Sentences with phrase «concerns around science»

And also like Haraway, she playfully and critically owns concerns around science and technology, along with the ethical issues that may arise out of their continuously shifting, influences on society; and, thus not owned by or weighed down by them.

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With these concerns in mind, this initiative examines China's evolving life sciences sector and the implications for innovation and international harmonization around drug approvals, clinical trials, and market regulations.

I'm feeling pretty positive about the whole «secondary education'thing - there are some very good text - books around, and I realise that these days most science experiments have to be done by a teacher, for safety concerns, so we can probably do almost everything at home - or else find something on TV or the Internet.

But as you can imagine, in this day of budget cutting in countries around the world, Antarctic science programs are being sliced, so there is this concern that it's a place also that could be kind of forgotten in the not so distant future, and that would be a tragedy because as that ice melts and if it can specifically continues to melt at the rate it is now, that will impact all of the world's oceans.

The switch, announced 24 September, marks yet another twist in a political tale that has captivated and concerned conservationists around the world (Science, 25 September, p. 1931).

Food4Me researchers studied the key public concerns and commercial, cultural, knowledge and legal issues around personalised nutrition science.

The difference between affluent and poor students is around three years of schooling, it equates to about three years of schooling in each maths, science and reading literacy — that is really, very concerning.

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

If your dog is showing signs of concern around children in the family by consistently moving away from the kids, stiffening at their approach, lifting their lips or even growling, you should immediately contact a professional trainer who uses a positive, science - based approach.

Studio Museum assistant curator Naima J. Keith and independent curator Zoe Whitley have collected over 60 works by 29 international artists around the concept of «Afrofuturism,» a term coined in 1994 by theorist Mark Dery to indicate an aesthetic mode that intermingles pan-African concerns with science fiction and fantasy imagery.

President - elect Obama has much on his plate, but I would encourage him to establish a high - level Science Advisory Board and to make clear to those around him, including members of Congress, that science, not politics, would inform his decision - making in every appropriate area of cScience Advisory Board and to make clear to those around him, including members of Congress, that science, not politics, would inform his decision - making in every appropriate area of cscience, not politics, would inform his decision - making in every appropriate area of concern.

Like the ideological think tanks and Astroturf groups discussed later in this report, these front groups are not interested in educating the public about the large body of science that supports concern that greenhouse gases are threatening people around the world and the ecological systems on which they depend.

CB: When you look across the Atlantic and you see the way that climate science is being politicised across the political divide, but not least by the current president of the United States, in terms of the US — and it has been, historically, a key contributor to the global body of knowledge around climate science — do you have concerns about the way that some of the climate science seems to be under this kind of political pressure at the moment?

More than 91 percent of young people around the world agree that science has proven humans are responsible for climate change — in fact, climate change and the destruction of nature is their top concern three years running.

«We need to keep kids» curiosity about science alive and not limit their ability to understand the world around them by exposing them to misinformation,» Brenda Ekwurzel, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Reuters.

We've listened to scientists who know their way around the debate within the atmospheric science and climatological communities and they're concerned that publicity about global warming is driving energy and environmental policy instead of good science.