Sentences with phrase «momentous discovery»

► Finally, in this week's Science editorial, Michael S. Turner makes a plea for curiosity - based science, pointing to scientific connections between two recent momentous discoveries, the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP2) detection of evidence of gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (still subject to confirmation) and the detection of the Higgs boson.

Scientists cracked open a pair of fossilized dinosaur eggs from South Africa and in July reported a momentous discovery.

► «Fabiola Gianotti, an Italian physicist who garnered global attention 2 years ago when she and another physicist announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, has been named the next director - general of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, where that momentous discovery was made,» Adrian Cho wrote Tuesday at ScienceInsider.

Ever since that momentous discovery, Kruskal has been busy extending and refining Conway's work.

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of that momentous discovery, the current total of known exoplanets stands at 5,596.

A rapidly growing number of schools have made a momentous discovery: When teachers regularly and collaboratively review assessment data for the purpose of improving practice to reach measurable achievement goals, something magical happens.

And as they travel, Allen, a seemingly unassuming man with a patent enthusiasm for explosives, relates the story of his long and interesting life, a life that involves worldwide travel, that includes encounters with various heads of state and famous people and that sees Allen experimented on, incarcerated, involved in a momentous discovery and recruited for espionage.