GS103 Kim Woods

Lasers and Lights

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers. If you have not done so lately, please review the Rules of Discussion. 

Please respond to BOTH of the following discussion topics.

Question A

Laser use is becoming more common within our daily lives.  From medical use to development with weapons, their use is fairly common in the news.  Find a recent article about the use of lasers in our lives.  Choose an article that has not been posted by another classmate. Do you agree with this use?  What are the pros and cons of this use?

Question B

Do you think nuclear power is a productive idea, or a danger to the environment? Try to find as much information as possible to support the opposing viewpoint (i.e., if you think nuclear power is dangerous, find all relevant scientific publications that suggests its relative safety, and vice versa).