Renowned for devising means for young people, teachers, and parents to conduct sophisticated experiments with DNA, the DNALC also has a robust presence on the Internet, powered by a team of multimedia innovators who bring
knowledge of the life sciences to the digital world.
What about learning major historical events, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, basic
knowledge of life sciences, and foreign languages?
Weekly Life Lab classes deepen student
knowledge of life science, gardening, and nutrition.
Not exact matches
Under the guidance
of a board
of advisors from industry, government and academia, the centre drives a research agenda that produces actionable management
knowledge for the health sector and the
life sciences.
In the second attitude, these gifts are corrupted: Philosophy,
science, history, poetry are merely recognized for the useful
knowledge they may happen to supply and are thus assimilated into the so - called great business
of human
life - satisfying human wants.
Especially when those people
lived long before the modern era
of science and had no
knowledge of the things we now know to be true about the universe.
With that in mind, I generally discount all
of the
science and
knowledge that has been developed throughout human history as being useful for
living in the world we understand, but not truth by any means.
In the separation model, theology and
science abide by different rules on different turfs, say different things about
life and bespeak «different levels
of knowledge.»
The physical
sciences and the
life sciences also yield their full harvest
of knowledge about man only when the understanding gained through direct self - consciousness is used in the interpretation
of the methods and results
of objective scientific investigation and
of technical invention.
As was suggested earlier, those born near the turn
of the century have seen within it amazing advances — not only in
science, technology, and increased
knowledge, but in the conquest
of disease with the prolongation
of life, an increase in the recognition
of race and sex equality with accompanying legal steps; manifold ministries
of welfare to the poor, the young, and the elderly; a growing concern for civil rights in many
of its facets.
For far from being a deviation from biblical truth, this setting
of man over against the sum total
of things, his subject - status and the object - status and mutual externality
of things themselves, are posited in the very idea
of creation and
of man's position vis - a-vis nature determined by it: it is the condition
of man meant in the Bible, imposed by his createdness, to be accepted, acted through... In short, there are degrees
of objectification... the question is not how to devise an adequate language for theology, but how to keep its necessary inadequacy transparent for what is to be indicated by it...» Hans Jonas, Phenomenon
of Life, pp. 258 - 59; cf. also Schubert Ogden's helpful discussion on «Theology and Objectivity,» Journal
of Religion 45 (1965): 175 - 95; Ian G. Barbour, Issues in
Science and Religion (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice - Hall, 1966), pp. 175 - 206; and Michael Polanyi, Personal
Knowledge (Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1962).
The most urgent immediate task, therefore, is the development
of education on the basis
of the
sciences, both natural and social, for only with their help can society as a whole be taught to construct a
life completely in accordance with that
knowledge which has become the factor by which our age is distinguished from all preceding periods
of history.
To use your health analogy, if I decide I want to
live a healthy lifestyle, but have no
knowledge of what healthy is or the history
of health
science, I could easily come to the conclusion that chocolate cake is very good for me and should be the basis
of my diet.
«The forms
of a
living being are not but rather come to be,» says Ludwig von Bertalanffy (BW 120), and his «organismic» biology and later general system - theory for overcoming the opposition between mechanism and vitalism has given central insights
of Whitehead a new formulation on the basis
of science, 8 Something similar holds for all the directions
of research which Jean Piaget has brought to the [264] concept
of genetic structuralism.9 The genetic epistemology founded by Piaget has proved through empirical research on the problem
of knowledge the fruitfulness both
of genetic analysis and
of Whitehead's principle
of process.
Science itself is incapable
of making moral judgments and it is not really too wild a step
of the imagination to think
of a situation where scientific
knowledge is valued more highly than human
lives.
In the nutshell, the Mind and
Life Meeting (Annual meeting
of His Holiness with the Scientists) is intended to garner and share
knowledge on similar grounds between Buddhist
Science and Western
Science.
Partly it was simple lack
of knowledge of how thunder and lightning work and a hundred other mechanisms
of the natural world; partly it was response to the mystery
of life itself, the human potential for malice and for love, a mystery which still calls for answers beyond those easily formulated by the human
sciences.
The classical view (both Protestant and Catholic) held that theology was «the queen
of the
sciences,» that all
knowledge was directed toward knowing God Theology dealt with ultimate questions and all
of life.
Such a love
of humanity is no enemy
of science or
knowledge, but it can add a quality and a depth to
living which are impossible without a true religious faith.
Again, in the
life sciences and in the social
sciences much
knowledge has been accumulated, but the function
of such
knowledge is not to extinguish the demand for research but rather to provide the basis for vast new explorations into the questions suggested by such
knowledge.
In spite
of the fragments
of knowledge concerning the nature and size
of the universe which
science is continually gathering, we need constantly to remember that our primary concern is, whether we like it or not, with the earth on which we
live.
Sarah Zielinski wanted to be a marine biologist when she was growing up, but after graduating from Cornell University with a B.A. in biology, and a stint at the National
Science Foundation, she realized that she didn't want to spend her life studying just one area of science — she wanted to learn about it all and share that knowledge with the
Science Foundation, she realized that she didn't want to spend her
life studying just one area
of science — she wanted to learn about it all and share that knowledge with the
science — she wanted to learn about it all and share that
knowledge with the public.
