Sentences with phrase «for science in action»

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Robert Cialdini's seminal book is a must - have for anybody who's interested in the science behind what makes people take action.

The companies include Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Co., BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Peabody Energy Corp. «The American people deserve answers from the fossil fuel corporations about their actions to massively deceive the public in regards to climate science,» Lieu and Welch wrote in a letter to their House colleagues asking for their support.

On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries of biology in state - of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; early - stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage Building — the original brick façade of the old Toronto General Hospital.

Although fully familiar with the enormous power of modern science, medicine and technology, he held high Christian love as the answer to human needs in the broadest sense: «If you have Christian love,» he declared to a stunned audience, «you have motive for existence, a guide for action, a reason for courage, an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty.»

It is this kind of «hate - speech» which led to the burning down of 77 churches in Norway by militant atheists and which at the most extreme end of the atheist movement leads to comments such as this from the Church Arson website «Any intelligent Antichrist methodology at that point will involve a consolidation of strength, public education in the ways of science and logic for our individual members, and actions taken against the remaining believers.

It's a way for science to show that gravity was absolutely present and involved in setting the universe as we know it now in motion, but it it doesn't say that it caused the matter and energy to spring into existence, only into action.

Provided that physical science maintains its denial of «action at a distance,» the safer guess is that direct objectification is practically negligible except for contiguous occasions; but that this practical negligibility is a characteristic of the present cosmic epoch, without any metaphysical generality (Process and Reality, An Essay in Cosmology 468 - 469).

Another example of a linguistic / conceptual difference between Aristotelian thought and modern science is that the former usually envisions the action of one thing upon another (for example fire heating iron), whereas in modern physics the physical world is explained in terms of mutual «interactions».

Does the ferment in the physical sciences mean there is room for divine and human action after all?

Science and metaphysics too, providing the latter is viewed as a natural mode of cognition and is not unconsciously supplemented by theological knowledge about God's saving action in the history of redemption, can each from their own angle quite well think of God as the transcendent ground of all reality, of its existence and of its becoming, as the primordial reality comprising everything, supporting everything, but precisely for that reason can not regard him as a partial factor and component in the reality with which we are confronted, nor as a member of its causal series.

Specific notions of deity, and of divine action, that have figured in theistic conceptual systems of long - past civilizations have certainly been influenced by then - prevailing technology — the ways in which people made their living.5 In our own time, recent developments in technology and in science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrotin theistic conceptual systems of long - past civilizations have certainly been influenced by then - prevailing technology — the ways in which people made their living.5 In our own time, recent developments in technology and in science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrotin which people made their living.5 In our own time, recent developments in technology and in science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrotIn our own time, recent developments in technology and in science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrotin technology and in science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrotin science have had major influence on how the object of religion is conceived, at least for some theists.6 Whitehead wrote:

Perhaps there is a possible future in which art, science, and technology are more nearly one, in which rationality is explicitly informed by value and action shaped by a concern for the goods of those on whom it impinges.

- This is adapted from a recipe in the January - February (paper copy only) Nutrition Action newsletter, a publication of the Centers for Science in the Public Interest.

We request that you fully review the facts, law, and science in this case and take the «no action» alternative to maintain the regulated status for GE alfalfa.

The technology platforms that will drive the industry will be those that can combine data science with deep industry intelligence in order to draw attention to the right issues and opportunities and make concrete recommendations for action.»

This area of science clearly demonstrates the need for enabling technologies and ecosystem actions to be considered together in order to unlock the benefits for Australian businesses and consumers.

Her awards include UCLA's Psychology in Action Award for excellence in communicating psychological research to audiences beyond academia as well as honorable mention for the National Science Foundation's GSRF.

All I knew about training dogs was what I had learned in Science class about animals being made to behave in certain ways through rewards and punishments, so I naively (stupidly, actually) assumed that I could get Vicky to act in the ways that I had wanted by rewarding her for her good actions and punishing her for her bad ones.

Carol is a member of the Expecting More team that is creating state - of - the - science maternity care decision aids; co-author of 2010 direction - setting companion reports: «2020 Vision for a High - Quality, High - Value Maternity Care System» and «Blueprint for Action»; lead author of the Milbank Report Evidence - based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve; a co-investigator of three path - breaking national Listening to Mothers surveys; founding author of a quarterly evidence column (2003 - 07) that continues to be published in midwifery and nursing journals; author of an annual column in Birth (2006 --RRB-; and guest editor of special issues on Transforming Maternity Care, The Nature and Management of Labor Pain, and cesarean section overuse.

