Life Goes On: Fishes: Survival in a Challenging Environment
Two features of water, viscosity and density, present challenges for fishes that are very different from what animals who live on land or in the air must face. Fishes have been able to meet these challenges through a number of physiological adaptati...
Survivors: Predators and Prey
The ocean provides home to a dazzling variety of life. Yet there was a time when early life forms faced a multitude of struggles that threatened their ability to survive. The evolution of adaptations to overcome these challenges enabled life to endu...
Survivors: The Oxygen Revolution
At one time, Earth's atmosphere had a far smaller percentage of oxygen than it does today. Only when that percentage began to rise, thanks to the oxygen production of photosynthetic plants and organisms, was it possible for animals to come into bein...
In the Driver's Seat: Need to Belong, The
The need for acceptance-the need to bond with friends and family-is a not unique to humans, as experiments have shown. People cannot survive or thrive without other people. If you procreate but do not caregive, your genes will not make it into the g...
Legendary Frontier, The: Government Policies Undermine Indian Way of Life
The United States Indian policy is never genocidal; in fact government officials want them to survive but on their terms, abandoning tribal identify and assimilating. As the Western territory becomes more populated there is greater pressure to open ...
Framing
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about framing, which he describes as, "...the influence of formulation on preference." Dr. Kahneman provides an example of survey respondents asked to react to statistics indicating a...
In Human Terms: Venice Family Clinic: One Patient's Story
One patient at the clinic was approaching 65 years of age when the bookstore where he'd worked and lived for more than thirty years went bankrupt. He was alone, without relatives, and homeless on the street for about 48 hours when he collapsed and e...
Career Resilience and Survival
Over the long haul of a career, resilience often proves to be a key to survival. Beyond that, an important strategy for the employee is to be aware of hidden barriers that might prevent career advancement.
The Fabric of Health: Defining Health: Different Perspectives
Health is not a single state of being. It is a combination of factors which over time shape and mold the life of a human being. Various specialists in the field of health and medicine share their perspectives on the meaning of health.