Opportunity, Risk, Consequence

Question 1

The Nuclear Bomb

Answer 1

During WWI A part of the manhattan project as a part of the Manhattan project.
Employed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Problems:
Launched the nuclear arms race
Ethics of WMD’s
Led to cold war
Radiation poisoning & environmental issues

Question 2

Global Travel, Air Land Sea

Answer 2

Travel by Air, Land, and sea have revolutionised transport allowing humans to travel to a large portion of the world rapidly, but as all have implications, they involve negative aspects as well.

Travel at rapid rates requires fuel which emitt co2 and other harmful greenhouse gasses leading to environmental degradation and global warming

Question 3

Pathology

Answer 3

Study of diseases & cells by inducing, modifying and observing them in controlled environments, Includes genetic editing, and disease simulations to predict mutations.

Can lead to a deeper understanding of living life forms to a cellular level and finding cures for diseases.

Can also lead to the exploitation of gene-editing leading to genetically superior babies that have head-starts in life in terms of health & IQ on the basis of money, a world where intelligence is determined by the wealth of your pre-born self!