I was curious about your opinion, but you seem to be more interested in unrelated personal
issues than the science.
Not exact matches
But rather
than incentivize teaching innovation that would allow
science educators to discuss religion and ethics --- for example, creationism in light of evolution and vice versa, or the scientific and ethical implications of stem cells and in vitro fertilization — many teachers are afraid to even mention these
issues, despite their importance, for fear of losing their jobs.
The American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the world's largest general scientific society with more than 130,000 members and over 262 affiliated societies and academies of science including over 10 million individuals, has made several statements and issued several press releases in support of evo
Science, the world's largest general scientific society with more
than 130,000 members and over 262 affiliated societies and academies of
science including over 10 million individuals, has made several statements and issued several press releases in support of evo
science including over 10 million individuals, has made several statements and
issued several press releases in support of evolution.
Rather
than allow this experience to float free of the moorings of actual
science, as Jurgen Moltmann appears to do, we would prefer to ground it in the dynamic of scientific observation, along the lines indicated in this
issue's Notes from Across the Atlantic.
At the same time, however, Christian
Science has a clearer relation to
issues before the Christian world
than it has had for many decades.
The fairly ubiquitous failure of contemporary Catholic thought to respect the findings of modern
science as anything more
than interesting and handy measurement and mathematics is charted in this
issue by Stephen Barr, John Haldane and David Brown.
These problems are of such magnitudes and complexity that the quality of the future of our planetary existence now confronts us as something more
than just a theoretical or imaginative
issue first detailed for us by the writers of
science fiction.
The same
issue of the Daily Telegraph concluded its comments in an editorial: «How refreshing to be able to report a possible breakthrough that narrows rather
than widens the gulf between cutting - edge
science and traditional morality.»
Ultimately, this book, while good, is little more
than an introduction to some of the key themes and
issues surrounding the interpretation and understanding of Genesis 1 in light of modern
science.
Rather
than make their case from scripture, the couple have approached the
issue from another angle, as DeVon explains: «There's a tremendous amount of
science and research been done to show there's value in practising delayed gratification.
This I can not square away — however, I look at the gay
issue much differently
than most — I think it's much to complicated and we are jumping the gun by saying we just accept gay marriage — or it's an evil sin — what about the
science that says testosterone starts forming around the babies brain when they are only 8 weeks into the womb?
We will again exist in a world of subjects rather
than a world of objects, and such a world will call for a new type of
science and a changed role for technology.44 Compared with such a revolution the
issues separating liberals and Marxists are relatively minor.
This is too complex an
issue to discuss here, but I would submit that if understanding rather
than prediction is the goal of
science, models can not be replaced by predictive mathematical formalisms.
The
issue goes even further to suggest that no country should be able to require mandatory GMO labeling on food items, even though
science shows that GMOs act differently in the body
than do natural organisms and are a threat to health.
Consumers who prefer dark chocolate in solid form tolerate twice the amount of bitter ingredients in chocolate ice cream
than those who prefer milk chocolate, according to new study published in the August
issue of the Journal of Dairy
Science.
After five years of watching bad
science, defensiveness from both sides, and extremist advocacy rather
than balance, I've written an article which is an appeal for nuance on the
issue of low carbohydrate diets.
Scientists have invented a new class of dry batteries — the kind used in flashlights, for example — that have greater capacity and a faster discharge rate
than ones on the market today, according to a report in tomorrow's
issue of
Science.
Some subpopulations of yellow warblers may be genetically better equipped to adapt to climate changes
than others, according to a new study in the January 5
issue of
Science.
MARIETTE DICHRISTINA, ACTING EDITOR IN CHIEF, REPLIES: We hold White's work in high regard, but the editorial was published more
than a month before the
Science special
issue.
The technology, to appear as the cover article in the March 20 print
issue of
Science, allows ready - to - use products to be made 25 to 100 times faster
than other methods and creates previously unachievable geometries that open opportunities for innovation not only in health care and medicine, but also in other major industries such as automotive and aviation.
A comprehensive and technically sophisticated study published in the May 7
issue of
Science, «A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome,» by Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologists Richard E. Green, Svante Pääbo and 54 of their colleagues, demonstrates that «between 1 and 4 % of the genomes of people in Eurasia are derived from Neandertals» and that «Neandertals are on average closer to individuals in Eurasia
than to individuals in Africa.»
For most species, the overall rate of harmful mutations was much less
than 0.5 per individual per generation, the researchers report in the 13 October
issue of
Science — too low to justify sexual reproduction.
According to a 2014 analysis by the National Committee of Scientific Research (CoNRS), which advises the CNRS on
science policy
issues and participates in the recruitment of young researchers, the CNRS alone has lost more
than 800 permanent positions between 2002 and 2012.
Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more
than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26
issue of the journal
Science.
Moreover, the entire article is gainsaid by a massive meta - analysis study by Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and his colleagues published in the September
issue of the peer - reviewed journal Psychological
Science in the Public Interest, showing that «there is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial causes of sexual orientation
than social causes.»
