Sentences with phrase «public about the science»

Creationist views should not be included in a display whose purpose is to educate the public about science.»

In a display which is supposed to educate the public about science, it is unacceptable to suggest that creationism can be viewed as an alternative explanation of natural phenomena.

New Yorkers deserve answers, and we strongly encourage Governor Cuomo and his staff to do the right thing: be forthright with the public about the science being reviewed, let the outside experts reviewing his administration's work speak openly about their ideas, suggestions, and concerns, and open their work to public comment.

In this project, we used design tools and approaches borrowed from the art world to solve problems related to motion, form, and complexity to create something entertaining, which ultimately led to new scientific insights and, hopefully, new ways to excite the public about science,» says Ingber.

While at AAAS, his focus on public engagement — as well as international research cooperation and science diplomacy globally — reflected his view that «simply trying to educate the public about science - based issues is not working.»

«So they have instead turned to smear, innuendo, criminal hacking of websites, and leaking out - of - context snippets of personal emails in their effort to try to confuse the public about the science and thereby forestall any action to combat this critical threat.»

In addition to educational settings, the power of cartoons to persuade can be of value to agencies working to educate the public about a science - laden concept — one for which they would like to change opinion, intentions, or behaviors.

An ambitious 4 - year project launched in March 2010 unites more than 90 European stem cell and regenerative medicine research laboratories in a coordinated effort to engage with the public about their science.

Educating the public about the science of positive training with marine mammals was always a driving force for Kendall.

More and more are realizing that the old model of putting out a press release and waiting for a reporter to call has less and less value when they can communicate directly with the public about science that matters.

Last year the UK's prestigious scientific body, the Royal Society, wrote to Exxon asking them to stop funding the groups who were «misinforming the public about the science of climate change».

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has tried every trick in the book to wrongly defend ExxonMobil against allegations that the company intentionally misled shareholders and the public about the science of climate change.

So they have instead turned to smear, innuendo, criminal hacking of websites, and leaking out - of - context snippets of personal emails in their effort to try to confuse the public about the science and thereby forestall any action to combat this critical threat.

Climate scientists are not only speaking to the public about the science of climate change, but also are calling for policies designed to reduce use of fossil fuel, the primary anthropogenic source of greenhouse gas emissions.»

In spite of his own errors, May is deeply suspicious of any attempt to subject claims about the future of the world's climate to scientific scrutiny, and he steps further outside the realm of material fact to speculate that those guilty of not respecting the facts belong to an «active and well - funded «denial lobby»» that is «misinforming the public about the science of climate change».

May is asking us to respect factoids and unrepresentative evidence dressed up as fact, yet he assures us that it is the oil companies that are «misinforming the public about the science of climate change».

When it comes to his photography, Chris Linder has three goals (besides getting phenomenal shots)-- «to educate the public about science; to inspire the next generation of researchers; and to communicate the need to protect wild spaces.»

Stats.org is a front designed to confuse the public about science, operated by an extremist conservative «think tank», and Trevor Butterworth wrote every word on it, including «and» and «the.»

Instead of airing a broadcast news segment that might inform the public about the science scandal, both ABC and CBS relegated the story to their Web sites.

I only disagree with you when you say that educating the public about science is the most effective way to change minds.

Not exact matches

This Friday I will be joining colleagues in international affairs, journalism, public policy and political science to talk about «Academics in the Media Landscape: The Role of Scholar - Columnist - Bloggers».

The companies include Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Co., BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Peabody Energy Corp. «The American people deserve answers from the fossil fuel corporations about their actions to massively deceive the public in regards to climate science,» Lieu and Welch wrote in a letter to their House colleagues asking for their support.

@SeanNJ, I would think the meetings would primarily be about educating the public on the separation of church and state and opposing religious encroachment on the public / government arena, e.g. creationism / ID in the science classroom, ten commandments displays in government buildings, school sanctioned prayer or religious activities.

If Thor believers were rampant in the country and were trying to impose their myths into government, public policy, schools and science, and were continually promising dire eventualities for not believing in him, I'll just bet you would hit up a message board or two about it!

Constructive post-modernists make no claim to perfection or finality for their ideas about philosophy, science, or public policy.

@this lady, The whole debate is about this only — the Christians are trying to get a backdoor entry into public schools by incorporating Creationism into science textbooks!

And those articles in peer - reviewed journals such as the Lancet, Science and BMJ, mentioned by Dr. Greene, were all in the public domain: the Vatican Press Office should have known about those, too, and should have been ready to quote them the instant the Pope made his off - the cuff remarks.

This newventure will hopefully allow some journalists the opportunity to delve far more deeply into these issues, and allow them then to contribute more constructively to informing the public about the real state of the religion — science debate.

It is very encouraging to see this debate about the understanding of science within a faith perspective becoming so public.

They are seeking what has been called post-modern paradigms for «an open secular democratic culture» within the framework of a public philosophy (Walter Lippman) or Civil Religion (Robert Bellah) or a new genuine realistic humanism or at least a body of insights about the nature of being and becoming human, evolved through dialogue among renascent religions, secularist ideologies including the philosophies of the tragic dimension of existence and disciplines of social and human sciences which have opened themselves to each other in the context of their common sense of historical responsibility and common human destiny.

The starches were eliminated when the Center for Science in the Public Interest charged that some baby foods contained only about 30 percent food (such as strained bananas), with the rest being water, modified starch, and sugar

The Illinois Science Council, a nonprofit seeking to educate and entertain the public about STEM, hosts its sixth annual 3.14 - mile fun run / walk begins at 6:28 (double pi!)

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Other west suburban museums to receive operating grants include: the Aurora Public Art Commission Gallery in Aurora, $ 9,640 for the creation of a brochure about the commission and the Aurora Outdoor Art and Science Walk; the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, $ 9,640 for a guide to help 3rd - and 4th - grade pupils better understand the exhibits; and the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, $ 9,640 for a series of adult and youth workshops to complement six major exhibitions on the museum's 2001 schedule.

Educating and engaging the public to learn more about wildlife through citizen science is also a hallmark of conservation at Mass Audubon.

«I think that public understanding of engineering and science is incredibly important, both to continue getting support for these fields, but also to inform people as they make decisions about lots of issues that are confronting our world today,» he said.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

Celebrating 160 years of science exploration and education, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the public face of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, founded in 1857 as Chicago's first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

She writes about breastfeeding at Lactation Narration, and she is particularly interested in extended breastfeeding, tandem nursing, pumping at work, nursing in public, the science of lactation, and breastfeeding advocacy.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has plenty say about this.

I briefly told you about the Get Food Education in Every School initiative when it was announced in May, but now you can read more about it in this week's Huffington Post editorial by Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (the folks behind Food day).

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In fact, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, has published a post about how Beech Nut is doing the right thing in telling consumers exactly what they're buying, and that other manufacturers should follow suit.

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The second is that public debates about science represent a messy clash between two, not just different, but diametrically opposed approaches to argument: scientific argument and advocacy.

Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public policy.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

Obviously, you're trying to appear rational and pragmatic about all this, talking about following «the science» while balancing economic development with environmental and public health concerns.

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».