Sentences with phrase «classic experiments where»

Most people think of the «marshmallow experiment,» he said, referring to the classic experiment where children were tested for their ability to delay gratification by giving them the choice between one marshmallow now or two marshmallows a few minutes later.

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One of the classics here and based on where you are with sugar cravings, I'd say to air this one with caution for a period of time whilst you recalibrate your tastebuds and experiment with lower sugar porridge toppings.
Where the classic experiment demonstrates that physicists» observations determine the behavior of a photon in the present, Wheeler's version shows that our observations in the present can affect how a photon behaved in the past.
The story is about a contemporary take on the classic super-hero team - four young scientist are involved in an experiment where they find themselves teleported to another dimension.
Howey creates a very smart story, where social issues are played out on the different planets and societies that Molly and Cole are forced to visit — and it's this part of story that is classic SF thought - experiment, the kind I love to soak up.
There are a ton of classic games out there where a laughable case of the sniffles turns into a serious case of the human munchies, or a top - secret, cool sounding experiment goes terribly wrong (becaus...
To take just one fairly representative example, in the classic Rothampstead experiments in England where arable land was allowed to revert to deciduous temperate woodland, soil organic carbon increased 300 - 400 % from around 20 t / ha to 60 - 80 t / ha (or about 20 - 40 tons per acre) in less than a century (Jenkinson & Rayner 1977).
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