Category: Curiosity

Curiosity

Many famous speakers have talked about curiosity, some call it the spark that leads to the fire, while others say curiosity is dangerous shown in the phrase, ‘curiosity killed the cat’. In many ways, curiosity is a coping mechanism. A curious individual is more capable of handling unwanted emotions or thoughts, as they are simply the start to questions and new discoveries. A curious person is also more likely to seek out the new, and is more accepting of conflict between what they know and contradictions against what they think they know. Curiosity is nature’s built-in exploration skill, it’s in every single one of us. It is a cheat code that has allowed us to advance to the stage we are now. Think about it, without curiosity our cavemen ancestors wouldn’t have made the difficult journey of exploring the different continents, we would have no story without curiosity. There would have been no World Wars, no Hiroshima incidences, no terrorism. Depression stories would have not even existed. Life would have been easy. We would have been living exactly like animals do. There would have been no questions like, who am I? What is my purpose of life here? What is the significance of living? People would have never felt the need for satellites, mobile phones, computers or to sum it all the ‘technology’ we use every day in these modern times. Curiosity is why there are footprints on the moon and rovers moving about on Mars. We need this critical ingredient to enlighten everyone before mankind can think about exploring the stars.

Why did Columbus travel west? Why did we go to the moon? Because it is attraction of the unknown, the prospect of adventure that drive humans to seek new frontiers to explore. There are a number of reasons to go to Mars. The first is as I have discussed about above, is curiosity. The craving of knowing the answers to the questions: Is Mars the key to finding our purpose? Can it teach us about Earth’s history? Is there life on Mars? These questions are just samples out of hundreds of hungry questions for scientists all over the world. The second reason is the need for adventure and the realization of the impossible dream. The third reason is progress. Mars One, (a private organization that was founded in 2012 with the aim of landing the first humans on Mars and leaving them there to establish a permanent human colony in the coming decades), stated that “Sending people to Mars is ‘the next giant leap for mankind’. This mission will jumpstart massive developments in all kinds of areas, a few examples being in recycling, solar energy, food production and the advancement of medical technology.” This statement is understandable, as, if we have the ability to get to Mars, it would mean that our own perspective knowledge on technology would have to improve greatly and advance. By using this new knowledge, we could solve global warming problems here on earth and many other perceived problems. X Prize Foundation founder, Peter Diamandis, stated, “We humans love a target, we love to have something to shoot for, to aim for and to build a plan to make happen. Mars has that sexiness, that romance, that I think is galvanising a lot of people right here, right now.”

Money

The second ingredient required to become a spacefaring civilization is money. Money has an enormous part to play before we set one foot in space. Therefore, most scientists have discussed that the most direct and efficient way to start to this journey into exploration, is by making the top priority to colonize Mars. By doing this we would have a direct path out of our inner solar system. This is because establishing a colony on Mars will result in us having a higher success rate of travel as we have done it already and it shortens the travelling distance to other planets in the outer solar system. Lastly by the time we reach Mars and create a colony, the engineers and scientists would have figured out new ways to make space travel easier and cheaper. Therefore, every time we send a rocket off, the total cost would get lower and lower with each journey. This is because progress is inevitable. However, before we reach the stage of going to Mars, we have to come up with the most effectual financial plan that gets the cost as low as possible while maintaining the bare minimum requirements of safety and transport for passengers and cargo on the ship.

The current launch and manufacturing process cost of rockets is outstanding. But there has been progress, this is evident from past missions into space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA was established in 1958, and since then they have successfully launched over 200 manned flights. Two have ended in failure, causing the death of the entire crew: STS-51-L (the Challenger disaster) in 1986, and STS-107 (the Columbia disaster) in 2003. (Apollo 1 in 1967 lost three crew members but never launched).

Because of this, NASA has maintained a remarkable 98% success rate, which stands at the top of the space industry. The very first manned/crewed flight by NASA was the Mercury program (1959-1963), the objective was to put an astronaut into Earth’s orbit and return safely back to earth. The whole process cost and $277 million in 1965 dollars, which translate into $1.6 billion in 2010 dollars . And the more famous mission, the Apollo program (1960–1972) cost an even greater amount, however this was to be expected as the national goal of the mission, which was landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth, was many times more difficult than just sending a rocket into earth’s atmosphere. The Apollo program cost $20 billion in then-year dollars or $110 billion in today’s money, to the public eye this was an astronomical amount of money and some believed it to be a waste but I will get to that later on. The Apollo program consisted of 12 manned missions to the moon, and only three of the missions failed to fulfil the mission criteria. However, with each mission, the overall cost was lower than the previous, this shows the advancement of knowledge as after each launch, the scientists and engineers managed to find cheaper ways to get an object into space. For example, scientist have realised that they could shorten the travel distance to the moon and into Low earth orbit (LEO), by launching at a time where the earth has aligned to a position, where the distance to the moon is shortest.

By doing this they cut down on fuel costs. There is an alternative method called the geosynchronous orbit (a high Earth orbit that allows satellites to match Earth’s rotation, this is because of the effect of Earth’s gravity; it pulls more strongly at satellites that are closer to its centre than satellites that are farther away). This technique is used currently with the GOES 13 satellite, which is an American weather satellite. Another example is when they use the earth’s orbit to keep an object moving, which saves fuel, there are currently loads of satellite that have been left in Low earth orbit which saves millions of dollars each year. These are all methods that lower the cost of fuel, which results in lighter cargo thus less thrust is needed to get the rocket off the ground and into space.

However, Nasa is not the only space company that has made advancements of space travel. There is another company called SpaceX which had made large strides in the field on engineering. SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars SpaceX has since developed the Falcon launch vehicle family and the Dragon spacecraft family, which both currently deliver payloads into Earth orbit. It’s not just noteworthy that SpaceX is launching rockets so quickly, the fact is it’s doing them well. Out of the Falcon 9’s 50 missions, 48 have been successful. That’s a 96 percent success rate a track record that would make any company proud and more so for Space X considering they are new to the space race. The main reason why SpaceX has become such a headliner however these days is because of the new reusable rocket that they manufactured, and this innovation has revolutionised space travel. SpaceX announced in 2011 that it was beginning a reusable launch system technology development program.

