they are susceptible to that gene. Although this seems only beneficial to the public, the ethics behind it are being questioned. Companies are learning that their employees have a high probability of getting cancer and therefore will not hire them because their health insurance would be expensive. Is this a type of discrimination? There have been other advances in the science field that allow parents to see if their baby will have the gene for a certain type of cancer and get it removed if they wish. Is this really ethical? The argument comes about that science and God should not be interfering with one another. Some believe that God made everybody a certain way for a reason and science should not be altering that authenticity. These kinds of issues are what I hope to be able to study more about for this project. Not only  am I very interested in science and technology itself, but its important to study the affects that it has on all individuals. The scientists are the ones that produce the new piece of technology but it is the everyday people that use it and either benefit or suffer from it. Having some previous knowledge about the Human Genome Project from Biology class last year, I hope to research this topic even further. The Human Genome Project is a prime example of how science and technology greatly affects the lives of all the citizens in this nation.