On January 11, President Bush's
science advisor John H. Marburger III, who oversees the federal scientific enterprise as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), issued a memo instructing the heads of all government research organizations to establish «appropriate policies to acknowledge more than one principal investigator (PI) when there is more than one collaborating investigator working on a Federally - funded research project,» according to a White House news r
science advisor John H. Marburger III, who oversees the federal scientific enterprise as director of the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), issued a memo instructing the heads of all government research organizations to establish «appropriate policies to acknowledge more than one principal investigator (PI) when there is more than one collaborating investigator working on a Federally - funded research project,» according to a White House news r
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),
issued a memo instructing the heads of all government research organizations to establish «appropriate policies to acknowledge more
than one principal investigator (PI) when there is more
than one collaborating investigator working on a Federally - funded research project,» according to a White House news release.
► This week's
issue of
Science also includes a brief recap of the 40th annual AAAS Forum on
Science and Technology Policy, attended by «more
than 400 elected officials, government and business leaders, researchers, educators, and others» on 30 April and 1 May in Washington, D.C. «The importance of basic research for the nation's scientific and economic future was a recurring theme,» and «participants delved into the factors driving the tight budget environment» scientists are currently facing.
The stone is also markedly carbon - rich, more so
than other known extraterrestrial material aside from comets, the researchers will report in an upcoming
issue of Earth and Planetary
Science Letters.
«Rather
than confuse students with misleading attacks on evolution and other
issues, we need to teach
science better
than ever to inspire a new generation and secure America's future.»
U.S. graduate students in the agricultural
sciences are more likely
than those in other fields to carry out interdisciplinary research, according to a first - ever analysis of the
issue by the National
Science Foundation.
Americans know a lot more about
science and health
issues than traditional surveys of individuals would suggest, according to a new report from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The secret, the team reports in the 17 August
issue of
Science, was that eggs laid by females in cooperative groups were 5 % smaller
than those laid by females who bred in pairs, and their yolks had 12 % less lipids and 13 % less protein.
Now the mystery — on which profound
science admittedly does not turn but cool
science definitely does — may at last have been solved by Scott Waitukaitis, a graduate student in physics at University of Chicago, whose work was just published in no less a venue
than last week's
issue of Nature.
The harvests from the vast majority of fields contained less
than 0.03 %, the team reports in the 28 June
issue of
Science.
Other topics Obama, more
than McCain, has taken positions on many other
science issues.
The researchers» conclusion that terrestrial placental mammals may have lived down under 110 million years earlier
than expected, as reported in the November 21, 1997
issue of
Science, could all but uproot the mammalian family tree.
That's the conclusion of a new study published in today's
issue of
Science, * which shows that worms with a metabolism - slowing genetic defect live 50 % longer lives
than their bustling counterparts.
Two studies in the latest
issue of the journal
Science say that producing biofuels may actually produce more carbon dioxide
than we would with conventional fuel.
He also takes
issue with the Cartesian conception of
science, which views the natural world as nothing more
than a machine, driven by simple mathematical principles.
None of them was more active
than the Union of Concerned Scientists, which produced its first report on «the politicization of
science» in 2004 and which helped make scientific integrity an
issue during the 2008 presidential campaign.
«The important
issue is imagining all the ways in which cultures created by multiple source countries rather
than few source countries differ,» says Niedenthal, whose work is funded by the National
Science Foundation.
At the same time, Juno is busy sampling Jupiter's magnetic field, which is stronger
than expected in some places and weaker in others, astronomers announced in the May
issue of
Science.
I think that what this project does really well is that it's weird and quirky enough [that people respond differently
than] if we said, «Let's discuss gender
issues in
science.»
But an in - depth analysis of grant data from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on page 1015 in this
issue of
Science finds that the problem goes much deeper
than impressions.
The
issue isn't preparation, he says; it's social capital, the culture of
science rather
than the content.
Now a pair of studies published in the February 8
issue of
Science conclude that biofuels may do more harm to the environment
than good.
The
issue of careful scrutiny is particularly important to
science and technology, because it is rare for ministers or their advisers to be expert in these areas where sloppy laws can do more harm
than good.
In the first study appearing on the front cover of the July
issue of Applied Surface
Science, researchers demonstrated a mechanically superior bioactive coating based on magnesium silicates rather
than the commercially available calcium phosphate which develops microcracks during preparation and delaminates under pressure.
The two sets of bones were less
than a half - meter apart, buried at the same depth and in the same sediment, with the same degree of preservation, strongly suggesting that they were buried together, the team reports in the 9 April
issue of
Science.
Research published in the June special
issue of SAGE journal, Social
Science Information (SSI), delves deeper into our relationship with other creatures, critically examining our own animal nature, and looking at how animals profoundly influence our culture — perhaps more so
than we had initially thought.