In December 2015, the first Falcon 9 was flown back to a landing pad near the launch site, where it successfully accomplished a propulsive vertical landing. This was the first such achievement by a rocket for orbital spaceflight . In April 2016, with the launch of CRS-8, SpaceX successfully vertically landed a first stage on an ocean drone ship landing platform. In May 2016, in another first, SpaceX again landed a first stage, but during a significantly more energetic geostationary transfer orbit mission. In March 2017, SpaceX became the first to successfully re-launch and land the first stage of an orbital rocket. SpaceX plans to launch its Dragon 2 spacecraft in January 2019 and to launch its first crewed spacecraft Dragon 2 in June 2019. In September 2016, CEO Elon Musk unveiled the mission architecture of the Interplanetary Transport System program, an ambitious privately funded initiative to develop spaceflight technology for use in crewed interplanetary spaceflight. In 2017, Musk unveiled an updated configuration of the system, now named the BFR (Big Falcon Rocket), which is planned to be fully reusable and will be the largest rocket ever on its debut, currently scheduled for the early 2020s .

The rocket launch is important not only because the Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket, but also because the SpaceX rocket’s cost structure is far cheaper than the competition. The Falcon Heavy could revolutionize space travel as a result and perhaps one day fulfil Musk’s dream of sending people to Mars.

Thanks partially to the fact that SpaceX can retrieve and reuse rocket boosters in multiple launches, the privately-funded company founded by Musk, who also owns Tesla, is able to keep its rocket costs relatively low. SpaceX says that it costs $62 million every time its Falcon 9 rocket is launched, while the more powerful Falcon Heavy costs an estimated $90 million per launch. (SpaceX even says customers can get cheaper rates if they buy in bulk: “Modest discounts are available, for contractually committed, multi-launch purchases.”) .If space travel can cost less while still being reliable and safe, then Musk is all the closer to realizing his long term goal of sending humans to colonize Mars.

However, there are some Cons on spending so much money on Space exploration. For example, because of the large amount of funds going into the space program it means we’re leaving a lot of litter behind. According to information provided by NASA, there are more than 500,000 items of debris that are currently being tracked as they orbit our planet. This space junk is litter that is flying at a speed of over 17,500 miles per hour, which means an impact could do great damage. Now expand the amount of space junk that exists to other planets or solar systems and the amount of litter we would leave behind is quite enormous, this has created large problems with activists. Another example is the loss of money, up to now there have been no agreements in place for rich resources that may exist in space. The current treaties which govern space exploration forbid governments from appropriating territories in space. The amount of materials in a single asteroid could be more than $100 billion. Planetary Resources has evaluated an asteroid called “Davida” to be worth $100 trillion or more. Although the US has brought back hundreds of pounds of rocks from the moon without litigation, there would be a greater fight in grabbing resources that are in the hundreds of trillions of dollars. If those profits can be funnelled toward a mutual good, then humanity can do more than just survive. It could thrive however that is not the case, so for the meantime we are spending millions of dollars on space travel while purposely ignoring potential goldmines that could benefit the whole planet.

Global Agreement and Ethics

Space exploration is an exciting and constantly progressing field. Fulfilling natural human curiosity about worlds other than our own, exploration of our solar system and beyond is generally met with support by people from all walks of life. While the majority of our effort is put into allowing both objects and humans to survive safely on other planets and moons, there is also a need to protect other environments from us. The potential contamination and destruction of other worlds and other life is both a practical and an ethical problem. Contamination is generally categorized as forward or backward (Rummel, 2001). Backward contamination is contamination of Earth by substances that have been to other planets in the solar system, and is generally of minor concern. Few objects that we send to other planets or moons ever return to Earth, and thus far no other life or transferrable hazards have been found. Forward contamination, on the other hand, has been a concern since the first voyages to Mars by the Viking spacecraft in 1976 (Rummel, 2001). Forward contamination is the contamination of other worlds, and any potential indigenous life, by Earth. We can’t know what effect Earth-based life might have on alien life, but the legacy of invasive species and pathogens wreaking havoc on native species on Earth suggests great harm could come of contamination.

Nonetheless various organizations exist to develop guidelines and rules for preventing forward contamination, including NASA’s Office of Planetary Protection and COSPAR, the International Counsel of Science’s Committee on Space Research. Since the 1960s these organizations have set rules about the sterilization of spacecraft and tools sent to other planets, with particular focus on Mars and Europa, two of the most promising and accessible locations for potential alien life. Unfortunately, their guidelines are often based on outdated or theoretical values of the probability of contamination and damage to alien environments and life (Greenberg & Tufts, 2001). Additionally, it is nearly impossible to completely sterilize a spacecraft leaving Earth. When humans travel in those spacecraft, contamination is almost certain (McKay, 2009). Beyond contamination, ethical questions must also be considered about human intervention and research of potential alien life.

I glared bitterly at the intricate but bold murals of ancient scriptures which dawned the ceilings of the dark hued church I was forced to be in, but at the same time transfixed by the way the reds, greens, and yellows of the dented stained glass windows playfully clashed against the serene blue-lighted water of the baptism pool in the middle of the House of Prayer. It was beautiful, and I was in awe, but I felt like an outcast, as if I was tainting the years of pain, love, worship, and purity which made it holy. For I did something I was not supposed to do.

I asked the Nun in my sixth grade religion class why I had to reconcile my sins with the Priest first and not directly to God. The class turned around and gaped at me with shock, along with a response from the dissatisfied Nun to not question the church because it was a sin. I was sent to the Priest shortly afterwards for a personal reconciliation, and to be forgiven for asking such an appalling question.

The elderly Priest sternly said my name with a trace of disappointment to pull my distracted wandering eyes away from the colorful light reflections. He respectfully informed me that he knew why I was here, and slowly asked me why I felt I had to ask the question that I did. I told him truthfully that I was curious as to why I could not just pray to God for forgiveness first and only. He then proceeded to ask me if I was Catholic, and I replied that I was raised as a Protestant. He averted his eyes to his crossed hands, was quiet for a few seconds, then looked me straight in the eye and said, “we don’t say that here.” Like any 11 year-old would be, I was confused and had even more questions to ask, so I asked why. The Priest stood up, and scolded me to not ask questions but to accept what I was told, because that is what God wanted of me.

Later in the evening at the dinner table, I elucidated to my parents what happened at school in religion class, and what the Priest so firmly told me. I was conflicted because my parents raised me to ask questions, to explore, and to be curious, but was it acceptable? Were my parents right, or were the Priest and Nun right? I laid in bed that night pondering if curiosity really does kill the cat, or if it contrarily opens up new windows and doors to learn, to become more knowledgeable.

