Sentences with phrase «of junk science in»

Bravo to the scientists on this site who are taking on the corporate apologist who themselves masquerade as debunkers of junk science in order to push their political and economic agendas.

The case was such an outrageous example of junk science in the courtroom that it was the subject of several newspaper investigations, a major story in The New Yorker, and a PBS Frontline documentary.

Starting with your commentary on research, it is important to not that there are many examples of junk science in every medical field.

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Interesting discussion — Totally agree about the «punching above their weight» problem with the current spate of «popular» atheists and junk writers, as well as the «Hollywood» treatment of Pullman, but you don't need to wade through Pullman's trilogy to get a useful insight into institutionalism vs genuine spirituality — just pick up the excellent «The Dragon in the Sea» by Dune author Frank Herbert or «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» by Robert Heinlien — great works from the Golden Age of Science Fiction literature.

Our science kits - I majored in physics in university, and the Walter Kraul science kits that we carry from Germany are absolutely inspirational; they are about a hundred times better than any of the «Follow Step 1 -2-3» and discard a hunk - of - junk in - a-flashy-box science kits you'll find out there, as they offer dozens of different ways to explore and think about what you've built or what you're observing, with excellent booklets with probing questions, offering different levels of explanation or exploration, depending on the child.

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And in my kids» science class I often hear of junk - food - based projects like the one that used corn syrup, red hots, and other candy to demonstrate the circulatory system.

Why has he tirelessly promoted the junk science of microstamping in Albany?

But I have an expertise, I would say, in reading science and spotting junk science because that's what I do with most of my time.

In 2009 my colleagues and I determined that the act of changing the types of objects found in a computer science classroom from the stereotypically geeky (Star Trek posters, junk food and soda cans) to more neutral objects (nature posters, coffee mugs and water bottles) was enough to raise female students» level of interest in the subject matter to that of the maleIn 2009 my colleagues and I determined that the act of changing the types of objects found in a computer science classroom from the stereotypically geeky (Star Trek posters, junk food and soda cans) to more neutral objects (nature posters, coffee mugs and water bottles) was enough to raise female students» level of interest in the subject matter to that of the malein a computer science classroom from the stereotypically geeky (Star Trek posters, junk food and soda cans) to more neutral objects (nature posters, coffee mugs and water bottles) was enough to raise female students» level of interest in the subject matter to that of the malein the subject matter to that of the males.

A boom in nanosatellites could revolutionize space science and industry, but also dramatically increase the hazards of space junk

Dr Kat Arney, science communication manager at Cancer Research UK, said: «Only a tiny fraction of our DNA contains actual genes, and we know that at least some of the bits in between — often dismissed as «junk» — play important roles in controlling how genes get switched on and off at the right time and in the right place.

Advances in molecular genetics have propelled progress in fields that deal with inherited diseases, cancer, personalized medicine, genetic counseling, the microbiome, diagnosis and discovery of viruses, taxonomy of species, genealogy, forensic science, epigenetics, junk DNA, gene therapy and gene editing.

It is true that the Junk Science column is listed under the opinion section of the top banner (under the subheading of «views») But that's like burying a disclaimer in fine print.

A new report in Environmental Health Perspectives, the ever - reliable font of junk science, has outdone itself in straining to link exposures to environmental contaminants to diminished immune responses in infants.

New Recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation - The Atlantic January 2015 - Poor Sleep in Adolescence Predicts Future Problems, Study Says - Los Angeles Times January 2015 - How Sleep Keeps You Healthy, Helps You Heal - Discovery News September 2014 - Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Failure in School Among Teens - Science World Report, from Sleep Medicine August 2014 - Sleep Woes in Old Age May Be Linked to Brain Cell Loss - Health magazine August 2014 — University of Chicago Study: Getting More Sleep Could Cut Junk Food Cravings in Half — CBS News August 2014 — University of Montreal Study Shows Learning Is Best Enhanced During Sleep - Jewish Business News February 2014 - Link Found between Sleep Duration and Depression - Psych Central February 2014 - Less Sleep, More Time Online, Raises Risk for Teen Depression — National Public Radio

Not that this this would alter your recommendations about how to eat in order to minimize the risk and / or abate the effects, but I was just wondering if you knew of any evidence to support this idea, or if it might have just been junk science aimed at promoting animal - based foods.