And while the science may be disputed, depending on who is funding the study, as to whether commonly used food dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40 and 6 others made from petroleum pose a «rainbow of risks» that include hyperactivity in children, cancer (in animal studies), and allergic reactions, because of the problem of hyperactivity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout science may be disputed, depending on who is funding the study, as to whether commonly used food dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40 and 6 others made from petroleum pose a «rainbow of risks» that include hyperactivity in children, cancer (in animal studies), and allergic reactions, because of the problem of hyperactivity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout Europe.

Furthermore, Baby Milk Action does not wish to acknowledge the lack of verifiable «science» underlying its calls for total breastfeeding through 3 years of age, especially in Hong Kong where there are minimal concerns about unsanitary drinking water required for use of powdered follow - on formula.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy gaction» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy gAction Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

«We shouldn't be waiting until we have absolute proof that there's a problem before we start taking action because if we wait too long we really are asking people to be in a weird science experiment that they didn't sign up for.»

Learn about the science of chocolate, watch bungee jumpers in action or hear about the latest scientific research - there is something for everyone.

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314 Action is proud to stand with their campaigns and what they represent — a call for evidence - based policymaking and a return to science, facts and reason in the halls of power,» Naughton said.

Mike Frick, senior project officer for the Treatment Action Group, which advocates for research to overcome HIV, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis, explained how the right to science has come to inform TAG's work on tuberculosis in particular.

The Senate panel's action also runs counter to the House Appropriations Committee, which decided to stick with the White House proposal to eliminate funding for the ARPA - E, a program designed to promote «revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied sciences» and further the nation's standing as a global leader in innovation.

Award Winner Look for the announcement of the winner of the Science in Action Award in June.

Russell, who founded the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences to foster interaction between science and religion in California in 1981 (before Polkinghorne was ordained), eventually teamed with the Vatican Observatory to launch a Divine Action Program.

We asked them a simple question: What are the top 10 actions that policymakers in Washington could take to keep America in the lead in science and technology for the 21st Century?

«Moreover, the latest developments in climate science lend greater urgency to the case for action: Effects on natural systems are already being observed and recent findings concerning the potential scope and magnitude of damages from future warming are increasingly worrisome,» the report says.

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«In moving from two to four degrees you really do see, in all our best estimates, a major increase in the level of action required,» says climate - adaptation expert Mark Stafford Smith, science director for Australia's national science agencIn moving from two to four degrees you really do see, in all our best estimates, a major increase in the level of action required,» says climate - adaptation expert Mark Stafford Smith, science director for Australia's national science agencin all our best estimates, a major increase in the level of action required,» says climate - adaptation expert Mark Stafford Smith, science director for Australia's national science agencin the level of action required,» says climate - adaptation expert Mark Stafford Smith, science director for Australia's national science agency.

To be sure, plenty of «action - oriented recommendations structured for immediate implementation» are included in the report, after the expectedly dismal picture of the status of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering is painted.

What is needed in order to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities in science, engineering, and technological fields is a push for a new and concrete plan of action, with mandatory implementation guidelines, adopted at the national level which focuses on transitioning women and underrepresented minorities into positions of power.

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And it is also clear — even to the negotiators who also agreed to be «informed» by the science expected from the International Government Panel on Climate Change's next assessment report in 2013 — that neither the «Durban Platform for Enhanced Action» nor the extended Kyoto Protocol are equal to the task of restraining ever - rising greenhouse gas emissions.

Further investigation could help researchers find ways to block the microbe's action, leading to better treatments for colorectal cancer, says microbiologist Yi Xu of Texas A&M University Health Science Center in Houston.

At present, the association provides an excellent environment for the exchange of information, discussion, and collective action on specific issues related to Marie Curie Fellows and on broader issues, such as careers in science, which concern the community of young European scientists.

But a serendipitous discovery may someday give doctors a new countermeasure against the disease: Researchers report in tomorrow's Science that they have identified a possible mechanism of action for «lethal factor» (LF), a toxic protein produced by the anthrax bacillus that is thought to be one of the principal causes of death in infected individuals.

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

The project makes the case for the prioritisation of conservation actions in Peninsular Malaysia guided by science, in consultation with a wide range of key stakeholders.

«On the science perspective, which is the basis for taking action, you're getting very very mixed messages from this government,» Will Steffen, an adjunct professor at The Australian National University, said in an interview.

«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.

«The science on health impacts - together with many personal stories - overwhelmingly supports the need for a phase out,» said Margaret Reeves, a senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network, in a statement.