Satisfied with my thoughts from the night before, and strong in my answer regarding curiosity, I excitedly went to school the next morning with a mental list of all the questions I wanted to ask in my religion class. When the hour came, and I was settled in my designated desk, the Nun asked to see me alone outside. Confused and wary of what was to come, I followed her and waited for her to speak. She told me that asking questions would only cause more confusion and disappointment because some of them cannot always be answered, and when they could be, I would not be pleased. So she encouraged me to listen to my classmates, to listen to her teach, and to listen to the words in the Bible. So I listened to her, to my classmates, and to the words in the Bible.

The rest of the school year was at times unbearable. I was lonely, an outcast. When my classmates were playing handball, I was on the grass reading a book about evolution. The girls I thought were my friends ditched me every lunch, so I mostly ate in the bathroom while reading. In religion class, I listened, and did not speak unless the Nun asked me a question. I did as I was told, and did not question what I was taught, or I would be laughed at and bullied by my peers. When sixth grade concluded, my parents instantly pulled me out of Catholic school. My mom later told me that she felt like she lost her Emma because I hardly communicated or interrogated the Nun’s. I was equally delighted and relieved to be out of that school as well. I experienced what it meant to just accept what you were told, to refrain from challenging the status quo, and I did not enjoy it one bit.

I realize each and every day the significance of my experiences in Catholic school, and how integral it is to question what you do not understand or believe in. I may have disagreed with the Priest and the Nun, but I will always be thankful to have met them because they taught me who I do not want to be. I want to be someone who asks questions, to explore, to be curious about everything, to ask, “why do you believe in that particular issue.” I believe having an open mind is the key to expanding one’s horizon. Questioning something or someone, does not come without consequences at times. That is why it is equally as important to know when to be quiet, to listen. The Nun who taught my religion class wanted me to observe more and chatter less, even if her motive was to cease my questioning on everything she taught. It takes years to find the perfect balance between listening, talking, and questioning. I still have such a long way to go, but I find myself improving every day.

I’ve noticed that as an adult, people expect you to be educated and well-versed with what is happening in the world. If a question is asked, you better know the reasoning as to why you are asking the question because “stupid” questions just won’t cut it anymore like it did it elementary, middle, and high school. I find this to be disappointing. No matter how little or tall we are, all of us have questions whether they are big or small. If society were not curious, if we did not question our surroundings, or nature, or the people we see in the media, how would we be today? We would have no authors to write fantasy and adventure novels, or books explaining what racism and sexism is. No scientists to explore what kind of dinosaurs lived before we existed, or question how we came to be. No mathematicians to come up with new formulas, or to figure out how to build a structure that perfectly fits. No philosophers to study how nature knowledge and reality interplay with each other. No psychologists to question how the brain of a murderer differs from a brain of someone who does not kill, or how people with special needs view the world from someone who is not special needs. No artists like Picasso, Da Vinci, or Bridgman to paint beautiful but unusual pictures. No artists to come up with magnificent lyrics to the songs we sing, or the music we play. These are just some simple examples of how curiosity has shaped our world, and unfortunately, we take it for granted.So what I have learned, and what I will continue to learn for the rest of life, is to not be afraid to challenge someone with a question, and to not be afraid if they consider me to be annoying, or unknowledgeable. At the same time, I also need to perceive when it is not my time to speak, but to listen, and contemplate on the lesson being taught, or what the person has to say.

Curiosity does not kill the cat. At times it may get you in difficult waters, but sometimes we must go through the difficult waters in order to get somewhere worth being. Curiosity feeds the cat knowledge, understanding, and individual thought. Curiosity opens the path to wonderful opportunities that it would not give someone who is afraid to question the status quo. I want to be a part of that, and I think that is something worth fighting for, do you?

Does innocence lead people to danger? After acquainting myself with curiosity essays and researches, I can confidently assert that the concept of innocence often entwines individuals with potential dangers. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” Joyce Carol Oates identifies the tendencies of young people going through the process of adolescence. Teenagers assert independence, try to find their own individuality, insist that they are capable of making decisions by themselves, and think that they can already run their own lives. Actually, confusions and curiosities reign during this stage.

Hence, they attempt to do at-risk actions and try the unknown. In the book “Keep a Lid on It, Pandora!”, the mythic Greek maiden was advised to never peek inside the beautiful vessel, but she still opened it. Because of her curiosity, a box full of nasty items and terrible evils into the world flew out. One of the points of the story is that curiosity is not always in the negative. Susan Engle, author of “The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood” defines curiosity as “the urge to explain the unexpected.” Another thing, when teenagers are being corrected by their parents or guardians, they interpret the latter’s pieces of advice as destructive criticisms.

Thus, they tend to become rebellious. At times, peers become exceedingly important than their families at home because they think that the former understand them better. They prefer being with their friends and allot more time for them. The 15-year-old protagonist of the story, Connie, is in the midst of an adolescent rebellion. She has a long blonde hair and blue eyes. She is a typical teenager who intentionally and unintentionally ignores her family and even compares herself to her sister. Her mind is poisoned with the thought that she is less favored because her sister is better than her. To cope with this, she tries to appear matured, habitually hangs out with friends, and flirts with boys and overpowers them using her sexual appeal and good-looking appearance.

Despite her hidden hatred to her family, she remains confident. Perhaps the reason she is into music is because it helps her escape from the chaotic world she is in, and her daydreams feed her ideas of romance, love, and life in general. However, the personality she manifests outside is different from that the one she shows at home. Such behavior fascinates the attention of Arnold Friend, the antagonist. He seems obsessed with Connie that leads him in threatening her family and her life after the latter’s rejection of the former’s offer to come and have carnal knowledge with him. For the first time, Connie’s free will, confidence, and sense of control ostensibly obliterated altogether. She passively gives in because of fear. One of the vital parts of the story is when Connie’s mother is the one whom she calls and cries out for when she is being harassed. The story ended with her stepping out the door of their house, but it can be speculated that she was murdered by Friend.

A lot of researches confirmed that innocence, curiosity, and vanity, among others, are part of teenage life. CBS Interactive, Inc. reported that, “Most parents of teenagers don’t need a study to tell them that adolescents are prone to being reckless. But new research confirms that teenage brains are actually wired to engage in risky behaviors.” Nobody is born matured and wise; Everyone becomes innocent and dumb at least once. Nevertheless, it is not a justification not to be aware and responsible with our actions and behaviors because the interpretation of others cannot be ascertained and could be the cause of our defeat. Every person’s right and desires are not absolute; they are subject to limitations. And when that limitation exceeds, the result may become a regret. It is important to know to know the significance of a family especially of our parents.

