Sentences with phrase «much as your curiosity»

The most exciting instruments are likely to be microscopes, which would allow the rover to perform the first ever extraplanetary microscopy — much as Curiosity was the first rover to drill into another planet.

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Most scientists are driven by intellectual curiosity and the desire to know, as much as by interest in practical applications.

I think our religious culture of dogmatic fear really stifles peoples» natural curiosity, and the way scripture is pulled out of context and used as some sort of hard - and - fast Holy Slogans to live by is simply too much for people.

It may be that it is curiosity as much as any reward or understood promise that draws people down the gospel road.

We suspect that this search for alien life is driven not so much by intellectual curiosity as by the desire to feel that we're not alone in the universe.

I consider food more of an intellectual experience, or something that's as much about curiosity as it is about deliciousness.

Douglas watched that parade from the corner of Broad and High, not so much out of curiosity as out of business interest.

Toddlers are full of curiosity and discovery and so it can be comforting for them to still be nursing, which is just as much about comfort as it is for nutrition.

One of the people who helped popularize that idea as much as anybody is Paul Tough, the New York Times best - selling author of «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity And The Hidden Power Of Character.»

Each has possessed the very qualities we prize most — intellectual curiosity, creativity, openness to new experiences and, as much as anything, a kind, caring, and community - minded spirit.»

Shirley Williams, now Baroness Williams of Crosby became involved through «curiosity as much as anything».

As much as Bell finds every detail along Curiosity's path intriguing, he is «going a little batty» to keep rolling and visit one of the most spectacular showcases of Martian weirdness: Mount Sharp, a 5,500 - meter - high peak at the center of Gale CrateAs much as Bell finds every detail along Curiosity's path intriguing, he is «going a little batty» to keep rolling and visit one of the most spectacular showcases of Martian weirdness: Mount Sharp, a 5,500 - meter - high peak at the center of Gale Crateas Bell finds every detail along Curiosity's path intriguing, he is «going a little batty» to keep rolling and visit one of the most spectacular showcases of Martian weirdness: Mount Sharp, a 5,500 - meter - high peak at the center of Gale Crater.

Whether it is to learn about our great - grandparents, discover what life was like in the past, or just satisfy our curiosity, there is a growing craze for finding out as much as possible about our ancestors.

The inner eyelid of cats — more properly called the palpebra tertia but also known as the nictitating membrane, third eyelid or «haw» — has been regarded by some as a biological curiosity much like the human appendix or wisdom teeth.

Rey says that this curious - looking creature — described as having the snout of a pig, the ears of a rabbit and the tail of a kangaroo — is much more than just a curiosity to be checked off a bucket list.

Keep this in mind: The #shutdown cost the US as much money as NASA gets in a year, with two more Curiosity rovers thrown in.

In as much as I am most concerned with imaginative fiction, theology of creation and feeding my son's curiosity, this book meets all my needs.

Both Spirit and Opportunity were swaddled in airbags and bounced to a landing, but Curiosity weighs five times as much and would simply punch through airbags as if they weren't there.

What the mother of the bride wears to the wedding is as important (read, invites as much curiosity) as the bride's wedding dress.

After ten years, Braff makes his triumphant return to Sundance with as much curiosity as controversy, being a celebrity using his influence to draw his fanbase to Kickstarter, where a portion of his long - awaited follow - up was funded.

Not many films conjure up this playful curiosity quite as much as 2003 oddity The Room.

Trailers: «You're Next,» «Wolverine,» «White House Down:» The very first trailer for the much talked about «You're Next» has arrived and it certainly rocks the power to rouse just as much curiosity as the nonstop word of mouth with its wicked beat and effective spin on the home invasion scenario.

Back in the spring, James Franco hit Cannes with «As I Lay Dying,» an experimental drama and adaptation of William Faulkner's book that utilized all kinds of split - screen to surprisingly decent effect, even if the movie as a whole didn't amount to much more than a curiositAs I Lay Dying,» an experimental drama and adaptation of William Faulkner's book that utilized all kinds of split - screen to surprisingly decent effect, even if the movie as a whole didn't amount to much more than a curiositas a whole didn't amount to much more than a curiosity.

Like Falling Down, Phone Booth delivers a literal wake - up call to the scrapping, morally fast - and - loose middle to upper class (the Caller intones, as much about warnings to be heeded as cat - killing curiosity, «A ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?»).

City on Fire has the makings to be a much better film than what it is, but the meandering plotting and lack of focus to it's own themes makes it more of a curiosity than as a truly gripping action - drama.

Tyrion is defined as much by his appetites for sex, food and drink, his fateful romantic streak, his strategic cunning, his curiosity about the world around him, his love for his brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster - Waldau) and his inability to pass up an opportunity to tweak his sister Cersei (Lena Headey) as he is his stature.

As Jack turns five, his curiosity growing and his mother's mental stability starting to fray, Ma understands the boy can not endure this imprisonment much longer and she concocts a desperate plan for their escape.

Much of what is known as «progressive» educational pedagogy - teaching that attempts to respond to the spontaneous curiosity of the student - has long been advocated on moral and civic grounds as much as on academic grouMuch of what is known as «progressive» educational pedagogy - teaching that attempts to respond to the spontaneous curiosity of the student - has long been advocated on moral and civic grounds as much as on academic groumuch as on academic grounds.

