Sentences with phrase «on old science»

Another important article, «Japanese Rules for Nuclear Plants Relied on Old Science,» shows how efforts to safeguard nuclear plants in Japan lagged way behind science pointing to the need to account for tsunami damage and flooding.

Every time something new is uncovered, people start espousing why it's so awesome, even as other people (coughTheGovernmentcough) push diets based on old science and beliefs.

Truly unnecessary interventions, done out of ignorance, stupidity or cruelty are another matter, and are rare, based on old science that has long since been abandoned (routine episiotomy comes to mind), and I would join you in arms to prevent these.

He admits that the CO2 ceiling is based on older science and on what was possible for a political agreement, and implies that today 1 C would probably be a more realistic target for minimizing climate catastrophe.

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Saujani, whose six - year - old organization is tackling the gender gap in tech by training young girls in computer science, encouraged the nation's business leaders to double down on the effort in a wide - ranging panel discussion on attracting and retaining diverse talent.

On Thursday at the American Museum of Natural History, Regeneron made the largest single commitment the Science Talent Search (STS), the nation's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition, has ever reScience Talent Search (STS), the nation's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition, has ever rescience competition, has ever received.

And on the 2015 PISA — a worldwide exam that tests 15 - year - olds» math, science, and reading skills — Singapore was the top - performing country in each subject.

It's the science behind gut instinct, and it's why Gretzky, after thousands of hours spent on his backyard rink and playing in competitive leagues with older boys, was able to anticipate where the play was going.

On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries of biology in state - of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; early - stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage Building — the original brick façade of the old Toronto General Hospital.

but not taught as fact and right after science class where they learn Darwin's theory of evolution, watch videos on the big bang theory, have a field trip where they meet up with an archeologist to uncover one of our ancestors remains that weren't as evolved, learn how old the earth truely is etc.....

Science has proven the world to be billions of years old, and has proven that life has existed on this planet for hundreds of millions of years.

Faith is based on a 2,000 - year - old book and assumption is frequently based on laws of science which can easily be reproduced.

The universe is 13.7 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism The earth is 4.5 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism Life emerged from non-life (Biogenesis theory... cause and process unknown)- nothing to do with Atheism Life spread and diversified through evolution (best available explanation)- nothing to do with Atheism Man evolved from common ape ancestor (evolution science)- nothing to do with Atheism Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Emotions, memories and intelligence are functions of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Morals are emergent qualities of social animals (natural science)- nothing to do with Atheism

I do agree that all members of the Senate and House committees on Science should be asked whether they accept the big bang theory, evolution and a 4.5 billion year - old earth — or be disqualified.

These efforts gathered steam in the early years of the last century as the Progressive Movement sought at once to break the power of the old party bosses and to bring the insights of the social sciences to bear on public life.

Embrace science and stop holding on to these old wive's tales that you know to b false somewhere within your mind.

What cracks me up is the religious attack our science... we have their god pushed all the way back to TBB... they seem to lose track of the fact that their beliefs are based on, at minimum 1350 year old thinking (quaran) and somehow ancient philosophy can trump The Big Bang and the solid science that its based on.

Age - old methods of education and the cultivation of established sciences went on as before because of the large endowments which learned scholars had received at the hands of the Mughal emperors.

When I was a teenager, my family moved to Dayton, Tennessee, a town famous for prosecuting and convicting a science professor for teaching evolution in 1925, and which sits right on the path of the old Trail of Tears.

Meanwhile, over on Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog, RJS caused quite a stir by asking readers to respond to a letter from a seminary student who researched the science behind an old earth and evolutionary theory, found it to be sound, and now wrestles with the question, What is the basis for calling the Bible true?

Maybe modern science is wrong and the world really is only 6,000 years old... maybe God created primates to turn into humans, and the first to become man was Adam... maybe the Big Bang theory was God on the first day creating the heavens and the universe... the fact is, I don't know.

In that spirit the editors distanced them on February 2, 1938, from facile old modernisms that only wanted to be tied to science and progress.

Much of the science they are trying to debunk is VERY OLD science, not the updated more accurate sciences, such as their attack on carbon dating... you do realize that we have updated the science well past the AiG website representation of the science, right?

Best of all, this book closed with several chapters on pertinent theological questions for today, such as how to reconcile the Bible and science, how to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament, and how to make sense of what the Bible teaches about women, homosexuality, and the fate of those who have never heard the gospel.

Not sure which is more terrifying — Pat sounding somewhat rational about science, or the fact that 46 % of people surveyed think the planet and everything on it is less than 10,000 years old.