The story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” also teaches readers that in the middle of menace, the best ones we can call on are our parents. However, since Connie’s parents are not present while the unfortunate event is happening, her cry for their help is only like catching the wind. To sum it up, nothing is absolute in this world, and nobody can survive alone. Being curious, volitional, confident, innocent, and vain are not bad as long as our minds are open to guidance and corrections. Does innocence lead people to danger? It depends on the actions being taken.

Human curiosity is a unique and powerful characteristic. The study “Curiosity and Interest: The Benefits of Thriving on Novelty and Challenge” by psychology professor Todd Kashdan and Paul Silvia describes curiosity as “the recognition, pursuit, and intense desire to explore, novel, challenging, and uncertain events.” Curiosity makes us ask questions, keep up with the news, and read books, and is important in keeping our brains fresh and open. In fact, curiosity is what has long driven our search for new understandings about the universe and our place within it.

Curiosity is a useful skill in business. According to behavioral scientist Francesca Gino, studies have shown that increased curiosity boosts creativity, reduces group conflict, and leads to better performance and communication in the workplace.

Curiosity is also important in everyday life. According to psychology professor Scott Barry Kaufman, curiosity has in recent years “been linked to happiness, creativity, and increased meaning in life.”

We strongly believe in encouraging students to develop their curiosity. Kaufman describes how classrooms that promote curiosity “are those that offer novelty, surprise, and complexity, allowing greater autonomy and student choice; they also encourage students to ask questions, question assumptions, and achieve mastery through revision rather than judgement-day-style testing.” We aim to achieve this through focusing our projects around what a student is interested in and what they want to know. We encourage kids to ask questions even if the answers are elusive. We also aim to promote different cultures and experiences to encourage students to explore different perspectives.

To document and comprehend the purpose, discoveries, and life of the Curiosity rover, and how it contributed to analysing the habitability for life on Mars.

Introduction

In 1993, NASA founded the Mars Exploration Program to explore Mars, and find out if Mars could ever support life. On June 10th and July 7th of 2003, two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were launched into space, to explore planet Mars. They arrived on Mars on January 2004, and made many discoveries during their time on the planet, such as evidence of salt water, many hills, and plenty of terrain. In 2009, Spirit was lost to martian sand and was abandoned two years later, while Opportunity was lost to a global-scale dust storm, covering the rover’s solar panels in 2018. While the rovers were certainly successful missions, collectively sending back 250,000 images, a more advance and newer rover was created. This newer model was created to closer evaluate the habitability of the planet, which meant the model had to study the climate and geology. This led to the creation of the Curiosity rover, launched into space on November 26, 2011.

Purpose and goals

The Main goals of Rover, and the Mars Exploration Program are to primarily discover if the planet could ever have life on it, however there are many other goals.

Biological goals include discovering the nature and amount of organic compounds containing carbon, investigating if the ‘chemical compounds of life’ are present (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur) and identifying features that may show evidence of past biological processes. The Geological and geochemical goals included discovering what chemical, isotopic and mineralogical compositions make up the martian surface, and understanding how modified rocks and solids have been formed. Planetary Process goals involved assessing longtime Martian atmospheric evolution and determining the

cycling of water and carbon dioxide on the planet. The last goal is to measure the surface radiation of the planet, and radiation of the spacecraft interior during the trip to Mars.

Devices and specifications of rover

Curiosity, being the size of a car, weights in at 3893 Kilograms. The rover is powered by a radioisotope thermometric generator (RTG) which produces energy from the decay of radioactive isotopes, such as plutonium. The resulting heat from the decay is made into electricity by thermocouples. This is an improvement from the last rovers, which utilised sun power through solar panels, which was intimately the downfall of one and a hindrance to both.

The rover has two on-board computers, called Rover Compute Elements. These computers run VxWorks, a real time operating system built from the ground up, even having it’s own kernel. The Memory on the computers includes 256 kB (kilobytes) of Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-only memory (EEPROM), 256 MB (Megabytes) of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and 2 GB (Gigabytes) of flash memory. All of the memory is radiation hardened to prevent radiation damage. They also feature a single core RAD750 processors, which are radiation hardened processors capable of handling 400 MIPS (Millions of instructions per second). The rover is fitted with two computers as one of them serves as a backup, which was utilised, when in February 28, 2013, an issue occurred in the flash memory of the first computer causing the computer to boot continuously in a loop, forcing NASA to use the backup. These computers are responsible for self-monitoring to keep the rover operational, such as measuring temperatures. They are also responsible for taking pictures, driving, and operating the instruments.

The rover also features an X band transmitter and receiver that can communicate with earth, and a UHF electra-lite software-defined radio that can communicate with Mars orbiters. Communication with orbiters is the main path for data to return to earth, as orbiters allow for faster transmission speeds. The rover has six 50 cm wheels with rocker-bogie suspension. The suspension also serves as the landing system. The rover also carries 17 cameras, all of which are of high resolutions. The rover can use them to send back photos and scan the surface for interesting details, which a small portion of which is vaporised by an infrared laser and examine the resulting spectra signature. If it is intriguing, the rover utilises its long arm and holds a microscope, and an x-ray spectrometer. If it still requires more analysis, the rover can actually drill the object, and deliver a sample to the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) inbuilt into the rover, or the Chemistry and Mineralogy instruments located on the rover. The MastCam, Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and mars decent imager (MARDI) are all cameras created by Malin Space Science Systems. There are a total of 17 high resolution cameras.

The landing at Mars

The rover was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2100 and landed on Mars on August 6, 2012. The landing of the rover at Mars was so stressful employees of NASA dubbed it “seven minutes of terror”. The rover swapped over to a landing configuration while the attached spacecraft lowered the rover under the spacecraft descent stage, with a 20 Meter ‘sky crane’. This was for a soft, wheel first landing on the surface of Mars. After two seconds on Mars ground, it activated many pyrotechnic fasteners activating cable cutters to free itself from the attached spacecraft. The Rover was now on Mars.