Developing curiosity is a natural outcome of Project Based Learning and it can be argued that formative assessments throughout the project substantiate as much information as evaluating the assignments or projects summatively.

As a teacher who used to teach in units or blocks, I find it much easier to spark curiosity in my students when I spiral math curriculum using 3 act math tasks to teach concepts because solution strategies are much less predictable, students are not expected to use a specific formula or algorithm explicitly taught moments before during a teacher directed lesson and each of these contextual tasks creates an intellectual need for the learning.

When a teacher pleads with Arnold to want more, to escape the hopelessness of the rez, Arnold switches to a rich white school and immediately becomes as much an outcast in his own community as he is a curiosity in his new one.

While the whole world held its breath, waiting for Apple's much awaited entry into Tablet computing, there is curiosity and excitement building up with another product from Microsoft — the Courier — that is already being touted as the next wonder device to hit us.

As they did in The Curiosities (2012), critique partners Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff reunite to produce a short - story collection that is as much about the writing process as it is about the final creatioAs they did in The Curiosities (2012), critique partners Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff reunite to produce a short - story collection that is as much about the writing process as it is about the final creatioas much about the writing process as it is about the final creatioas it is about the final creation.

Often your African neighbors beheld you and your customs with as much curiosity and wonderment as you beheld them and theirs.

But in the end he relents, driven as much by craven curiosity as by a desire to keep his job.

disclosure about the real author, and book sales took off as much out of curiosity as anything else... the true test will come when JK publishes the sequel.

A pervasive curiosity, an objective tolerance that finds all shades of opinion interesting and respectable as long as they do not interfere with liberty of inquiry and belief, a systematic pursuit of truth in spite of traditions and doubts — these, much more than a taste for sentimental botany and rhapsodical astronomy, were the product of the five years or so that Voltaire spent in active pursuit of science at Cirey with Madame du Châtelet; like his heroes, he has learned from science, and achieved in his own way a synthesis, quite different from that of the seventeenth century.

Because of their innate curiosity, strength and courageous nature, a German Shepherd pups will try to explore as much as possible from an early age on.

I didn't pay much attention or take seriously our questions to the breeder because they were asked more out of curiosity but as we continued to play with the puppies and ask questions, our curiosity grew to commitment.

Curiosity, as much as anything else, got Havens interested in hybrids, the deliberate crossing of two different purebred breeds.

The truth is, most people don't have as much curiosity as I have dealt with in this article.

«Our mission is to inspire curiosity about the world and provide the tips and tools to help you see as much of the world as you can for yourself.

Her mission is to inspire curiosity about the world and provide the tips and tools gained first - hand to help you see as much of the world as you can for yourself.

The Little Chapel is as much a curiosity as a work of art and definitely deserves a visit during your stay in Guernsey.

As you would expect in a mystery game, there is much more going on than immediately meets the eye — you uncover multiple parallel plot lines that all converge as the game progresses, and small stories of individuals that give you added things to do, and little oddities and curiosities that add flavoAs you would expect in a mystery game, there is much more going on than immediately meets the eye — you uncover multiple parallel plot lines that all converge as the game progresses, and small stories of individuals that give you added things to do, and little oddities and curiosities that add flavoas the game progresses, and small stories of individuals that give you added things to do, and little oddities and curiosities that add flavor.

Inspecting, exploring and indulging your curiosity is key to playing as Connor as when he eventually enters the rooftop and is faced with a frantic android brandishing a gun to the head of a young girl at the climax of the demo, he'll need as much evidence for making his choices as possible.

So, as a means of turning lemons into lemonade while venting simultaneously, I thought I'd write about these 12 games here: My memories of them and what they meant to me, as well as how much it would cost to replace them (since I looked out of curiosity already).

Carried by a youthful curiosity and an autodidact's sensibility, through an extensive body of work Shore has illuminated the wondrous «how» a picture is made as much as the «what» being taken.

Of my writings published online on this blog and The Huffington Post since last April 2010, the ones that have in any small way gone viral, very relatively speaking, were those in which I wrote fast enough about current hot news items or ones relating or engaging with artworld celebrities: as one example, «My Whole Street is A Mosque,» written within 24 hours of the news cycle surrounding the proposal for a Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, was picked up by various web aggregators; «Looking for Art to Love, MoMA: A Tale of Two Egos» also did very well because of my speculation about how or whether Marina Abramovic peed during her performance «The Artist is Present» at MoMA, a subject of much prurient curiosity (interesting speculation was illustrated online at New York Magazine and resolution of the mystery came in the Wall Street Journal's blog, «Speakeasy»); «Anselm Kiefer@Larry Gagosian: Last Century in Berlin,» where I tucked a critical response to Kiefer's recent show into a bit of reporting about how Gagosian Gallery was using the NYPD as its private police force, also created a spike on my Google analytics; more recently I could perceive a noticeable uptick in my readership as well as in the number and enthusiasm of my Facebook friends» comments for «Should we trust anyone under 30?

The work on view reflects Jackson's curiosity with aspects of MIT's research, as well as his own while in residency at the institution — particularly the Energy Initiative, since the Brooklyn - based sculptor has historically employed the use of recycled and repurposed objects in much of his work.