The American Chemical Society has reported extensively on attacks
against scientists in Chemical and Engineering News.
As I've discovered recently, just about anything I say can and will be used against me — and indeed
against scientists in general — by very adept crafters of rhetoric.
Not exact matches
Similar legislation failed last year, after it pitted environmental
scientists against businesses and trade groups that benefit from the $ 2 billion market for sun care products
in the U.S.
Like pollsters and data
scientists have been doing for decades, we normalize our data
against U.S. census data, ensuring that our panel of millions accurately matches the U.S. population to remove any age or gender bias (though urban geographies are slightly over-represented
in our panel).
In 2014, 70 prominent
scientists published an open letter pushing back
against the marketing claims made by companies like Lumosity.
Mr. Hawking wins easy battles
against uneducated (
in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common
in all
scientists.
Scientists, for their part, especially those
in the scientific community with burdens
against religion, need to understand that the nature of scientific evidence, method and hypotheses and the nature of theological evidence, method, and hypothesis have more
in common than they might imagine.
Dawkins,
in his mediocre opinions
in The God Delusion: -[1] Fails to support debunked assertions [i.e.can't defend his opinions when they are argued
against by real
scientists and Theologians!]
Interesting - so if you're
against intelligent design, but you're a
scientist AND believe
in God, what is your view on how life began?
It seems that this particular
scientist may have been discriminated
against, yes... but he obviously didn't pay attention
in his physics class when he needed to.
ESCR
scientists are mounting a furious political assault
against the lawsuit, currently back
in Royce Lamberth's court urging that human embryonic stem cell research continue to be funded by the Feds, hoping to pressure the judge to see it their way.
Indeed, the animal rights movement's fury
against the speciesist use of animals» a necessary element for human flourishing, particularly
in medical research» has increased to the point that
scientists are now under threat of death by the most radical liberationists for daring to experiment on rats or monkeys to find cures for cancer and other human afflictions.
So too, a mere glance at the technological advancements mirror the opposite
in mans spiritual advancement, so it stands to reason so called
scientists are
against creationism.
Theologians schooled
in these older traditions often defended them
against the new
scientists.
Actually, this is another
scientist who understands that there isn't a SHRED of proof to indicate that any god exists, and that American kids who are taught creationism will be at a great disadvantage
in the future when they try to compete for jobs
against children with real educations.
The difficulty was, that to say so, even for a
scientist with the factsat his fingertips, was to go
against a powerful and intolerant conventional wisdom: «We liberals», he wrote, «who work
in the fields of global HIV / AIDS and family planning take terrible professional risks if we side with the pope on a divisive topic such as this.
The point is illustrated by the logic which the National Academy of Sciences employed to persuade the Supreme Court that «creation -
scientists» should not be given an opportunity to present their case
against the theory of evolution
in science classes.
Gardner lists five ways
in which these paranoid tendencies manifest themselves: (1) the pseudo-scientist considers himself a genius and (2) regards his colleagues as ignorant blockheads; (3) he believes himself unjustly persecuted and discriminated
against; (4) he focuses his attacks on the greatest
scientists and the best - established theories; and (5) he often employs a complex jargon and
in many cases coins words and phrases (neologisms) of his own.
It's the life sciences, like evolutionary biology and genetics that are often stuck
in the intellectual quicksand of ill - informed, knee - jerk atheism, while the hard sciences are bumping up
against boundaries beyond which their methodology can't take them — boundaries that may define the meeting ground between
scientists and theologians.
If you're a
scientist, you know molecules interacting
in space with a volume the size of the universe even
in a vacuum is not only improbable but it goes
against every law of thermodynamics.
No, I wasted 5 hours listening to him rehash the same old and tired lines about why he believes and how everyone will burn
in hell and how there is all this «real» scientific «evidence,» but the
scientists and the media won't talk about it because they want us to turn
against god.
Finally, the fact that I treat with respect an idea that has much
in its favor, that is believed by the great majority of
scientists, that has no decisive arguments
against it, and that may well turn out to be true — I am speaking here of the scientific theory called neo-Darwinism — is not «appeasement» but intellectual humility and honesty.
Why should we expect investors to see America as a good place to put their money when so many of our people believe
in this junk and actually speak out
against our
scientists?
Dr. Austin, the «
scientist»
in question, is a young earth creationist who went to the site with the stated purpose of finding «proof
against evolution,» gathered material which was a mix of newly formed rock and ancient rock which had been ejected from the mountain, dated them with imprecise methods, and then skewed the results, as thousands of actual
scientists have already reported.
Of still greater significance, perhaps, is the report of Harrison Salisbury, veteran New York Times correspondent who knows modern Russia as well as any Westerner, that «some of the most brilliant Soviet
scientists» are quietly revolting
against the purely materialistic concept of the universe laid down
in Communist dogma.
First, discussion of Intelligent Design's argument
against neo-Darwinism is out of place
in a high - school science classroom because most
scientists working
in the area do not accept the Intelligent Design criticism of neo-Darwinism and because understanding the scientific issues involves sophisticated arguments far beyond the capacity of nonspecialists, let alone high - school students.
It's a gentle version that Brinley gives, and once the New Englandy town of Mammoth Falls starts to believe Dinky Poore's fib about the monster
in Strawberry Lake, The Mad
Scientists» Club picks up another classic element of boys» books» for that's the moment when Henry Mulligan, the club's vice president and chief of research, leans his piano stool back
against the wall of Jeff Crocker's father's barn and begins to think about how the boys could use their radio equipment, a wrap of canvas around a chicken - wire frame, and a quiet outboard fishing motor to make the monster come alive.