Discussions of science are based on nonscientific literature, Jesus is presented as the fulfillment of «Old Testament» prophecy, and archaeological findings are cited as evidence of Bible's complete historical accuracy.

As queer theorist Hanne Blank recounts, «This new concept [of heterosexuality], gussied up in a mangled mix of impressive - sounding dead languages, gave old orthodoxies a new and vibrant lease on life by suggesting, in authoritative tones, that science had effectively pronounced them natural, inevitable, and innate.»

Theories change, evolution is old science with less than minimal proof yet we still hold on to it.

Well, it comes from a 2000 year old book, contradicted by other 2000 year old books, no updates, can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on how the reader perceives his world (and how science has progressed... I'm sure if you were alive before galileo told you the earth did not revolve around the sun and had only the bible as your reference you would come to the same conclusion as the Vatican who said the sun revolved around the earth....

«To suggest we can't know how old the Earth is, then, is to deny the validity of these scientific methods altogether» - No it's to be open minded to the idea that we might be wrong, on the other hand to accept these dates without question or reservation is to accept current science without question.

(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 + days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 + days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.

The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines deplores the disruption of the multilocational field experiment by anti-GMO elements who uprooted the month - old transplanted golden rice plants in Pili, Camarines Sur on 08 August 2013.

first of all im already getting tired of people writing that SANTI is getting on that he is nearly done, i find this unbelievable especially in today, s context, everybody knows or they should that improved diets, sports sciences players have longer playing careers only today it was announced that francesco totti had just signed for one more season he is nearly 40 years old, also i don, t see how Sissoko on his own could be responsible for newcastle, s relegation??

Please join in by sharing new or old science activities on social media using #ShareScience.

Here are nine of our favorite toys for four - year - olds... MORE From educational toys to science kits, there's something for everyone on this list.

I get that she was not exclusively breastfed, she had outside food in her developing digestive track at only 3 days old, but to count her as in the same statistics on how breastfeeding does or does not affect humans babies as the baby who only breastfed for the 3 days when mom was in the hospital and then switched to formal is not sound science.

Even though the science says that the amount of lead absorbed by plants varies widely (spinach and sunflowers = leady, apple trees and tomatoes = not leady), and even though every study on children who play in the dirt and eat homegrown food (my eight - year - old daughter included) has come back saying that there is no evidence of elevated bodily lead levels, people around here are petrified about growing their own vegetables, and even of letting their kids play in the mud.

Toys and activities you can find on this page are excellent for teaching 4 - year - olds science, technology, engineering, and math.

Liam Pape is a 15 - year - old student at Darlington School of Mathematics and Science and was on the editorial team of their «Branksome Bugle», who in March 2011 handed in a petition on smoking in cars at 10 Downing Street with the British Lung Foundation.

On the issue of Republicans and Democrats in New York State hiding behind the old «waiting for the science to come in» line that politicians have used to not answer questions on everything from climate change to Pebble Mine, Hawkins did give the Democrats a bit of a pass... «The Republicans want to repeal the enlightenment — the Democrats just want to repeal the New Deal.&raquOn the issue of Republicans and Democrats in New York State hiding behind the old «waiting for the science to come in» line that politicians have used to not answer questions on everything from climate change to Pebble Mine, Hawkins did give the Democrats a bit of a pass... «The Republicans want to repeal the enlightenment — the Democrats just want to repeal the New Deal.&raquon everything from climate change to Pebble Mine, Hawkins did give the Democrats a bit of a pass... «The Republicans want to repeal the enlightenment — the Democrats just want to repeal the New Deal.»

He said the «tired old science fiction» had been debunked by military experts, and said Labour must maintain its backing for Trident if it wants to «retain any credibility on defence whatsoever».

Libbrecht is interested in what happens on a molecular level when ice crystals form, but he sees it as an old - fashioned scientific pursuit: «It's really like doing science 100 years ago,» he says, in that he's studying a mystery inherent in the mundane and familiar snowflakes that flutter from the sky each winter.