Discoveries

The Rover has contributed to many discoveries, including identifying high amounts of radiation on Mars. From the results, NASA states astronauts could tolerate the radiation for a long term mission to Mars without accumulating high doses of radiation. The rover also managed to discover evidence supporting the idea that Mars could have once had a lake with neutral pH, not being too salty. Scientists believe this is because Mars may have once had a thick and dense atmosphere, trapping heat. The atmosphere Mars has today is not strong enough to hold much heat, causing low temperatures. This is because a sample drilled from a John Klein rock contained Clay minerals, suggesting an aqueous environment. Many key chemical ingredients for life has been found in rock sampled drilled from the planet, including nitrogen, sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen and phosphorus. Other chemical ingredients such as benzene and propane have also been discovered. Temperatures averages of negative 60 degrees to negative 125 degrees Celsius have also been observed. Large spikes of methane with concentrations of 21 parts per billion have also been discovered on Mars, with no clear source, except that it occurs in an unknown seasonal pattern. This is small compared to earth’s air sample containing 1865ppb of methane. The source is not even known if it’s biological, geological, or even ancient or modern.

Conclusion

The Mars rover Curiosity overall was a major success, making many discoveries and serving as the basis of the 2020 rover, and being one of the top most successful rovers sent to Mars. The rover is not only a pathway to future discoveries and development, but a testament to the technological achievements of today. The rover has made many fascinating discoveries, and will continue to do so.

It is often said that certain literary works and characters within such works represent real-world issues. In the work The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Gatsby is shrouded in ambiguity to the reader, providing them with a possibility for personal interpretation. In the work, Gatsby’s character develops from a character representing materialism and a fixation on status to one filled with humility and selflessness for his romantic devotion towards the character of Daisy. Through this shift, the reader is provided with insight to draw parallels between Gatsby and two distinct periods in American history. The materialistic side of Gatsby, driven by wealth and his status in Long Island, represents the moral corruption and materialistic desires of America in the 1920s, whereas the romantically devoted Gatsby represents wartime America, devoted to sacrifice and nobility. The contrast within the life of Gatsby allows for a profound insight into the significance of the work as a representation of changing American values.

The beginning of the book sees Gatsby as a status of wealth and fame. The reader is, through the first-hand account of the narrator Nick, allowed to have a glimpse into the lavish nature of Gatsby’s parties. Fitzgerald uses irony to solidify the understanding of the reader as to the nature of Gatsby’s gathering. Referring to Gatsby’s invitation to Nick, it reads“The honor would be entirely Gatsby’s, it said, if I would attend his ‘little party’ that night” (41). The irony lies in the fact that the title a ‘Little Party’ could not contrast more with Nick’s description of the party, with references to “the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light” (41). Rather than characterizing Gatsby, he is portrayed as a status symbol for wealth and prosperity reminiscent of the 1920s. It is noted by Nick that many of the party-goers do not meet Gatsby during the party, casting Gatsby in an ambiguous light for the reader, further adding to speculation about the true identity of Gatsby. “Sometimes they came without meeting Gatsby at all” (41). The reference to the mystery surrounding Gatsby’s identity is juxtaposed with Nick’s description once meeting him, taking a personalized approach. “He smiled understandingly- much more than understandingly” (48). Nick’s casting of Gatsby as a genuine individual introduces Gatsby to the reader as a character, rather than an icon representing wealth. However, rather than continue with such a personalized description of Gatsby, we see Nick describe Gatsby as “a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd”. The duality of Nick’s perception of Gatsby, one of an elite aristocrat and one of an understanding individual serves as a representation of America’s newfound wealth in the 1920s. The ‘understanding smile’ is taken over by ‘elaborate formalities’ showcasing the development of America’s newfound aristocracy and a change in values, from cherishing kindness to elitism and status. This is further accentuated by the context of the setting. Gatsby, a West-egger, considered inferior to the elitist status of East-eggers, is the status of the decadence that individuals of all walks of life flock to in America. A West-egger serving as the provider of such decadence reflects Gatsby as a symbol of the newfound wealth seizing America in the 1920s, shifting the social landscape.

Further into the work, Nick is introduced to a business partner of Gatsby’s, Mr. Wolfsheim. Mr. Wolfshiem referred to Nick as the man who “fixed the World Series back in 1919” (71). The use of the word ‘cooly’ to describe how Gatsby explains Nick Wolfshiem’s corrupted background further adds to the reader’s speculations of Gatsby’s corrupted morals. The idea of Gatsby dealing with an individual with such criminal activity further contributes to rumors of Gatsby as a ‘bootlegger’, as brought up at the beginning of chapter 4. The calm and collected nature of Gatsby when addressing the ‘claim to fame’ of Mr. Wolfshiem is rather representative of the corrupted morals behind America’s newfound wealth. Rather than explain it to Nick with a tone filled with negativity, he suggests an attitude of indifference, reflecting Gatsby’s acceptance of the presence of such corruption, reminiscent of 1920s America, a period in which a blind eye was turned towards such actions.

However, a different side of Gatsby is viewed by the reader once his affiliation with Daisy becomes known. When Jordan Baker expresses Gatsby’s desire to join a gathering for tea at Nick’s house, where Daisy will be present, the humility of his demands results in the reader viewing Gatsby as a man different from the one introduced as the host for the elite’s weekly debaucheries.“The modesty of the demand shook me. He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths- so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger’s garden” (78). Once Daisy is introduced, we see a shift in Gatsby’s character, one in which he distances himself from the grandeur of elitism and rather focuses on his encounter with Daisy. A great contrast develops between his status of the ‘Oxford man’ hosting lavish parties for New Yorkers and of the shy young man wishing to encounter the love of his life at a small tea gathering. The reference to five years suggests a preservation of Gatsby’s humble character, despite the wealth he found within such a period. The significance of his acquaintance with Daisy while he was a soldier in the war essentially reflects the microcosm which was America’s transition from wartime to the lavish lifestyles of the 1920s. The humble roots of America’s period in which goods were rationed are reflected, as he merely requests a cup of tea and to see Daisy. Contrasted with the standards of his house parties, the tensions between the two periods of time are developed.

As the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby develops, we see a retreat of Gatsby’s materialistic shell, manifested by the obscurity of what was once a status symbol for his lavish parties, his mansion. The seventh chapter begins with “It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on Saturday night” (113). The mansion, which hosted the very parties where “The lights grew brighter as the earth lurched away from the sun” (40), now fails to turn on its lights. It is later revealed that this has been in the name of Daisy, and to recover his past. Gatsby, preoccupied with the thoughts of Daisy’s dissatisfaction with his parties, has stripped himself of the identity of the Gatsby known in earlier chapters, attempting to reestablish a relationship with the likes of his humble past. The darkness in a symbol such as the mansion, one which represents material success, represents the consensus of American society during the First World War. America, a nation gleaming with opportunities for the immigrants that crossed the Atlantic, is now fighting a war in the very places of origin of such immigrants, shrouded in darkness and uncertainty for the future. When compared to the 1920s, it represents a time absent of materialism, rather than focusing on the humble qualities that represent the land of opportunity. Gatsby’s retreat to achieve the past with Daisy is both a tale of attempting to rekindle his humble past also establishing hope for the future, devout of a materialistic conscience, manifesting itself into a representation of the changing American dream.

