For example, just having basic scientific knowledge helped me to grasp ideas and manage projects in fields as diverse as pharmaceutical chemistry, nanotechnology, robotics, agricultural engineering, and medical devices. (sciencemag.org)
One purpose of FAL is to obtain basic scientific knowledge to assist in political decisions on nutrition, agriculture, forestry, and consumer issues. (sciencemag.org)
They seem to suffer from unquenchable and mystical faith in alarmism and leave their everyday experience, common sense and basic scientific knowledge at the door. (judithcurry.com)