Sentences with phrase «present scientific understanding»

Our present scientific understanding, although improving, remains seriously incomplete.

Biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake believes that the strong connection between humans and animals lies beyond our present scientific understanding.

The report provides transportation professionals with an overview of the scientific consensus on current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limitations of present scientific understanding as to their precise timing, magnitude, and geographic location; identifies potential impacts on U.S. transportation and adaptation options; and, offers recommendations for both research and actions that can be taken to prepare for climate change.

At present scientific understanding of the universe is more mysterious than it has ever been before in the history of scientific thought.

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As presented here, the hierarchical scheme shows why «scientific» models of explanation, based on invariant relationships between abstract properties, have failed to satisfy the historical understanding.

There have been many such changes, 8 so significant, in fact, that one wonders if Darwin must not be regarded, even by the biologists themselves, more as a precursor of developments leading to present - day evolutionary thinking rather than as a continuing historical source of our scientific understanding of man.

Science is presenting the best known evidence and how that relates to scientific understandings and breakthroughs.

Let them blend new sciences and theories and the understanding of the most recent discoveries with Christian morality and the teaching of Christian doctrine, so that their religious culture and morality may keep pace with scientific knowledge and with the constantly progressing technology... Thus they will be able to interpret and evaluate all things in a truly Christian spirit,... and priests will be able to present to our contemporaries the doctrine of the Church concerning God, man and the world, in a manner more adapted to them so that they may receive it more willingly.»

As we explore these issues our itinerary will be as follows: (1) we shall look first at several ways in which reflection on science has contributed to the feeling of cosmic exile and therefore to our environmental carelessness; (2) then we shall examine how theologies from our own Christian tradition that have hovered closely, even though critically, around modern scientific cosmologies have perpetuated the same feeling of cosmic exile; and (3) finally we shall look briefly at how a cosmological understanding of religion centering on the notion of adventure can both reconcile us to the evolving universe and at the same time allow us to embrace the feeling of religious homelessness present in religious teachings.

I have been encouraged and funded to attend conferences and meetings to develop my understanding of palaeoceanography and the climate system, as well as to practise presenting my work to the scientific community.

Our goal is that presenting science to the public in an entertaining, system - based way, rather than bogging them down with a series of scattered facts, it will help more people understand it and feel that they can contribute to the scientific conversation.

That presents a challenge for scientists who are competing with that gap in understanding between the public, the scientific community, and lawmakers.

Researchers from the Digital Geography at the University of Helsinki have been studying whether social media data could be used to understand visitor's activities in national parks and most recent results are presented in Scientific reports: Instagram, Flickr, or Twitter: Assessing the usability of social media data for visitor monitoring in protected areas.

«The mission of Pathways is to make sense of it all,» observes Jeremy Abbate, Director of Global Media for Scientific American, and the Publishing Director of the project, «We are presenting health from the viewpoint of every stakeholder — reseachers, patients, providers, regulatory bodies, small and large companies, and others — and trying to understand what the landscape will look like in five years, in twenty - five years.»

In the patent application, the invention must be presented in such a way that a diverse audience, ranging from a person skilled in the arts to a judge with no scientific background, can understand it.

This study adds the new finding that inflamed, iron - associated microglia are present in the hippocampus in Alzheimer's and are observable by 7T MRI, which could advance the scientific community's understanding of the disease.

The Shaffer Prize, presented annually by the GRF Scientific Advisory Committee, recognizes a researcher whose project best exemplifies the pursuit of innovative ideas in the quest to better understand glaucoma.

The scientific efforts in the past 30 years have significantly advanced our collective understanding of the folding dynamics and conformational changes present in structured proteins.

I am amazed at how effortlessly she presents cutting edge scientific research in the field of health and hormones and relates it to her audience in an easy to understand and practical way.

Typically, standards and curriculum present historical accounts and scientific innovations from a predominantly Eurocentric perspective, limiting the understanding and reflection that literature as a sliding glass door provides.

Around 50 per cent are unable to identify a scientific problem when presented with a real - life context related to understanding the purpose of a simple day - to - day investigation

This article presents efforts to support prospective secondary science teachers in learning and teaching about scientific models and the impact of those efforts on their understandings.

The person should simply understand the necessity of the present task and also the level of difficulty while working on this task, so the person is free to use this or that field of scientific activity and in this case, the process of writing will be easier for Continue reading

VET * 212, Principles of Imaging with Lab (1 credit / 2 contact hours) Gen Ed Competency: Scientific Knowledge & Understanding The theory and principles of radiology and radiation safety are presented.

Tissue samples collected during necropsy are examined microscopically by pathologists in order to answer important clinical questions, and information gleaned from necropsies is often presented at scientific meetings and published in journals to help advance our understanding of animal disease.

Adrian Ghenie highlights an era that questioned man's significance, the existence of God, and the question of Creationism — through a use of paint that suggests the anamorphic nature of identity through the evolution of scientific understanding, and contradiction of the Baconian flesh that presents it.»

I'll be very, very, very curious to see how The New York Times responds to this latest joint statement by the various national scientific academies and whether it presents its reading public with some simple facts that allow readers to understand, interpret, and judge ExxonMobil's statements within a more complete set of facts.

The violation of the Third Law will be only temporary as slowly scientific observation and understanding will get the better of the present situation... it is a firm conclusion that the climate change debate is distorted in its presentation and that its alleged scientific conclusions are unsound.

How much of our present understanding of things scientific will hold good in fifty years, do you think?

This is presented as a scientific claim, though when one tries to understand what it means, and what its consequences are, unpacking it reveals that it means precisely nothing, and the consequences might mean anything between a trivial change in the weather, through to the collapse of civilisation and the end of all life on Earth.

The analytical report presents work in progress on the scientific understanding of global environmental change, as well as foresight about possible issues on the horizon.

The scientific focus is on better understanding of climate variability and climate trends using paleo (past)- climate data, instrumental data, and numerical models and theory to assess the importance of internal and external forcing of past, present and future climate.

I have defended the view that must maintain the scientific style of listing the main caveats when the describe the present «best scientific understanding».

What we have asked Gov. Inslee for is a Climate Recovery Rule for the state of Washington, detailing and describing how Washington will use its existing authority to cap and draw down GHG emissions in a manner consistent with the best current scientific understanding of what it will take to protect not just these eight brave youths, but all of us, present and future generations alike.

Politicians should read it to understand that costly economic decisions to fight global warming are unnecessary, and irresponsible, given the unreliability of the so called «scientific» data and proof presented by the UN

His current research focuses on evaluating how well computer models simulate present - day climate, and on improving our scientific understanding of the nature and causes of climate change.

it is also legitimate to present the same as indicative of our current lack of scientific understanding of the climate.

As for appeal to authority, well the wide body of literature has authority (although individual papers may be badly flawed), so although it would be wrong to say that because it supports AGW then AGW must be true it is still perfectly legitimate to present it as indicative of our current level of scientific understanding of the subject and evidence that the skeptical view is, rightly or wrongly, a minority one.

Scientists don't lose their integrity when they present scientific information in a way that policy - makers and citizens can understand.

If a scientific assessment report is presented in such an unequivocal and visually attractive way, you must surely understand that politicians would only weigh its value against the likelihood of it being either (a) popular with the electorate.....

A personable and engaging speaker, Dr. Atkinson is known for his ability to present complex scientific ideas in compelling and easy - to - understand ways.