Sentences with phrase «knew i was interested in science»

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I'm genuinely curious to know of surveys saying that young people are leaving liberal denominations because they aren't interested in social justice, the findings of modern science, and creating a welcoming environment for LGBT people.

I know that somewhere in the back of my mind I've always been interested in biology and bodies, nutrition, anatomy etc. but I never took it seriously in school because I had some rigid idea / mantra that I was an english student, not a science student.

Somebody install it and let me know how it works — sorry guys, but I ain't raisin» a dime for the RNC, even in the interest of science.

No matter which topic you are interested in these are the very best science books to read this year.

According to the Washington Post, La Montagne's interest in science can be traced back to playing with a chemistry set and reading an article in Look magazine (no longer published) about a doctor who worked with vaccines.

«Throughout our 166 year history, we have strived to play an active role in facilitating innovation in addition to reporting on it,» says Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief of Scientific American, the longest continuously published magazine in the U.S. «Scientific American's goal is to make science content available to interested readers anytime, anywhere - no matter which device they choose to read it on.

A brand new science for studying this networked phenomenon, and in effect it's kind of a reverse engineering the World Wide Web that we know and the kinds of networks that we see on that to try to figure out how they took shape and maybe from that we can learn what principles involve and how networks do grow and you might be able to use that sort of thing to be able to develop a better system s for example being able to create more efficient networks and that could be very valuable in industry, there may be a lot of practical applications, involving protecting privacy, for example, and stopping people from stealing identities; and you should, you know, should be of just an interesting phenomenons kind of a reverse engineering the World Wide Web that we know and the kinds of networks that we see on that to try to figure out how they took shape and maybe from that we can learn what principles involve and how networks do grow and you might be able to use that sort of thing to be able to develop a better system s for example being able to create more efficient networks and that could be very valuable in industry, there may be a lot of practical applications, involving protecting privacy, for example, and stopping people from stealing identities; and you should, you know, should be of just an interesting phenomenon.

Psci - com should be a port of call for anyone interested in what is charmingly known as PUS (public understanding of science), and their e-mail list archives are a great resource.

Despite knowing that I'm a university - based sport science researcher, the average athlete didn't seem to be interested in me unless I had some big names in my coaching stable.

I just meant that, you know, I don't think a lot of people — I am just basing it on what's on television, I guess because I watch TV, but I think, you know, a lot of people aren't particularly interested in science or the humanities.

«What was really important to me in choosing a postdoc was that I was really interested in the research going on in the lab and I knew I could do really good science there,» says Renald Schaub, a research associate at the School of Chemistry of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

But what's interesting, especially about that one, and that one [is a] piece written by Larry Greenemeier, was that, you know, all the popular science fiction treatments of that kind have it [suddenly] happening and conflict between humans but through Larry's reporting it seems more likely that we will see it coming; that machine self - awareness will occur in a certain kind of stepwise fashion where they're getting better at certain tasks; [that they'll be able to do] autonomous activities, and from there that you can actually see them develop, and it shouldn't come up as a big surprise as it if finally happens.

We've been working towards break even, now finally we're getting to break even and that's great and the experiments that are going on, you know, aren't just for the purpose of getting us energy in the future, there's a lot of interest in science work that can be done.

What advice do you have for young people who are interested in science but don't know which branch to pursue?

Steve: You know, you both have used the word passion, a couple of times about science, and when I was your age, baseball was the only thing I was particularly interested in.

«Motivating more young people to take an interest in understanding and learning science at school is important not only because science careers are exciting and rewarding, but also because young people need to know about how science and technology is changing our world - their world!

With this in mind, if you're a keen supporter of space exploration — which includes both manned and un-manned missions, the latter being arguably far more important to science — you might want to know which Presidential candidate for the 2016 elections would be most interested in helping NASA achieve its goals.

The science team knows there has been avid public interest in Juno's seventh science flyby over Jupiter's cloud tops that focused on the GRS.

People seem so fixed in their views they are no longer interested in the science.

I know folks have to put their faith in some source for reliable information, but the indiscriminate dependence on «scientific research» is dangerous given the long history of «science» being subverted by private / commericial interests.

We look at the science behind why and how people fall in love and with our relationship questionnaire being packed full of interesting questions it will not be long until we get to know you better enabling us to send you some better quality matches online.

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One doesn't need to dig deep into his body of work to see that the late novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace had sincere ambivalence about mass media — his much - heralded 1,079 - page novel, Infinite Jest, features a science fiction conceit where a lethal videotape known as «The Entertainment» is so addictive, its viewers lose interest in anything other than endless repeat viewings of the film.

This is interesting news, as Weitz's credits don't include anything particularly in the realm of science - fiction, except The Golden Compass, but may be better known for Twilight: New Moon, Antz and... Read More»

• No less than a whole new curriculum was envisioned for high schools, one that would be stringent across the board, but particularly so in areas critical to the national interest - mathematics, science, foreign languages, and computer science.

Alvarez heard about the Lots of Power design competition from her teachers at Science Leadership Academy, who knew she was interested in art and architecture.

How can we let a middle school student decide that she is no longer interested in science because she doesn't like the Earth science class she has been exposed to?