Gatsby’s transition in the eyes of the reader allows for an interpretation beyond the confines of the story itself. Through developing Gatsby’s character from one of a materialistic aristocrat to one of a man chasing the woman of his dreams, Fitzgerald reflects the change in American society during the early 20th century. Fitzgerald allows for the character of Gatsby to serve as a reflection of America during the First World War as well as the 1920s, achieving the purpose of addressing the realities of aspects of history through Nick Carraway’s carefully selected narrative.

The Time Traveler started his story at the time when he finished his time machine. “I suppose a suicide who holds a pistol to his skull feels much the same wonder at what will come next as I felt then.” (Wells 15). He is very nervous since he is the test subject of his creation, here as observed that human experimentation was accepted in the era of H.G. Wells, in the 1800s, and unlike now, these experiments are inhumane. Upon arrival, he saw a white Sphinx statue, if portrayed in real life the meaning of Sphinx is a symbol of mystery and benevolence. Such a symbol may foreshadow trial and hardship in his adventure into the world he entered. Knowing that he is alone in his adventure, he panics and fears what might happen to him. “I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as if perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. My fear grew to frenzy. I took a breathing space, set my teeth, and again grappled fiercely, wrist and knee, with the machine.” (Wells 18). It is only a natural response as a human to be afraid of the unknown, here it can be depicted that the Time Traveler fights his fear with his curiosity in the unknown world as a person who wants to change his life and try to get out of his comfort zone.

The Time Traveler is surrounded by these creatures with unique characteristics; four feet tall, curly hair, large eyes, and small red lips. It reminded him of small children. With difficulty communicating with them and a childlike behavior he said, “Were these creatures fools? You may hardly understand how it took me. You see I had always anticipated that the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art, everything.” (Wells 20). Here the passage can be depicted as an expectation of a man to the future for it to pursue higher knowledge. The Time Traveler questioned that such humanity evolves in this state and suddenly it made him realize that the society he’s in now is a communist as such no conflict can be seen, the humanity has attained its social triumphs. “I judged there had been no danger of war or solitary violence, no danger from wild beasts, no wasting disease to require strength of constitution, no need of toil. For such a life, what we should call the weak are as well-equipped as the strong, are indeed no longer weak.” (Wells 25).

The communist view of the Time Traveler can be depicted as the concept of communism in the real world no conflict between the social classes is accomplished, but this is just in a utopian world. Upon realizing that the Time Traveler cannot return home because his time machine disappeared, he feels hopeless. “At once, like a lash across the face, came the possibility of losing my age, of being left helpless in this strange new world.” (Wells 27). This can be depicted as someone had lost something important in their life, as in the case of the Time Traveler his home and sense of belongness has been taken away from him. With great despair drawn on him, there he finds hope to cope with the situation he is faced with. “Suppose the worst? Suppose the machine altogether lost—perhaps destroyed? It behooves me to be calm and patient, to learn the way of the people, to get a clear idea of the method of my loss, and the means of getting materials and tools; so that in the end, perhaps, I may make another.” (Wells 29). After learning about the civilization of the future, he discovered that, there, in fact, two species that humanity has evolved to, the one who lives on the surface are called the ‘Eloi’ while the one who lives underground are called ‘Morlocks’. He theorized that these two species have evolved from the social class struggle in which in the time of H.G. Wells there were conflicts between the capitalist and the laborers.

Introduction

Intellectual curiosity is a flame that burns brightly within the depths of the human mind, propelling us to explore, question, and seek knowledge. In this descriptive essay, I will embark on a journey to unravel the essence of intellectual curiosity, delving into its multifaceted nature and the profound impact it has on individuals and society. From the insatiable hunger for understanding to the exhilaration of discovery, intellectual curiosity encompasses the boundless realm of human inquiry. Through vivid descriptions and personal reflections, I will paint a picture of the wondrous universe that intellectual curiosity unveils before us.

The Essence of Intellectual Curiosity

At its core, intellectual curiosity is a fundamental human trait that drives us to venture beyond the familiar and inquire into the unknown. It is an insatiable hunger for knowledge and understanding, a relentless pursuit of answers to questions that have yet to be asked. Intellectual curiosity compels us to explore the mysteries of the universe, the intricacies of the human mind, and the complexities of our existence.

The Journey of Exploration

Embarking on a journey of intellectual curiosity is akin to setting sail on an endless sea, with each wave bringing forth new possibilities and discoveries. It is a voyage of the mind, where curiosity serves as our compass and imagination as our vessel. As we traverse the vast landscapes of knowledge, we encounter diverse fields of study, from the sciences to the arts, from history to philosophy. Each step forward unravels a new layer of understanding, revealing the interconnectedness of ideas and the boundless depth of human inquiry.

The Thrill of Discovery

There is an exhilaration that accompanies the act of discovery, a surge of excitement that electrifies the curious mind. Intellectual curiosity ignites a spark within us, propelling us to unravel the mysteries that lie before us. It is in these moments of revelation that we experience the sheer joy of connecting the dots, of witnessing ideas unfold and perspectives shift. Whether it is the Eureka moment in a laboratory, the sudden insight during a philosophical debate, or the serendipitous encounter with a new perspective, the thrill of discovery is an essential element of intellectual curiosity.

Nurturing Intellectual Curiosity

Nurturing intellectual curiosity requires an environment that fosters exploration, encourages questioning, and embraces a spirit of lifelong learning. It is in the classrooms, libraries, and laboratories where intellectual curiosity finds fertile ground to flourish. Educators play a vital role in cultivating this innate curiosity, sparking the flame of inquiry through engaging lessons, thought-provoking discussions, and opportunities for hands-on exploration. A supportive community that celebrates curiosity, welcomes diverse ideas, and encourages interdisciplinary thinking can also nurture intellectual curiosity in individuals of all ages.

