Sentences with phrase «public around science»

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A study done in 2005 by Dr. Jon D. Miller of Northwestern University, an expert in the public understanding of science and technology, found that one in five American adults thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth.

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

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Commenting on the announcement by Ofqual around issues related to GCSE Computer Science, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT — The Teachers» Union, said: «The NASUWT recognises that Ofqual has a critical responsibility to establish and maintain public and professional confidence in the qualification system.

But confusion immediately arose at both the university and NSF around the question of whether Marchant could remain as the PI for an NSF grant, according to emails made public last week by the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, which has been examining the case.

Societal tensions around issues such as the teaching of evolution in public science classrooms typically involve only a subset of Christians, and they have too often been depicted as more sweeping conflicts, Tippett argued.

Both eventually led, Reilly said, to the establishment of the center's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program, which provides teaching resources to encourage faculty to frame courses around civic challenges such as public health disparities, inequality and environmental issues.

In science news around the world, the National Institutes of Health expands the definition of clinical trials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture restores previously public animal welfare records, seismologists fear the loss of a key research vessel, Brazil's indigenous tribes win land rights, and China's — and the world's — largest radio telescope gets a no - fly zone.

Like other cybersecurity training programs around the country, the CAE programs draw students from computer science, engineering, math, statistics, forensic sciences, criminal justice, business administration, public policy, law, education, and the social sciences.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

In science news around the world this week, public health officials in South Wales are trying to contain a measles outbreak; questions are still spinning around the legality of a geoengineering experiment conducted last summer in international waters; a magnitude - 6.6 earthquake struck below the surface of Ya'an, China; and more.

Now, Lopez is pursuing a career in science and public policy to ensure programs like GEM are around for future science graduate students.

«There also needs to be enhanced investment in science in the region, better environmental stewardship, and more communication around the significance of the region to the public.

«Reducing the amount of salt in processed foods and restaurant foods is perhaps the single most important thing we could do to reduce blood pressure and the incidence of heart attacks and strokes in this country and around the world,» Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), said after a recent confab of food industry and health reps designed to help consumers limit their salt intake.

If the cuts are realized, «you will totally undermine the ability of EPA and its research arm to set standards at a level that science can rightfully be confident is protective of public health,» predicts William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a Washington, D.C., organization representing state and local air pollution agencies around the country.

Limited evidence shows that populations around the world have positive attitudes toward science and support public funding for scientific research, and these attitudes have been generally stable over time, the committee found.

Once that is done and a «new nexus of research» begins to form around how climate science and the climate change movement can increase racial and ethnic diversity, those fact - based findings can be used to guide public climate advocacy and policy reform efforts.

A congressionally mandated committee is holding public hearings on the issue, a series of recent symposia have focused attention on the small number of female researchers, and faculty women and sympathetic male colleagues around the country are debating the matter more openly with administrators (Science, 11 June, p. 1757).

Rather than causing problems, molecular biology hobbyists around the world are instead improving public engagement with science, creating useful products, and even contributing to scientific research.

Around the world, individual researchers and representatives of scientific societies are signing letters of protest or advice, offering to counsel Trump's transition team and ramping up efforts to communicate the value of science to the public.

«The idea of mixnets has been around for a long time, but unfortunately it's always relied on public - key cryptography and on public - key techniques, and that's been expensive,» says Jonathan Katz, director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center and a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland.

As a member of the Science Team of the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, Chapman has been studying images and other data returned from the spacecraft's first flybys of Mercury and from its primary and extended orbital missions around the planet; he is Education Public Outreach liaison with the Science Team and, as a member of the Geology Discipline Group of the Science Team, he is helping to conduct searches for satellites of Mercury and putative vulcanoids, as well as concentrating on studies of Mercury's craters and geological processes and history.

Chemistry Week is an annual celebration of the chemical sciences, and is centred around our members sharing their passion with public and school audiences.

«To get those images and put the science into the public's eye, it's good for broadening humanity's view of where we live and it boosts our awareness of what's around us.»

Why is it that as the science gets stronger around climate change, public belief gets weaker?

Food4Me researchers studied the key public concerns and commercial, cultural, knowledge and legal issues around personalised nutrition science.

He's traveled around the world, bringing science and science thinking skills to classrooms and public events everywhere.

By improving public understanding of science through the translation of the journal Scientific American into Arabic since 1986, «we aim at meeting the critical need for non-specialized scientific Arab publications targeted to Arabic - speaking public around the world,» said Shihab - Eldin in his letter.