33:05 — Review: Dogtooth 1:11:45 — Trailer Trash: X-Men: First Class, Arthur, Bridesmaids 1:29:30 — Other Stuff We Watched: Uncle Buck, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Gates of Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Nothing But Trouble 1:54:50 — Junk Mail: Reed Raimi Remix, Kiss of Death, Azrael in The Dark Knight Rises, Film Junk Ads, Greg's Recommended Classics and Police Procedurals, Judging Acting in Foreign Films, New Watch vs. Rewatch, Horror Remakes and Sequels, Name That Movie 1 and 2 2:26:20 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:29:40 — Outro

, Kurt Russell Drops Out of Django Unchained, Argo Trailer, Gangster Squad Trailer 49:25 — Other Stuff We Watched: Saturday Night Live, Kicking It, English Premiere League Soccer, Demons, Demons II, Haywire, Assault on a Queen, The Asphyx, Platform Moon, Face Off, The Silent Partner, Shark Night, Road to Perdition, Ed Wood, Veep, The Pitch, Celebrity Apprentice 1:40:00 — Junk Mail: Too Negative, Director's Voices + Beakman's World vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy, Tony Stark Meets the General, Cult / Character Actors in Blockbusters, Darren Aronofsky's Noah, Being Approached by Film Junk Fans, Nothing But Trouble, Spielberg vs. Kubrick vs. Nolan vs. Tarantino 2:07:30 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:09:30 — Outro

Looks can often be deceiving, as RoboCop is, underneath the junk cinema exterior, one of the more intelligent and savvy thrillers of the science fiction genre, perhaps only bested by The Terminator in terms of blending intelligent, complex sci - fi with all - out supercharged action.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, white supremacy spawned fever dreams of «scientific racism,» yielding the junk science of eugenics to justify discriminatory agendas rooted in claims of racial superioritIn the 19th and 20th centuries, white supremacy spawned fever dreams of «scientific racism,» yielding the junk science of eugenics to justify discriminatory agendas rooted in claims of racial superioritin claims of racial superiority.

The weight of evidence demonstrates that the use of standardized tests in teacher evaluations is junk science.

This policy happens to be the linchpin of Race to the Top, and its use is now commonplace in most states, despite the fact that the research base for it is not only weak but indicates that the current use of VAM is junk science.

Today our Measures of Student Learning Committee met to decide precisely how thoroughly invalid junk science measures will be used to rate teachers in Francis Lewis High School.

After researching the topic, I got interested in the idea of «junk science»; that interest was heightened by a widely publicized product liability lawsuit in which claims were made that leaks from silicone breast implants were causing serious illnesses in women.

There's just two live - action childrens show — Annebots — about a little girl who builds three robots in the back of her dad's junk yard, in a show that «aims to introduce kids to science and technology in a fun, new way.»

We sincerely wish the Smithsonian and related groups would stop funding headline - grabbing junk science in favor of finding real solutions.

The unfortunate result of this headline - grabbing junk science is to divert attention from the true threats to wildlife — habitat destruction, pollution and climate change — in favor of scapegoating cats.

(Just last week, Alley Cat Allies delivered more than 55,000 signatures to the Smithsonian Institution in response to the publication earlier this year of agenda - driven junk science produced by researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.)

The authors definitely pull no punches in this area, even calling experts who gave testimony demonstrating the detrimental effects of violent video games purveyors of «junk science.»

Building on Artists Space's history as an institution whose program has increasingly emphasized community participation and political organization (see last year's Decolonize This Place, which turned the gallery into a weekly activist meeting hub), Coop Fund foregoes traditional media like painting or sculpture in favor of video, art - science hybrids, updated junk sculpture, and institutional critique, making an implicit statement about these media that, for their associations with high - modernist seriousness, are appropriate to a politically engaged exhibition.