The Impact of Intellectual Curiosity

Intellectual curiosity has far-reaching implications, both on a personal level and for society as a whole. Individually, it fuels personal growth, expanding our horizons and deepening our understanding of the world. It cultivates critical thinking skills, enhances problem-solving abilities, and fosters creativity. On a societal level, intellectual curiosity drives scientific advancements, technological innovations, and social progress. It fuels the quest for knowledge, inspiring breakthroughs in medicine, engineering, and the arts. Intellectual curiosity also serves as a catalyst for social change, challenging the status quo, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Conclusion

Intellectual curiosity is a force that propels us to venture into the uncharted territories of knowledge. It is a flame that burns within each of us, urging us to question, explore, and seek understanding. From the thrill of discovery to the impact it has on personal growth and societal progress, intellectual curiosity is a remarkable facet of the human experience. Let us embrace this infinite universe of intellectual curiosity, for within its realms lie the keys to unlocking the mysteries of the world and expanding the boundaries of human potential.

“You always dread the unfamiliar.” I have found this quote from Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 to ring true throughout my life, but I’ve also found that fearing the truth holds one back from unleashing their true potential (Bradburry 55). Choosing to be ignorant because one fears the unknown allows safety and comfort. Humans have a primal desire for these two things, so it is only natural that one instinctively recoils in fear of the unknown. Looking at curiosity essay examples and thinking about their ideas, I’ve come to believe that although staying comfortable is good, we can learn and grow a lot by trying new things and exploring what’s unfamiliar. In the story of Adam and Eve, once they have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge they feel immense pain and suffering. A curse is brought upon the entire world once they have grasped the knowledge of God. Thus, can shed light on how knowledge can shape our lives. Some would say that knowledge brings hardship and unnecessary suffering to the world, but I say that knowledge is power. Knowledge breeds invention and innovation. Knowledge provides society with a sense of individuality. And most of all knowledge soothes the suffering of mankind by allowing our problems to be resolved.

Tao Te Ching says “Give up learning and put an end to your troubles” (qtd from Strayer 173). That is the way of the Daoist philosopher. They preach that we should free our minds of all things and allow God and nature to guide us. In turn one would live a life free of stress and pain. In theory, this way of life would be ideal for a world free of conflict because everyone would tend to themself, meditating peacefully and causing no disruption to the daily flow of others. Sadly, we live in an industrialized world with bureaucratic systems in place that require citizens to understand and apply the principles of bureaucracy in order to keep society from falling apart. Turning a blind eye on world affairs would grant one peace yes, but that would also mean turning a blind eye on those who struggle, and on those who are not privileged enough to be able to turn their backs on the world.

Ray Bradbury’s Dystopian novel Farenheit 451 depicts a number of symbolic characters, one of them being Captain Beatty. His role is to strip society of all books by overseeing the process of their burning. As Beatty explains the reason for such a system coming to be he says, “Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time” (Bradburry 55). It is clear that Bradburry himself did not support such ideals because the end of his story alludes to the revival of a society that reads, but he used Captain Beatty to enforce the rules of a world he feared. Bradburry feared a population of willfully ignorant beings that would seek comfort before they sought the truth.

Historically education has facilitated positive changes in society culturally and politically. In Robert Strayer’s Ways of the World he suggest that the ideals of the enlightenment era directly correlate with the French, American, and Haitian revolutions (Strayer 782-798). Ideas such as popular sovereignty, separation of church and state, individual thinking, and equality all were radical new concepts that showed themselves in the way new governments were being formed. These ideas circulated across the globe through education. If political leaders of the time chose to be ignorant, these revolutions would have never been fought, and the quality of life in each region would have never improved. It follows then, that willful ignorance obstructs moral progress. Jan Wieland, author of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, emphasizes that people are not improving because they do not want to believe there is room for improvement (Wieland 106). Many people would feel embarrassed to admit that something they’ve done is wrong, so instead they ignore it, and remain complacent. The Atlantic Revolutions of the 18th Century occurred because people were able to recognize that the current systems were no longer effective, and instead of choosing to ignore their government’s inefficiency, they chose to change them.

If one is educated, it is inevitable that they will begin to form their own thoughts and opinions, therefore awareness provides humanity with individuality. Alina Gerall, an english professor at the University of North Carolina and Blake Hobby, an author for Bloom’s Literary Themes, both claim that reading allows one to understand who they are (Gerall and Hobby 142). Reading stories from the perspective of people from different walks of life allows one to understand the diverse opinions people have, and helps them to form their own. To reference the Enlightenment again, that time in history was a revival of individual thought that encouraged nonconformity. (Strayer 782-798). People living during the time recognized that the need to understand gives one purpose and a sense of individuality. And while every now and then it hurts to empathize with others, Gerall and Hobby suggest that the sometimes painful task of thinking is the very thing that gives life its meaning (Gerall and Hobby 145-146).

Clarisse McClellan, another symbolic character in Fahrenheit 451, is the embodiment of individuality. Bradburry paints her as an ‘oddball’ that does not mimic the behaviors of other characters in the novel. Captain Beatty describes her saying “The girl? She was a time bomb… She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl’s better off dead” ( Bradburry 57-58). Clarisse was an individual that was endlessly curious, and some would even say she was an angelic figure because whenever she came around, nature itself became more vivid. But I’d say she was no angel. She was merely a regular girl finding her purpose by asking why.The world is full of chaos and destruction, but it is knowledge that equips humanity with the ability to overcome. Understanding a problem instead of ignoring it will allow one to resolve it, and prevent future problems from arising. Don Shultz, author and editor for Wood Digest Magazine, argues that the stock market crash of 2008 was caused in part by society’s ignorance of the way the economy works (Shultz 20). If people were able to recognize the signs of a failing economy, maybe the aftermath of the crash would have been less devastating for some families. Similarly, in a 2003 United Nations conference Dr. Shigero Omi emphasizes that denial of the AIDS epidemics heightens the risk of further spreading the disease (UN official warns). Shultz provides an example of what education could have prevented, and Dr. Omi provides a scenario that will likely occur if the collective ignorance of nations continues. Both of their messages urge the masses to educate themselves. It is clear that awareness is what prevents suffering, and it is awareness that will end suffering. Choosing to be ignorant of peril, will ultimately end in a crash. It is often said that curiosity killed the cat. And yes, sometimes the truth hurts. But one must remember that satisfaction brought it back. It is curiosity that allows humanity to advance and prosper. As Immanuel Kant once put it:

“It is man’s emergence from his self-imposed… inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance… Dare to Know! Have courage to use your own understanding is therefore the motto of the enlightenment” (qtd. From Strayer 745).

