Unit 9: Importance of Science in Everyday Life
Jacob Barac
Kaplan University
SC300- 16: Big Ideas in Science
Instructor: Holly Painter
October 27, 2012

Importance of Science in everyday Life
For all the millenniums that humans have lived on the Earth, the most important aspect of existence has been the application of science in people’s life. Everything that occurs on earth, whether it is technological advancement or domestication of animals and crops is done by using science as the main catalyst or the driving force behind everyday humans’ success. It should not be surprising to anyone to see that science and its application of various methods is central and so essential to all the discoveries that people make around the world.
Methodically, science is use as a guide to everything that humans do, and without it, life would be almost impossible to attain because human beings are not like other animals. The physical characteristics that humans have separate them from other known mammals. Therefore, innovative approach by means or through application of science and technology close the gap that exists between other animals and humans. With that being said, science is a machine that makes life easier to all humans on the planet.
It is not surprising to witness humans looking for answers and solutions to all sorts of problem. This is so because humans are fond of using science to make discoveries. As normal as the life itself, the fact that light did not come on is not unusual because light switches sometime malfunction. In a case like the one described above, a person would be more likely to approach a different light switch somewhere in the dwelling and test whether it will work or not. In everyday life, people do not expect things to refer themselves because they were made by humans and their durability depends on how they are use. In many cases, light switches or power buttons may not work for reasons associated with how they were designed or the status of power current that supply the electricity wherever it is needed. Alternatively, you would think whether the light has been paid, or the bulb is broken; whichever comes in the mind. Finally, you will theoretically try turning on many bulbs in house till you come to one conclusion when all doesn’t work. That is the possibility to replace any broken bulbs if it seems to be the problem; whether it is mechanical problem.
In a situation like this, there are couples of ways to find out what went wrong with the seeds. The seeds have to be examined whether such seeds came from viable seeds pool, meaning those seeds that can germinate in a normal soil condition. Secondly, the condition of soil has to be investigated to find out whether there is insufficiency of nutrients in the soil or any chemicals that interfered with the seeds germination. If such investigation is completed, the farmer would be able to know the exact problem because something must be wrong and should be resolved for the resumption of farming to proceed in that same area.
It is almost impossible for anyone to think of life without science. In any given, science plays essential roles to humans’ life. When waking up in the morning, one has to go to bathroom and do teeth-brushing just to begin the day. At the course of brushing one’s teeth, there are couples of important stuff that people use on daily basis and they resulted from application of science. For example, the toothpaste use is a product of science because it comes from plants and other mineral. While in the bathroom, there is the mouthwash which is essential for clean and good smell, the deodorant that people use to avoid bad odor and the shaving kits that is use to cutback of overgrowth of hairs allover one’s body.
On top of that, the bath soap, shampoo and towels are all product of science and technology. That marked the early hours of the day because one cannot do without all the stuffs mentioned above. In line with the science is how people go about after preparing for the day. When leaving one’s dwelling for work or school, a number of things happen and they all goes to the advance of science and technology. It should be remembered that that houses’ doors are locked such that intruders do not easily gains access that dwellings that are not theirs.
Therefore, keys are used to lock doors and they come from the use of science to carve out metals that lock doors and make hard to enter without breaking the door. In many places around the globe, vehicle is an important aspect of life that people in the cities need to go about their daily life activities. By driving a car or taking a public bus to work or school, science and technology is being used. And finally, science accelerates life because the foods that people eat partly come from science because farming and processing of food need application of science.
Having come to the world’s remotest region, it is worth mentioning that science have improved my life in so many ways. Although some people around the world still live in areas without clean water, clean food and without electricity, it is fair to say that science has changed the way I view the world because there are of improvement that have separated me from people in my birth place. For example, most people in the Republic of South Sudan still drinking from and treated ponds, eat foods that have not be inspected from government agency and suffering from water borne diseases without medicines to cure various ailments. In addition, the booming of science and technologies has given me access to internet and use of computer device something that other people; especially people in my native country who have no access to any of the mentioned product of science and technology.
It is fair to science that science has some negative impacts on the people’s life. At the course of humans developed, discoveries have been made and not all of them are risk free. For example, science have been used in so many ways including manufacturing of chemicals, nuclear weapons and inventions of various automatics machines guns are being used all over the world in conflicts. As per the negative impacts on the overall environment, science has created lot problems. This is to say that environmental degradation has resulted from the various applications of science in humans’ life. Because products of science pollute the environment in various forms namely: Air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution.
It well known or should be known that combustible materials such as coal emit toxic substance that create smog in the atmosphere and pose serious threat to human health and environment as a whole. In addition, science has resulted into pollution of rivers, lakes and Seas because such water bodies are used in the manufacturing and refinery of oil product. When chemicals leashed into the ground water, it become a major problem to public health because such water is not long safe for drinking either to animals or humans. The byproduct of such activities is not compatible with life in different forms. Lastly, soil pollution results from daily dairy dumping byproducts and disposal of chemicals underneath the earth. All of these negatively the way humans live and they are all consequences of advancement in science and technology.
No day can anyone of living without science because everything that facilitates humans’ existence comes from science. For one thing, food processing has made easier for humans to consume various foods without difficulties. For example, various grains such as corns and sorghum use to take too much time trying to make them eatable. But now, grinding Mills machine do the work very easily, efficiently and safe to eat. That allows grinders to have efficient and transparent ability to praise the momentum of scientific methods. However, science has open ways possible.
For the most part, this course has strengthened my original view on science, and technology because most of the stuffs that were in the state of assumption have been clarified in depth. The fact science has so many applications in humans life make relevance life cannot be lived with science. It is not a surprising that science changes life from mutations to non- mutations. Being it from genes mutation where alterations causes change in genetic procedures, and that changes DNA or NRA in its application. Knowing that testing of genetic genes in humans or animal leads scientists to discover how science and life surfaces in the face of the earth. The fact that science makes it understandable for doctors to figure out how human body, plants, and animals functions on earth are unique. That is through testing of biochemical, DNA or RNA, and chromosomal level.

Reference www. Buzzle.com (10 26, 2012, 12: 56 AM). Globalization and Its Impact on the Environment. Retrieved from: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/globalization-and-its-impact-on-the environment.html.