Campbell notes that the dominant interpretation in the political science literature of why people vote doesn't explain this voter: Hodgson was not protecting or advancing her interests, since she was new to the area and didn't know where various candidates stood on the issues that might affect her.

We know that there are many women who are quite capable of succeeding in math, science, and engineering but who have lost interest in these fields during their elementary, secondary, or college education.

If you have an interest in science, want to know more about the intricacies of the human body, or simply enjoy having a ready arsenal of fascinating tales to share at a dinner party, Immune is a safe bet.

For instance, letting your potential audiobook listeners know that your book isn't just science - fiction, but more specifically, it's science - fiction for kids aged 8 - 12 who have an interest in rocket ship pirates, well now that can get their interest piqued.

-- You are the best programmer you know — You have the best grades from a computer science or similar degree, and solid maths skills to at least A-Level, uh, level — You have a solid understanding of C++ — You have some demos of things you've been working on in your spare time that are darn cool and show off your interests — You love games

SC: It's interesting to know that you began making art long before your interest in science.

If one does climate science, one has to be up on all the contributing disciplines at least to the extent that one knows the basics, the real experts, and could at least review a paper for general interest in the field.

My hunch is that Victor and Mr. Know It All have no interest in advancing our understanding of climate science but are instead focused on turning the thread into a food fight in order to make RC look bad.

It might be interesting to some readers of this site to know that Crichton's comparison of global climate change theory to eugenics in Appendix I of his novel was adapted without attribution from an essay by Richard Lindzen, «Science and Politics: Global Warming and Eugenics,» which appeared in R.W. Hahn, Ed., Risks, Costs, and Lives Saved, (American Enterprise Institute, 1996).

I know I probably wont convince Victor but I comment because 1) For the benefit of more astute and open minded readers and 2) I'm interested in climate change science and also the psychological dimensions of scepticism 3) the mental exercise 4) I live alone right now and get bored with television and 5) I enjoy a bit of argument and 7) Obviously scepticism has its place.

Yet almost everyone was interested in knowing more and could understand the essentials of the science, impacts and solutions when we had a few minutes, one on one or in a group lecture, to explain things.

There are so many examples of poor science passing peer review that no - one even with a passing interest in science would think that peer - review separates the good from the bad.

You have to have people genuinely interested in truth, without it you're no longer talking about a quest for good science and policy.

That you have been brainwashed into believing such utter idiocy that visible light heats matter is one thing, that you haven't any sense of scale and don't even know how to tell hot from cold is another, that's a disadvantage in someone interested in science.

PS: Other cautionary considerations science ignored were the numerous unanticipated side - effects within the climate system, the scantiness of known facts about climate, the unreliability of many of the supposedly known facts, the bias of many of the curators of those facts, and the vested professional interest in alarmism (i.e., CAWG elevates climatology out of the academic backwater).

In case you're interested in knowing what I think (as someone not smart enough or knowledgeable enough to debate the science)-- I would say that global mean (surface) temperatures are an indicator (or measure) of global warming — but they are only one measure of such, but not sufficient as a complete measuremenIn case you're interested in knowing what I think (as someone not smart enough or knowledgeable enough to debate the science)-- I would say that global mean (surface) temperatures are an indicator (or measure) of global warming — but they are only one measure of such, but not sufficient as a complete measuremenin knowing what I think (as someone not smart enough or knowledgeable enough to debate the science)-- I would say that global mean (surface) temperatures are an indicator (or measure) of global warming — but they are only one measure of such, but not sufficient as a complete measurement.

Now your incoherence and ambiguity places you in an interesting / awkward position, because now you can never defend the climate science or your peers in the climate field who (like you) know AGW / ACC is a concern without being accused of defending the alleged «dogma» — at least by many readers here.

They're the adults now who don't have any particular interest in science but «remember the science from school» and so unlikely to question whatever the AGW green agenda pushes, and even those in actual science fields where real knowledge of gas properties isn't relelevant, but what I find astonishing though, is how many in actual science fields who come together to discuss AGW continue to not question something as basic as the difference between heat and light claims in the AGW energy budget which is well known still in the real science world.

Climate science seems like a political movement where most are interested in just doing the science but where some self - appointed political officers are looking for heresy and giving PC guidelines, assuming they know the ultimate truth.

The Red Team must not be «opponents» of the current consensus — it must be disinterested in the Climate Wars — only interested in finding the truth as best we can know it at this time — This will require great minds trained in the skills necessary to do a deep review the field of knowledge known as climate science.

One of the most interesting things about the climate debate is that in one place it involves people arguing about point A (in this case sensitivity), by assuming that B is well known (in this case temperature change), while not far away people are hotly debating B. Most of AGW science, including F&G, is based on assuming that the surface statistical model means are facts.

They are also the most cynical since I know many know the science is garbage but love the emotionally based hate against private interests in the hopes attacking «big oil» or creating wealth redistribution schemes.

It would be interesting to know whether the climate science denial follows the opposition to wind power, or the opposition to wind power is at least partly because the disbelief in ACC causes the person to not see so much need for renewable energy.