Joel Gray

Ever since Computer Space came out in 1971, video games have become more and more realistic and life-like. Graduating from primitive 2D graphics to life-like 3D environments, computer games have had an impact on kids, and adults, for more than forty years. While there is some controversy about whether computer games are beneficial or harmful, the impact they have on people is well documented and studies conducted over the years have brought up some interesting results.

Millions of people around the world use them every day. Nearly every company and many jobs depend on it. Practically anything electronic that is in use today uses it. Computers have changed the way we live, and, now, most of us wouldn't know what to do without them. These electronic computing machines have advanced a lot since their beginning in the 1940s. If computers in the future improve as researchers say they will, the improvements since the 1940s will be nothing in comparison.

Listening is a skill we all have, but active listening is a skill we all must work at. We only remember 25 percent of what we hear, according to some studies. Having and applying the proper techniques for active listening, we can succeed at work, in the classroom, and with our relationships. Listening is important for many reasons. For example, researchers have learned that active listening is highly important for solving conflicts in marriage and in other relationships.

Millions of people around the world have watched Indiana Jones: The Raiders of the Lost Ark and the sequels. The Ark of the Covenant, a mysterious, gold-covered box which contained the Ten Commandments, among other things, has been searched for by many for thousands of years, but never found. However, there are many other artifacts of biblical significance uncovered in recent years and in the past century that have changed the way we look at the Middle East and the nation of Israel.

We have entered the second decade of the twenty-first century. Today, affordable smart phones are widespread, computer game graphics look almost life-like, and Google maps provide street views of practically any city on Earth. Medical technology is also advancing rapidly. Micro-computers, bionic limbs, artificial organs, nanotechnology, and other cutting-edge technologies can potentially improve the quality of human life and change modern medicine in ways most people would never guess.

Nearly everyone is born with it. It is more sensitive than the best scientific equipment we possess today, being capable of detecting a particle smaller than an atom. Without it, we would have no idea what the difference would be between a blue mustang and a yellow mustang of the same model. What are we talking about? You guessed it: the eye. Without it, we would not have vision. So, how does vision work? How exactly do we see images? And, what makes the eye so special?

What makes blonde people blonde or curly-haired people curly-haired? Genetics would likely be your answer. So then, what makes blonde hair blonde or black hair black? And, what exactly is hair composed of and how does it grow? We will attempt to answer all these questions and more in this article on the subject of hair.

For thousands of years, humans have been resourceful, making tools out of anything they could find. In the land that is now occupied by Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran was once a highly fertile region dominated by ancient civilizations. It here that the first civilization is thought to have originated. The common assumption is that humans prior to this time were primitive cave dwellers and that technology slowly progressed as the centuries passed. Is this really true?

Very few fictional characters created long ago have remained popular to this day. Literary characters that have remained widely popular for more than a hundred years are rare. One such character has gained much cinematic attention over the years, and more recently with the release of Guy Ritchie's popular film, Sherlock Holmes (2009), and with expectation for the theatrical release of the second film in the series, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). What makes Sherlock Holmes so popular?

In fairy tales, legends, myths, books, movies, comic books, and video games villains play a very important role. The most popular stories often have the most notorious villains. Since villains play such an important role, what exactly makes a villain or antagonist memorable or exceptional?