Sentences with phrase «change science into»

The program will include supporting teacher training in STEM fields to incorporate climate change science into K - 12 curricula, and improving quality and access to higher education for green collar jobs and public education.

HabitatSeven was tasked with bringing climate change science into the digital age through a highly shareable architecture and mobile first design.

I have started a blog called the Climate Pioneer (theclimatepioneer.org) in which I aim, among other things, aiming to translate credible climate change science into common - speak for people like myself with a science background but who are at the same time not grounded in climate science jargon.

In 2016, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in part for bringing ocean and climate change science into K - 12 classrooms.

Not exact matches

And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

When one man who has disrupted the energy, automotive and space industries, and another who connected nearly 2 billion individuals in the same social network, make major moves in neuroscience, somehow it feels like science fiction is evolving into history, and that our lives are about to change in unprecedented ways.

With all these innovative leaders, you can hear about the best practices to optimization innovation across different forms of industry, how material science is changing the world of innovation, and how innovation takes flight into the new space economy.

Whether it is changing text books to teach religion as a «science,» making laws that prohibit stem - cell research which would without question help those in need, to stopping of any kind of gay rights, trying to put religion (christianity) into schools, a woman's right to choose, etc, etc...

Science drastically changes every decade, and what was true one decade is often turned upside down the next, so it is often difficult to put much credence into anything.

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky — This could count as a picture book, I guess — the illustrations are so charming — but it's written with older girls in mind so I tucked it into this section.

For those who think in this way, changing the structures of thought and perception built into so much of our science would be too indirect a contribution to the relief of suffering to be a true expression of Buddhist compassion.

(before religion or science) Therefore, the monotheistic code / pattern to the life cycle of water that never ceases to exist but only changes into one of its three energy determined forms is a valid example of the «perfectly infinite» (oxymoron term) actuality of «matter» / «Hope» /» God.»

On the way she touches on the application of science and technology to sex and reproduction, dips into literature to illustrate changing attitudes in the halfcentury between Nevil Shute and Bridget Jones, considers sexual compatibility in the light of the Song of Songsand writes well on the psychology of marriage and self - giving.

Al Gore's persona has been polarizing enough to help make climate change one of the most politicized topics of the day — turning even «science» itself into something of a wedge issue.

As perhaps the first environmental sciences graduate from Stanford (he shares that story in depth in the podcast), Greg started his career when a book literally fell off a shelf and into his lap at a bookstore — and forever changed his life.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

As of 2016, the mechanism and effects of climate change are integrated into the Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks for grades 9 - 12.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

«The science is really becoming quite clear into the effects of fossil fuel extraction and consumption, and so renewable energy development is important to make our state more resilient in the face of climate change and these challenges.

He also covered topics including clean energy - taking a dig at climate change doubters by suggesting his party «still believes in science» - as well as renewing manufacturing, easing student loan debt by allowing Americans to refinance them long - term, bringing more people into the workforce and providing equal pay.

This will likely translate into major increases for at least some science and technology programs this year, followed by more modest changes next year.

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

Changing technology and fickle humans are pushing art into the science of aggregating surveys

A team of dairy science experts provides valuable insights into these changes, as well as the science behind them, and also identify knowledge gaps and further research needs.

Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over coming years.

Montillo uses the classic novel Frankenstein as her starting point to explore the shady science and changing social mores that inspired Mary Shelley's 1818 tale, and folds details of Shelley's personal life into a broader history of early anatomists and alchemists.

Today's studies, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health, provide new insights into how experience might produce long - term brain changes in behaviors like drug addiction and memory formation.

Silver Award: Llewellyn Smith and Kelly Thomson WGBH / NOVA «Poisoned Water» May 31, 2017 NOVA investigated the science behind the disastrous results that occurred when officials in Flint, Michigan decided to change the city's water source to save money but ─ by overlooking a crucial corrosion control process ─ allowed lead from old lead water pipes to leach into the city's drinking water.

As Lucien Criblez explains, «The insights arising from the natural sciences brought new knowledge into the classroom in the 19th and 20th centuries, and this changed the knowledge system in our schools.

Anne Larigauderie, executive director of Paris - based Diversitas, a facilitator for biodiversity science, says that the IPBES could turn the «fragmented» field of biodiversity research into a more coordinated «common enterprise» that will lead to better models of future biodiversity changes.

The change is designed to put Science's website into better alignment with industry standards.

Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»

«Materials change properties when you enter into this new world,» says James Yardley, director of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at Columbia University.

However, many industry insiders say these changes are opening up unique opportunities for researchers who focus on translating basic science into real - world cures and are eager to explore the molecular mechanisms of disease, test hypotheses, and do work that benefits patients.

Instead of trying to change its stripes, Kamen suggested, NSF should leverage its money by supporting efforts like FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a student robotics competition Kamen began in 1992 that has grown into an international extravaganza through corporate backing.

«In studying one of the most dramatic episodes of global change since the end of the age of the dinosaurs, these scientists show that we are currently in uncharted territory in the rate carbon is being released into the atmosphere and oceans,» says Candace Major, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research.

Sessions will include: «Climate Change: Rights and Responsibilities,» «Human Rights and Professional Ethics: Developments and Dilemmas,» and «The Next Generation: Incorporating Human Rights into Science Curricula.»

Stepping into that gap — at the request of the Danish government — will be the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, a collection of the world's top scientists and economists set to meet in Copenhagen in March 2009 to deliver an updated state of the science on global warming.

This recombination of DNA rings into the long chromosomes of today's animal species would have allowed proteins to evolve much more swiftly than simple mutational changes would allow, argues Edward Trifonov of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

The 2017 Climate Science Special Report, which lays out the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, will be rolled into the fourth National Climate Assessment, set to be released in late 2018.

Indeed, Eric Skyllingstad, a COAS professor of atmospheric sciences, says in an interview with Science Careers that the position has a real potential to «change into a research or tenure - track faculty» job.

The name derives from an April 2010 report issued by the two group, called The Path Forward, that spelled out needed changes to U.S. graduate education, including a shorter time to degree, fewer dropouts, and attracting more minorities into science.

The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.

All of the interviewees participated in «On - Ramps into Academia» workshops, which were held from 2009 to 2012 by UW's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change and offered a new approach to increase women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math departments.

«The information to support this dual effort is available in academic journals, but translating the information into a usable and practical format available to the right people at the right time is key to changing the way co-endemic diseases are controlled,» says Claire J. Standley, PhD, MSc, assistant research professor with Georgetown's Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS).

Clouds and their role in keeping the Earth's surface cool by reflecting sunlight back into space have been one of the biggest uncertainties of climate change science.

Editor Caroline van den Brul has changed Antenna into a brash weekly half - hour synthesis of the tricks of pop science television.

The recent paper, published August 30 in Science Advances, found that without significant changes, Jordan could face lower rainfall, much higher temperatures and as much as a 75 percent decline in water flowing into the country from Syria.

«Is it worth all the difficulties of staying in science, or would it be easier to change careers or go into a nonresearch area of science?»

The research in Science and Nature Climate Change, although on two different topics, fits into a growing body of knowledge about the side effects of ice loss.