Partnerships are built around various drivers: for example supporting the Polar regions in a period of rapid change; educating the public about polar sciences and climate; contributing to climate change awareness; mitigation and adaptation; defining and implementing CSR action plan; implementing technology solutions for low carbon emissions.

Attending is an international audience that, along with the public, includes peers and guests of the laureates, as well as leading representatives of science from around the world.

The forensic sciences are used around the world to resolve civil disputes, to justly enforce criminal laws and government regulations, and to protect public health.

Our speakers will be Ed Yong, one of the best science journalists working today and author of the blog «Not Exactly Rocket Science»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiscience journalists working today and author of the blog «Not Exactly Rocket Science»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiScience»; Liz Neeley, executive director of The Story Collider and architect of science outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA fiscience outreach strategies based on public engagement data; and Andrea Downing, patient and data sharing advocate and creator of an online community around BRCA findings.

The term «nanotechnology» entered into the public vernacular quite suddenly around the turn of the century, right around the same time that, when announcing the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2001 [2000; see the American Association for the Advancement of Science webpage on Historical Trends in Federal R&D, scroll down to the National Nanotechnology Initiative and click on the Jpg or Excel links], President Bill Clinton declared that it would one day build materials stronger than steel, detect cancer at its inception, and store the vast records of the Library of Congress in a device the size of a sugar cube.

Created by Society for Science & the Public and sponsored by Intel, the annual competition brings together young scientists from around the world to show off their projects.

The PIMS mandate is to promote excellent research and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel, to enrich public awareness of and education in mathematics and to create partnerships with similar organizations around the world.

«This science has been around for a while, and now the public is interested in implementing these developments as part of an overall healthy lifestyle,» says Fred Maxik, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Lighting Sscience has been around for a while, and now the public is interested in implementing these developments as part of an overall healthy lifestyle,» says Fred Maxik, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Lighting ScienceScience.

Dr. Noakes is refusing to yield to persecution by the trivial charge that was brought against him, and is using his trial to bring the science of the LCHF diet into public view in South Africa and around the world.

A 2012 paper in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest concluded that sites «build their algorithms around principles — typically similarity but also complementarity — that are much less important to relationship well - being than has long been assumed.»

Council members frequently present the science and its implications to national, state, and community leaders, and engage with the media to help inform the public policy discourse around child and family policy.

NCPI is committed to building a unified science of child development to explain the early roots of lifelong health, learning, and behavior in Brazil; translating and communicating science effectively to inform the public discourse around issues that affect children and families; and preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable disparities and promote well - being for all Brazilian children.

The Louisiana legislature in 2008 gave teachers in that state's public schools the legal right to raise questions about evolution — and a dozen or more states have K - 12 science standards that pussyfoot around the topic.

Professor Brian Cox, Professor for Public Engagement, says, «I have been delighted to be involved in filming these video resources, travelling around the country and meeting teachers and pupils who are inspired by science and involved in exciting, practical science in the classroom.

Founder of Art of Inquiry, LLC (math circle at Rockville, MD); NASA engineer; former astronaut instructor; former math / science teacher at public and private schools around the country.

Linked Learning offers secondary students a multi-year course of study that combines academic and technical learning organized around broad industry sectors, such as biomedical and health sciences; finance and business; information technology; public services; and arts, media and entertainment.

On the issue of public education he said, «We're turning around struggling schools by growing our Commissioner's Network, with funding for 17 more schools... We're continuing to broaden the range of educational opportunities by maintaining our support for magnet schools, agricultural - science schools, and other high - quality options, including funding for additional state charter schools.»

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

These two commitments result in terribly kinked phone cords and not - quite dry wetsuits around Ocean Conservancy's Santa Barbara field office.Greg received a bachelor's degree in political science and public policy from UC Santa Barbara, and served as Community Affairs Director for Environmental Defense Center prior to joining Ocean Conservancy.

Then the Public, the Media, and the Politicians WILL pay attention and will stop treating Climate Scientists like a bunch of waffling losers who can be kicked around IN PUBLIC for 25 years and yet never say a word in defense of THEMSELVES and Their HARD SCPublic, the Media, and the Politicians WILL pay attention and will stop treating Climate Scientists like a bunch of waffling losers who can be kicked around IN PUBLIC for 25 years and yet never say a word in defense of THEMSELVES and Their HARD SCPUBLIC for 25 years and yet never say a word in defense of THEMSELVES and Their HARD SCIENCE.

In addition to essential community and policy - oriented actions around strengthening preventive public health infrastructure, science has an important role to play in prevention.

It must be embarrassing all around to have someone so ignorant of climate science spewing such nonsense in public.