Sentences with phrase «explains phenomena»

All in all, these incidents have led to a search for a unified theory that explains the phenomena — what could be killing all of these animals?

It is used to develop a theory which in some sense explains the phenomena.

It also helps explain another phenomenon: Why the two most famous whistleblowers of the last few years happen to be a product of Generation Y.

PsyBlog quotes Peter K. Jonason, one of the researchers who documented the correlation, to explain the phenomenon: «Those who scored highly on the Dark Triad traits [narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy] are, like many other predators such as lions and scorpions, creatures of the night.

This could explain the phenomenon of doing easy jobs on «autopilot», not remembering a morning commute after arriving in the office, or experiencing other bouts of unexplained forgetfulness.

Color psychologist Angela Wright explains the phenomenon this way: «Color travels to us on wavelengths of photons from the sun.

If a light bulb of recognition went off in your head upon reading that, be comforted that Horowitz not only explains the phenomenon but also offers a solution to help businesses avoid it.

This means that scientists could claim that anything could be real and could explain all phenomena and the basis for accepting such ideas is because nobody has yet to prove that such a thing exists.

Behe presented the evidence for his hypothesis, Ken Miller proved how each piece of evidence he put forward was false, and the theory of evolution once again proved to be the top candidate to explain the phenomena of biological changes over time.

As I've pointed out, there have been instances in the past where people explained phenomena with spiritual answers, only to have those explanation later debunked by science.

My own way of explaining this phenomenon is that these young people (who are most intelligent and can not be fooled by so much sham in present society) are really looking for a meaningful faith, for a satisfying form of transcendence.

There are a bunch of books by physicists like Hawking or Lawrence Krauss that explain this phenomena.

How does one explain the phenomenon of a tradition — a tradition which nourishes and limits its constituents — on this hypothesis?

The scientific method is limited to using evidence from the natural world to explain phenomena.

A theory is a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principal or body of principals offered to explain phenomena.

The reason for this is that such a position can itself be held in good faith, as far as it goes: one can, without logical inconsistency, maintain that the laws of nature (if completely understood) do (or could) explain the phenomena studied in the sciences.

Among primitive peoples the spirits are invoked to explain phenomena which are especially mysterious or exciting or momentous.

That's the only thing that explains this phenomenon.

Where they explained the phenomena in terms of gods and spirits, we do so in terms of electrons and quarks, gravity and nuclear forces, DNA and chromosomes, immune systems and amino acids, neurons and synapses.

The basic realities they conceptualized in order to explain the phenomena and natural events of their world they spoke of as gods and spirits.

But we must insist that the crux of the matter is to explain the phenomena present in the texts.

He thinks it is a hypothesis for explaining phenomena until science can give the true explanation, or someone to frighten children until they realize that nothing extraordinary happens if they are naughty.

Reynolds and others have toyed with a number of theories to explain this phenomenon, and of course, I have my own — I have spoken, after all, of «Rock... [setting] a certain pattern of middle - class mixtery - music that was doomed from the beginning to fall into its now - obvious mode of Perpetual Repetition.»

The authors allow that rational choice theory is unlikely to explain a phenomenon such as Mother Teresa in «all its fullness,» but they conclude that, «While not sufficient by itself and certainly not the only interpretation the data will bear, rational choice theory provides a valuable addition to the arsenal of analytic approaches to religion.»

I explained the phenomena as partly due to explicitly conscious processes of thought and will, but as due largely also to the subconscious incubation and maturing of motives deposited by the experiences of life.

This contemporaneous or nearly contemporaneous view of the tragic king explains the phenomenon of his emotional instability in its own terms: the positive character of the younger Saul («the Spirit of Yahweh...» i m: 6) is not now merely neutralized, it is negativized!

The second is the analytical obsession with the ideal of explaining phenomena (such as life and mind) solely in terms of their constituent elements.

Apparently both the participants and the observers explained the phenomenon as a temporary seizure by «the Spirit of God.»

There is no doubt that throughout history, the intervention of God, or of supernatural beings, has been invoked where now we could explain phenomena by purely physical causes, in other words «scientifically».

The survey notes but does not explain this phenomenon.

At the academic level form criticism is the single most important development in the history of the discussion of our problem, for it provides what must be regarded as the only satisfactory understanding of the nature of the synoptic gospel material — satisfactory, that is, from the viewpoint of being able to explain the phenomena demonstrably present in the texts themselves.

Kuhn argues that the Enlightenment view of history is inadequate, and inappropriate to the gospels, but whereas Strauss turned to the concept of myth to explain the phenomena of the gospels, Kuhn argues that there are two kinds of history: history and sacred history.

This book simply explains the phenomenon of the winter solstice, and how and why it came to be celebrated by peoples around the world.

Some researchers have explained this phenomenon by saying, «moving parts get broken.»

I have been patiently explaining this phenomenon for years, sharing blog posts like this one from Annie at PhD in Parenting, this one from sons & daughters photography, and personal stories as to why and content to leave it at that.

In recent years, many scholars have turned to a classic body of work on the cost of participating in and organizing collective action to explain phenomena such as the Dean and Obama campaigns.

Working together, they will develop and test a variety of learning experiences in which students use online simulations to model energy - releasing and energy - requiring reactions, analyze and interpret data to make predictions about energy phenomena, and use evidence from their own observations or from simplified versions of scientific articles to explain phenomena and construct and critique arguments.

It successfully explained phenomena such as radioactivity and antimatter, and no other theory can match its description of how light and particles behave on small scales.

TeVeS has already passed a crucial first test, Milgrom says, because it can be used to explain the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, a cosmic optical illusion in which matter bends light.

In the eighty years since its invention, it has helped to explain phenomena ranging from the glow of radium to the detonation of stars, and yielded such potent technologies as lasers and computer chips.

The wind speeds and directions predicted by the climate model explain phenomena such as the dominance of the seas by the Iron Fleet, the likely attack plans of invading dragon hordes from Essos, and the trading routes between Westeros and the Free cities across the Narrow Sea.

She says that BAM's map, while useful, may still not explain phenomena like consciousness and cognitive function, which probably emerge at a broader scale.

But the many models put forward to explain the phenomenon are «a long way from being realistic», says Clement.

Explaining the phenomenon, the article noted that it is so difficult for scientists to find a permanent position in Germany that those below the age of 40 are often forced to take short - term employment without any financial or residential stability.

The study also suggests that the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers in recent decades may explain a phenomenon that has long puzzled scientists — why Arctic and sub-Arctic rivers have increased their water flow during the winter even without a correlative increase in rain or snowfall.

Now, a team of researchers reports that fresh, new - growth leaves may best explain the phenomenon.

Compulsive practice might enhance these skills over time, but Snyder contends that practice alone can not explain the phenomenon.

In an introduction to the special JSTE issue, editors Joseph Krajcik and Ibrahim Delen call attention to the current challenges posed by NGSS, which calls for a shift from classrooms where ideas are merely presented to students to those where «students grapple with data and ideas and use those ideas to explain phenomena and design solutions to problems.»

The understanding of such ventilation - controlled fires helped explain another phenomenon that turned fire investigation on its ear, says Richard Custer, a former fire researcher who is now a senior fire consultant with Arup, an international engineering firm.

They would also help explain phenomena such as quantum entanglement or the nature of elementary particles.