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This research examines several pieces that will be pointing out and showing their uniqueness in diverse ways which were collected in my collection in the Cabinets of Curiosity in another word in the German language is “Wunderkammer” which is known as the Cabinets of Wonder, mainly the famous collections and objects were located in Europe. As Victoria and Albert Museums (2018) established historians have stated that objects were in the prehistory of modern galleries which aimed to reconsider the vital importance of these pieces and the way they connect. The way of collecting substances has developed and changed from the past till the present and the way people look at things differs from one year to the other.

The Cabinets of Curiosity emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by exploring the European’s bizarre collection that explained and represented the world by using the objects. Subsequently, this method may allow researchers and curators to discover a massive number of artworks that were hidden and not in the widespread collections that were worshipped by various societies. As searching and exploring I found out that Sloane was one of the biggest collectors which is now in the British Museum which was connected to Atlantic slavery, As Delbourgo (2018) at the University of Virginia found that Jamaica is a place that consists of violence and slavery. However, in Western Europe slavery was inherited by the huge colonial empire and as the Britain and Netherlands grew to power there, colonization and the mapping of the world shifted the eyes of people outwards and away from Europe. Collectors were now interested in the exotic nature of artifacts hailing from the unknown, the corners of the world that were still off the edge of the map. Furthermore, the date of birth of Cabinet of Wonders began in the sixteenth century at the homes of royalty and aristocrats who were targeted to compose the world, back then the display technique was exposed in the second half of the sixteenth century. According to Quiccheberg (2003), a complete collection consisted of objects dealing with genealogy, handicrafts dating from antiquity to the present, natural specimens, and technical and cultural objects. As he mentioned about the significance value of collecting objects that were valuable to the social and intellectual sense, many collections were shown to the audience in the society but, the extraordinary one was displayed for the royal occasions only.

In the past several years, curators have looked at objects in the Cabinets of Curiosity differently by viewing strange objects in one grouped collection and having a glance of modernity, makers in the past were targeted to have and design their world of imagination. Therefore, in the late eighteenth century, they went out of modernity and they couldn’t be a part of modern museums. So, nowadays curators’ point of view has changed with time. For instance, there was a study conducted that collections now seem to be less valuable because many collections are displayed on art scholar websites online which is a lack of sensing the feeling of the items. But while the Wunderkammer made way for the encyclopedic collections of institutions like the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, they also emphasized a myopic European, moneyed perspective, which has only begun to be reassessed in the last several decades Gotthardt (2019).

To begin with, my cabinets of curiosity are different objects that are collected through different trips that I’ve to in my life which are connected emotionally to my heart and globally to each other. The first object is the rounded wood as shown in (Figure 1) that was collected in 2015 at Six Senses Hotel in Oman it has the feeling of roughness and has a light teak wood color, the story behind this object is that my grandmother told me to ask for permission to keep it so she would create a keychain from it as the days past and she diagnosed in breast cancer then she passed away and she couldn’t be able to create what she promised to. So, instead of that, I decided to store it as a memory in my memories collection. The second item was the wooden Holland shoes that have the name “Klompen” (Figure 2) that were collected in 2010 back then I had a trip to the Netherlands to explore new places in Europe and I had a tour of Zaandam village had many small houses that were located in front of the canal, the meaning behind this item is traditional by having something that is a part of other tradition makes me knowledgeable about the outside world and I believe this what makes it distinctive and unique.

In addition, I had these pairs of shoes since I was 9 years old and I always wanted to wear them for daily use when I was a kid they remind me of my childhood. The third item is the Phonograph (Figure 3), which was used for playing music in the past, it was collected on my birthday in 2017 it was a gift from my parents since am the type of person who loves and appreciates collecting vintage items. So, I decided to place it in my cabinet of wonders, and it consists of an old texture and dusty, the wood is carved with old tools and the gold color of the steel is under the process of rust.

The happy doll was chosen for the cabinets of Curiosity’s fourth element (Figure 4) which was collected in 2010 it was a gift from my father from the United States of America during his treatment visit there in Ohio, I strongly think that this doll reminds me of horror movies and it’s being stored in my storage box because it’s so frustrating and it has strange and unusual colors and doesn’t look like the rest of the collection in my Wunderkammer. Besides, the texture is made of wool and the clothes are out of floral pattern polyester material that is stuffed with cotton whereas, this doll reminds me of the warm days when we were waiting for my father to come from his care trip.

The fifth object is the seashell made out of dried air clay at Zayed University in 2019 as shown in (Figure 5), this object was collected in the art foundations class and created with lots of love and effort during that semester. The steel tea container collected in Turkey is one of their traditional teapots that was used in their everyday routines back then in 2013, it’s made out of steel and it has a few scratches in the middle, this piece is so close to my heart because a young girl that her age was about 8 years old sold this to many people, to have money to be able to live and find herself a shelter. Consequently, the bottle of seawater was collected from Cape Town in 2016 and is considered the seventh item in the collection, the story behind this bottle is that when I went on a trip to Cape Town’s most famous ocean that had a blue vividly colored water, it inspired me and gave me a lot of ideas to create in my digital artworks and illustrations. So, then I decided to collect the seawater in a bottle and keep it in my art room to get motivated every time I was depressed and uncomfortable working.

The eighth item is the tiny turtle that was collected back then at the end of 2019 in Victoria Seychelles which was sold in the airport in a souvenir shop and I insisted on having a memory that would remind me of this place. Thus, the rounded-shaped wood that contains a deep hollow carved in the middle of the ninth object was collected in Abu Dhabi in the past in 2018 in a furniture shop I was looking for things that look realistic like a tree wood or a trunk. To, create a unique project that had the title of nature through the years that was talking about the concerns and the main role of the forests and the beauty of mother nature. Although, the last item in my cabinets of curiosity collection is the wooden scoop which was found and collected beside one of the coffee shops in Brussels in 2016 the barista told me to keep it and remember this day as the years pass and the days because he told me that “Days pass by but memories will always be your friend” and I decided to keep it as a gift and a souvenir at the same time.

To conclude, I believe that the idea of working on the cabinets of curiosity should be completed and still be going on by curators and museums till the present and it should be taught to future artists in their career. Since the concept of modernity is changing and developing every year and the way of seeing things is getting different as the art movements get enlarged and open to the global traditions and cultures all over the world. WWunderkammeo’stoggle between nature and art, between the real and the imagined, allowed collectors to present their versions of the world, Gotthardt (2019). Consequently, the aristocracy appreciated and loved to collect extraordinary and strange objects in the cabinets of curiosity.