[BOX 6] Board of Directors, Old Photographs of Board of Directors meeting, April 1982 Behavioral Sciences, 1958 Bicentennial, 1972 - 1976 Biological Warfare, 1976 - 1977 Blacklisting (Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare) Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1963 - 1972 Civil Defense, 1951 - 1952 Civil Liberties, (See Security; Condon, E.U.), 1952, 1973 Civil Liberties (See Security; Condon, E.U.), 1947 - 1951 Civil Liberties (Report of the Special Committee on the Civil Liberties of Scientist AAAS Executive Committee), 1948 Computer, 1972 - 1983 Condon, E.U. (See Meyerhoff), 1948 - 1951 DNA, 1977 Fluoridation, 1954 - 1984 Government Relations, 1955 - 1978 Import Duties - Scientific Equipment, 1955 - 1959 Resolutions (Correspondence), 1952 - 1974 Security (AAAS Membership), 1954 Security Regulations - Oppenheimer, Midway 9 - 9604 and 2 - 4602 Social Sciences, 1981 - 1982 Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 1960 SST - Concorde AAAS Donations, 1982 - 1983 Complaints - re: membership or subscriptions Dues, 1967 - 1975 Election of Fellows, 1975 - 1982 Insurance, 1960 - 1985 Membership (AAAS Life), 1967 - 1982 Retirement Plan (AAAS), 1950 - 1976 Correspondence with Section Officers, 1976 - 1977 Section W Stamps, 1961 - 1983

The 6.5 acres of tiny gibraltar island on lake erie's south edge are crammed with reasons to visit, including Stone Laboratory, the oldest freshwater biology research station in the U. S. Tour the island, soak up the science and then rent a kayak to explore more of this scenic slice of the Great Lakes region.

Across the country, Diane Ferris hopes to impart the same lesson on her 14 - year - old son, when they attend the March for Science in Washington, D.C., making the trip from their home in Alameda, California.

[BOX 4] Arid Lands Symposium - General, 1954 - 1955 Conference Programs and Correspondence with Sponsors and Grantors, 1967 - 1969 Conference Files I, 1968 - 1969 Conference Files II, 1966 - 1968 Basic Research (Symposium), 1959 Basic Research (MacNeill and Lehrer Report from 1/76-11 / 77), 1976 - 1977 Gordon Research Conference Files 1941-1946 1947-1952 I, 1947 - 1952 II, 1947 - 1952 I, 1953 - 1955 II, 1953-1955 1956-1959 (old) / CRC I, 1960 - 1965 (old) II, 1960 - 1965 Indian Science Congress, 1946 - 1975 Oceanographic Congress, 1957 - 1959 Oceanographic Congress - Lists, 1959 Oceanographic Congress - Funds, 1959 - 1966 Parliament of Science, 1958 Conference on National Energy Policy, 1977 Research and Development Colloquia, 1975 - 1985 Cosponsored Meetings, Conferences, 1964 - 1983

Entrance should be free, the focus must on be 15 to 25 - year - olds — an audience that he says is not reached by many science centers — and to function as a «porous membrane» between a university and city; urban locations are vital.

[BOX 8] Committee on Science in Secondary Schools - Education Council Study, 1963 Council Study / Committee on Natural Areas as Research Facilities, 1962 - 1977 AAAS Meetings, 1965 - 1977 Graduate Science Education and Standards, 1960 - 1963 Administrative of Science Work, 1960 - 1963 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files I, 1966 - 1975 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files II, 1965 - 1966 Production of PhDs in the Sciences, 1965 - 1966 Natural Areas as Research Facilities (book) Council Study / Committee on Research in Small Colleges, 1960 - 1964 Population Explosion and Birth Control, 1965 - 1968 AAAS Cooperation with Developing Countries, 1965 - 1967 International Scientific Communication, 1960 - 1962 Air Conservation Commission, 1962 - 1964 Race (proposed Commission on), 1962 - 1963 Committee on Environmental Alterations (Ad Hoc - DuBos), 1967 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): I, 1968 - 1976 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): II, 1968 - 1976 Herbicides Files: Vietnam (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) I, 1965 - 1969 Herbicides Files: (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) II, 1967 - 1968 Herbicide Assessment Commission (older), 1969 - 1970 Herbicide Assessment Commission (See also: Herbicides - Vietnam; See also: Committee on Environmental Alterations), 1970 - 1979 Committee on Cooperation Among Scientists, 1959 - 1957 Committee on Fallout, 1955 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: I, 1964 - 1970 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: II, 1951 - 1963 Evaluation of Scientific Merit, Committee on, 1950 - 1952 Membership Development Committee, 1954 - 1957 Metric Education, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1974 - 1975 Metric Committee, 1957 - 1958

While not working on satellite devices, she visits schools, taking younger children on a computer - simulated «Tour of the Universe» and talking to older ones about the highlights of her career in science.

«The mistiming prevents older people from being able to effectively hit the save button on new memories, leading to overnight forgetting rather than remembering,» said study senior author Matthew Walker, a UC Berkeley professor of neuroscience and psychology and director of the campus's Center for Human Sleep Science.