SuperWeeds

Philpott, Tom. “How NPR Got It Wrong on Monsanto’s Superweeds.” Mother Jones, 14 Mar. 2012, http://www.motherjones.com/food/2012/03/monsanto-scientists-superweeds-npr/.

It seems counterintuitive that weeds are able to withstand Roundup herbicides. Roundup is considered a low risk herbicide for weed resistance. The cops, these farmers are planting in their farms biotech crops and modified them. The superweeds are resisting Roundup and other herbicides. Since these farmers have been using herbicides and Roundup for years these superweeds have developed over the years to overcome and resist these herbicides. Its farmers didn’t consistently use the same herbicides on their fields; maybe these weeds wouldn’t grow characteristics in their DNA to resist these herbicides.

Men Defining Rape

Eichelberger, Erika. “Men Defining Rape: A History.” Mother Jones, 27 Aug. 2012, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/men-defining-rape-history/.

It seems counterintuitive that it took us so long to find out what really is rape. It was said to be that it was only rape if the women got pregant form it. laws and rules about rape date back to around 1780 BC. Most of these laws until common days, allowed rape, and saw no wrong in it especially if you were married to the woman. Spouse total rape was one of the most common, because the law was only recently changed in the last state to remove this law was Mississippi which they got rid of it in 1998. Women have fought for protection rights against rape. Why did it take people so long to realize how bad rape really was and also how long it took them to change the laws.

Armored planes

Drum, Kevin. “The Counterintuitive World.” Mother Jones, 30 Sept. 2010, http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/09/counterintuitive-world/.

It seems counterintuitive that we need to armor planes better because of how many planes were not returning. The first thought that came up for armoring. These planes were when the returning planes came back they looked where all the bullet holes were in the plane and armor those spots off. A mathematician came up with a different explanation on how to armory these planes, they said these returning planes you should armor up the areas that have no bullet holes Because the planes that didn’t come back probably got hit there so they couldn’t make it back and the other bullet holes really didn’t affect the planes mobility. That’s why the ones with those bullet holes could come back.