The questions have been field - tested by over 100,000 middle school and early high school students for their ability to assess students»
knowledge of life and physical
sciences and to identify students» common misconceptions about the
sciences.
In addition to presenting two species new to
science, researchers Drs. José Salgado - Barragán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Manuel Ayón - Parente and Pilar Zamora - Tavares, both affiliated with Universidad de Guadalajara, México collaborated to build on the
knowledge of small shrimp species
living there.
«This tendency to use their
knowledge of science to «prove» that the religious interpretations
of life are correct is really corrupting,» he tells me.
As a scholar
of science and technology studies (a social
science field that aims to understand the social processes
of knowledge production), I focused the 4 years
of my Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape in which today's postdoctoral
life scientists develop their careers influences their working practices.
More
knowledge of the basic function
of auxin is in itself important to the
life sciences: how plants function at various levels, from cell to organs and as a whole.
In the address — to be
live - streamed beginning at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time from the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas — Biden will underscore the power and necessity
of collaboration across relevant disciplines in
science, technology and medicine to summon the
knowledge and skills
of each and speed advances in cancer care and treatment.
«I learned a significant amount
of new
science that was required to edit some
of the articles,» says Glover, and «the new
knowledge gained has become very useful in my everyday scientific
life.»
«They constitute hard
sciences that help us understand the world we
live in and provide a basis for
knowledge and understanding
of natural hazards, weather forecasting, air quality, and water availability, among other concerns.»
The latest collection
of CASIS - sponsored research, termed Advancing Research
Knowledge (ARK)-2, centers heavily on
life sciences.
In works such as The Diversity
of Life (1992), Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998), and The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (2006), he pleads for a union of science, religion, and the humanities to protect the biodiversity on which all earthly life depe
Life (1992), Consilience: The Unity
of Knowledge (1998), and The Creation: An Appeal to Save
Life on Earth (2006), he pleads for a union of science, religion, and the humanities to protect the biodiversity on which all earthly life depe
Life on Earth (2006), he pleads for a union
of science, religion, and the humanities to protect the biodiversity on which all earthly
life depe
life depends.
So instead
of jumping straight out
of the bench
science life, I agonized over things like: I have a technical degree, so I «should» continue in the technical realm and use all
of the
knowledge I've acquired.
This
knowledge is important, as it strengthens the evidence that forceful societal measures need to be taken to counteract the epidemic
of obesity and its consequences,» says Erik Ingelsson, professor at the Department
of Medical Sciences and the
Science for
Life Laboratory, Uppsala University.
A more thorough understanding
of the language, beyond basic vocabulary and underlying architecture, would require
knowledge of the culture, Everett told
Live Science.
Brunner, who is based in the Department
of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation and is affiliated with the Fralin
Life Science Institute, contributed her
knowledge of genetic mechanisms, development processes, and function
of genes to the study.
The program supports advances in research on STEM learning and education by fostering efforts to explore all aspects
of education research from foundational
knowledge to improvements in STEM learning and learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, for all groups, and from the earliest developmental stages
of life through participation in the workforce, resulting in increased public understanding
of science and engineering.
PHENOMIN's involvement in the IMPC will fulfill a key item
of the the National Alliance for
life sciences and health (AVIESAN) strategic plan that consists in applying mouse genetics to analyze the mechanisms
of disease and to use this
knowledge for advancing fundamental research and human health (AVIESAN report on the use and needs
of mouse models in the French scientific community, 2010).
We believe that Dr. Paya's
knowledge of our company and experience in the
life sciences industry gives him the qualifications and skills to serve on our Board.
Although I have not personally reconciled the disjunction between biochemistry and
life science instruction, I have found satisfaction in situated
science (adapted from Donna Haraway's term «situated
knowledges»)-- investigations
of molecular events coupled with the experiences and culture where these events occur or are promoted.
The Lundbeck Foundation's annual grants
of around DKK 500 million for Danish - based, biomedical
sciences research, primarily focused on the brain, are the cornerstone
of the Foundation's vision to create better
life through new
knowledge.
Science has faced challenges throughout history, from one administration to the next, but year in and year out it has led to human progress, enriching our culture by improving quality
of life and human
knowledge about our place in the universe.
A
life sciences patent expert has explained that this is largely down to improved
knowledge of the gene - editing technology's wide - ranging potential applications, which means that it will be harder for future applicants to establish the non-obviousness
of their CRISPR innovations.
Ayurveda, which translates vaguely to «
life knowledge,» is the ancient art and
science of life from India.
Science can explain matter and energy, but scientific
knowledge is «inapplicable to the existential, visceral nature
of human
life, which is unique and subjective and unpredictable.»
Ayurveda is the
science of life (Ayur =
life, Veda =
science or
knowledge) and it is known as yoga's sister
science for its ability to create balance for one's body and mind.
Ayurveda is literally translated as «the
Science of Life», with «ayus» meaning life or life - span and «veda» meaning knowle
Life», with «ayus» meaning
life or life - span and «veda» meaning knowle
life or
life - span and «veda» meaning knowle
life - span and «veda» meaning
knowledge.
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