Joe Bastardi, senior AccuWeather.com meteorologist's open letter to presidential candidates concerning anthropogenic global warming will likely be thoroughly ignored by media far more interested in spreading the unproven junk science of Nobel Laureate Al Gore than advancing the discussion concerning this controversial issue.

True, one of the flaws in the analogy might be that that wasn't about science, but it's also true that a junk - science tradition already existed for justifying odious racial beliefs.

It is true that the Junk Science column is listed under the opinion section of the top banner (under the subheading of «views») But that's like burying a disclaimer in fine print.

I do think there are some signs that the true junk science is starting to fade, but in their last gasp the junk science junkies are making a lot of noise.

Even people who don't agree with me on everything and are somewhat of a skeptical bent should see some advantage in making common cause to get rid of the junk science arguments being made by a lot of the skeptics.

Note how he just comes right out and admits what everyone already suspects to be the case: that his slurring of climate science as «junk science» is rooted in nothing more scientific than his understanding of which side his bread — and Cody's — is buttered on.

In Solzhenitzen's novel «One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,» the thermometer is a symbol for junk science: «scientific» Marxism LeninisIn Solzhenitzen's novel «One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,» the thermometer is a symbol for junk science: «scientific» Marxism Leninisin the Life of Ivan Denisovich,» the thermometer is a symbol for junk science: «scientific» Marxism Leninism.

Often justified largely on the basis of junk science they have come up with such wonderful policy prescriptions as using only unreliable sources of energy because they are «sustainable,» keeping natural resources in the ground rather than using them to meet human needs, having government tell manufacturers what requirements their products must meet to use less energy rather than encouraging manufacturers to meet the needs of their customers, all in the name of «energy efficiency,» substituting government dictates for market solutions on any issue related to energy use, and teaching school children junk science that happens to meet «environmentalists» ideological beliefs in hopes of perpetuating these beliefs to future generations even though they do not conform to the scientific method, the basis of science.

Or perhaps the science of climate change (which has been the most politically manipulated science in living memory), will finally be based on literature that encompasses all view points, rather than just the «fast and convenient» 97 % junk literature currently being mass produced at an unprecedented rate.

In April 1996, Milloy proclaimed himself a public health expert and began turning out a stream of anti-environmental, anti-public health commentary through his «Junk Science» homepage (www.junkscience.com).

To attribute that irregular, multi-decadal oscillation to the PDO without establishing strong coherence and proper phase relationship via cross-spectrum analysis is to engage in bald speculation — the frequent hallmark of pretentious junk science.

Although Milloy's Junk Science Home Page does not disclose its specific funding source, the website, Citizens for the Integrity of Science [in 1999], and the debunked TASSC share the same address at 1155 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300 in Washington, DC.

In matters of litigation, research or testimony that does not reflect, or indeed violates, standard scientific practices is excluded from the record as Junk Science.

Scientific predictions are only as good as the science behind them, if you put junk data in you get junk results, hardly scientific at all, it's a bogus belief system that calls itself science and like all such systems it requires ardent blind followers to keep the fires of the faith burning without ever questioning anything no matter how utterly absurd.

and in the other corner, there is the junk - science of some talking heads and media dolts whose conspiracy theories can be debunked in a few mouse clicks.

Junk Science is calling BS on Obama's claim today that his daughter Malia is a victim of global warming, having suffered an asthma attack in pre-school because of it.

Also, the «Complaints Rejection Unit» in the ABC is determined to deny proof that some of the stuff put out by the Science Show etc is junk, and they give strange interpretations of their Editorial Policies.

Junk Science and other sources of this propaganda are starting their dubious calculations from the assumption that Kyoto ends in 2012 when round one is over.

There is clearly now so much junk in the body of climate science literature relied upon by the IPCC that only rigorous examination of their inputs, methods and results would have any hope of establishing the veracity of their conclusions.