Abstract The endeavor herein, is to examine the issues surrounding why there is a lack of scientific literacy among America's students, as well as, how this lack of knowledge impacts on the science and technology workforce of tomorrow. At present, America is not the leading world power in scientific research, exploration, or advances in basic science. ... Thus, by way of scientific inquiry and technical application, civilization was advanced. ... If we are to regain our once superior position in the worldwide scientific community, and meet our needs in critical science and technology are...

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Organizational change is the change based solely on manufacturing or other technologies. ... Organizational development is based on theories, values, strategies and technologies (Jex & Britt, 2008). ... Examining an organization through the motivation theory, team-based theory, humanistic or scientific theories can be used to determine the type of base of an organization. ...

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As a technology, it is called multimedia. ... What will society look like under the evolving institutions of interactive multimedia technologies? ... These companies started with simple games, but as technology increased, it began to open up new doors. ... As this technology increases, it will give way to a form that is known as virtual reality. ... The key technology in future education is interactive multimedia. ...

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Interestingly, Kubler-Ross calls attention to American society's increasingly depersonalized approach to the aging and dying, and notices that our reliance on technology and machines is "our desperate attempt to deny the impending death which is so frightening and discomforting to us- to ultimately avoid "[reminding] us once more of our lack of omnipotence, our own limits and failures, and our own mortality- (Kubler-Ross 23). ... Though technology is already keeping people alive who otherwise would have died with little debate, the rising trend of cryonics is perhaps the next big step fo...

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From 1910-1940, the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was the center of American eugenics research, was charged with keeping the records and pedigrees that were considered scientific "facts" in their day. ... Finally in 1935, a panel convened by the Carnegie Institution, concluded that the vast majority of work sponsored by the Eugenics Record Office was without scientific merit and recommended a halt to its eugenic social programs; though they persisted until severe pressure from the public and association with the Nazi eugenic program finally put a final stop to it. ... E...

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The demand for thousands of consumer goods was inspired by advances in technology and cultural changes. ... Everyday life had become transubstantiated by new technologies such as radios, better automobiles. ... Due to the lack of scientific knowledge in society at the time, this tactic was remarkably successful despite obvious ethical implications. ...

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For years, clones have been the subject of popular fiction, but the technology was lacking. ... They change with the nature of the economy and technology, as well as with fashion. ... With the rise of industrialism and later high technology, brainpower became more valuable. ...

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These industries did provide awesome technology, productivity, and created many consumer goods; but also continued to cause overproduction, monopolies, labor strife, and spoiled natural resources; while also enraging American citizens. ... "Social Darwinism provided a seemingly scientific rationale with which to oppose governmental interference in social and economic affairs." ...

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The Progressive Era is particularly marked by the conjunction of scientific knowledge and traditional values. It is a period when science and technology were thought capable of providing for the material wants of all and that the issue of social justice could be resolved through knowledge. ...

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America's healthcare industry shows us one of the most revealing contradictions in the country's economy. Even though America claims to be the world's most advanced superpower, it is still unable to provide its entire population with healthcare and even worse, the quality of its healthcare overall i...

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