In a recent study published in the British Journal of Dermatology, scientists from the University of Manchester revealed that lycopene found in tomato paste offered skin protection against ultraviolet radiation by inhibiting free radical damage and supporting collagen productio
In a recent study published
in the British Journal of Dermatology, scientists from the University of Manchester revealed that lycopene found in tomato paste offered skin protection against ultraviolet radiation by inhibiting free radical damage and supporting collagen productio
in the British Journal of Dermatology,
scientists from the University of Manchester revealed that lycopene found
in tomato paste offered skin protection against ultraviolet radiation by inhibiting free radical damage and supporting collagen productio
in tomato paste offered skin protection
against ultraviolet radiation by inhibiting free radical damage and supporting collagen production.
Thirty - five years ago, three
scientists in Oregon set out to create a fermented ingredient to protect
against microbial spoilage and extend the shelf - life of food products.
is a call to defend life and freedom
against this oppressive claws of corporate control,» stated Cristino Panerio, National Coordinator of the Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), a local farmer -
scientist movement
in the forefront of campaigns
against golden rice commercialization
in the past decade.
In recent years, the fight
against ocean plastic pollution has gone from a preoccupation of marine
scientists to a movement embraced by everyone from schoolchildren to Queen Elizabeth II, galvanized by images of trash - strewn seas and sea turtles choking on plastic straws and other consumer castaways.
PRO: Assuming
scientists could harness it, Westbrook's spite
in an NBA Finals series
against Kevin Durant could generate enough power to light the Eastern seaboard for a week.
When Time magazine senior editor Jeffrey Kluger contacted the authors of some of the studies cited by William Sears for an article he wrote
in May 2012, the
scientists said it was unfair that Sears had used their work as evidence
against sleep training.
The case is just the latest
in a series of actions
against scientists, including a writ
against Peter Wilmshurst, heart specialist at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, by American firm NMT Medical, for suggesting medical trials into one of its devices had been described inaccurately.
Thirty leading
scientists and science educators including Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor Michael Reiss, and five national organisations have signed up to a new statement calling for the extension of teaching of evolution
in school science and firmer statutory guidance
against the promotion of creationism.
The other side of the «green» argument
against nuclear power is the fear by some climate
scientists that carbon emissions
in New York could increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of nuclear power plants close.
Once you have received permission to syndicate an article as detailed
in the sections above, if you wish to translate it you do not need our permission to do so, as long as the following statement appears alongside the translation: «(Title of magazine) agrees to indemnify New
Scientist Ltd and New
Scientist against any claim arising from incorrect or misleading translation»
In a talk at AAAS on 10 October, Michael Posner, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, called for
scientists to speak out
against digital repression.
AAAS President Susan Hockfield and APS President Laura H. Greene, whose scientific societies represent more than 170,000
scientists and engineers, called on Rouhani to step
in and examine «irregularities»
in the handling of charges leveled
against the a 45 - year - old Djalali.
Now, an Indiana University faculty member who studies the spread of misinformation online is joining prominent legal scholars, social
scientists and researchers
in a global «call to action»
in the fight
against it.
Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Regarding Fingerprint Reporting Guidelines [March 28, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018 Omnibus Bill Funds for Scientific Research [March 23, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018 Omnibus Funding Bill [March 22, 2018] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Death of Rep. Louise Slaughter [March 16, 2018] AAAS CEO Urges U.S. President and Congress to Lift Funding Restrictions on Gun Violence Research [March 13, 2018] AAAS Statements on Elections and Paper Ballots [March 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President's 2019 Budget Plan [February 12, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018 Budget Deal and Continuing Resolution [February 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address [January 30, 2018] AAAS Statement on Continuing Resolution Urges FY 2018 Final Omnibus Bill [January 22, 2018] AAAS Statement on U.S. Government Shutdown [January 20, 2018] Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding
Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting
Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out
Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest
in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding
in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of
Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal
Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28, 2016]
The paper will provide a human rights framework and case examples to support Coalition members» advocacy
against travel restrictions that are imposed on
scientists, engineers, and health professionals (e.g.,
scientists being prohibited from traveling abroad to participate
in meetings; bans on nationals from specific countries traveling into a country to attend conferences or pursue research; etc.) The Project Leader will develop the project plan, invite co-authors to contribute, and coordinate with the Secretariat regarding editing and dissemination.
Through our partnership, we discovered that research is not the only way that
scientists can make a positive difference
in the fight
against cancer.
Some parents caught
in the crossfire between
scientists and charlatans have decided,
against all reason, that the vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they protect
against.
The Telegraph
in the United Kingdom said: «U.S.
scientists back gene editing but warn
against «designer babies.
But
scientists are now turning to the natural sunscreen of algae — which is also found
in fish slime — to make a novel kind of shield
against the sun's rays that could protect not only people, but also textiles and outdoor materials.
The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate
scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal battles
against researchers who use animals
in their studies and opponents of genetically modified organisms seeking to expose the emails of
scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.
Illnerova and many Eastern and Central European colleagues worry that, despite painful reforms undertaken since the fall of communism, their countries may not be able to compete
against vastly better funded and equipped
scientists in the West.
Now, for the first time the JMU
scientists crystallized an antibody effective
against Sclerostin and analysed its mode of action
in detail.
But on Facebook, where news of the lawsuit was initially posted Tuesday, Mann said the lawsuit was part of «a battle» to assist climate
scientists in the fight
against those who attack their work.