Our annual essay contest engages the next generation of medical researchers, clinical practitioners, and public health specialists
in questions of science and policy.
My
eventual questioning of science did not initially come from an interest in animal rights or from ecological awareness; it originated from my deep involvement with civil liberties.
A special feature keeping us up to date with issues of science and religion EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION: CONVINCING AND THEISTIC In a series of articles in his Credo column of The Catholic Times between 30th December 2007 and 3rd February 2008, the insightful Fr Francis Marsden tackled the
big questions of science and faith.
With these tools, we can now not only answer
fundamental questions of science that we never could before but also translate it into the clinic for disease intervention.»
Cardinal Pell recently found himself pitted against Professor Richards Dawkins on Australia's ABC channel as part of its Q&A series (9 April 2012) to
debate questions of science and belief.
In the pages that follow I shall give considerable attention to the way in which the dualistic separation of value from the universe has structured the
whole question of science and religion.
Two factors — the ease of finding unsubstantiated and false information online and the rise of populism — have led to a growing distrust of authority that has released
cascading questioning of science and scientists, he added.
And with McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, sparking an unprecedented level of interest in the beliefs and philosophies of a vice presidential candidate, some more
populist questions of science — creationism in the classroom, for example — have taken on a more direct resonance with voters than usual.
For the scientific community, the release of public polls on
contentious questions of science usually makes us feel like Bill Murray's character in the film Groundhog Day.
There's a large segment of American society that doesn't understand how science works, doesn't understand the difference between public relations and science, doesn't know how to judge who is and is not a credible authority on a particular topic, doesn't know that the lizard brain is not the best tool to use in
considering questions of science.
He's also a self - described conservative who is outraged that the state legislature and Nebraska's Republican governor are letting politics interfere
with questions of science.
Mary Shelley's «Frankenstein» celebrated its 200th birthday this week with a two - part symposium focused
on questions of science, ethics and responsibility.
Understanding this helps us be open to the research and
questioning of science, while recognizing such questioning is not an enemy to faith.
Although what he writes is open and unapologetic «heresy», at least Jack Mahoney has highlighted the fact that
the question of science and religion is not some purely academic issue revolving around a few specialised philosophical and theological discussions.
Rather than overdetermining the abortion question as
a question of science — and this,....
Rather than overdetermining the abortion question as
a question of science — and this, given his blanket concessions to the prerogatives of scientific progress on related fronts, is revealing — Obama underdetermines it as a question of interpretation.
(Another way of putting this is that the environment is not
a question of science but of justice; Marx, the obvious touchstone here, is very conflicted about where justice ends and where power begins, because he lacks an adequate theory of authority.)
All CNN is doing is trying to politicize
this question of science and faith to taint the Senator.
Part of the answer, I think, is that we chemists are not seen to be addressing the «big»
questions of science.
Again, this is a question of values, not
a question of science or of expertise.
Definitely one of my very favorite listening experiences, RadioLab defies categorization as hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich take on
questions of science, philosophy, and human nature with endlessly curious beginner's minds.
From the war zones of the Middle East to the dusty shelves of a local convenience store,
questions of science and faith and love emerge, presented almost documentary style.
These are
questions of science, ecology, relationship of human and nature, cruelty, inventiveness of modern civilization, and, certainly, spirituality.
FWIW, on
questions of science.
The misleading characterisation of the RealClimate site as an environmentalist group may very well be intentional, especially since you have
questioned some of the science that climate change opponents favor.
I think
the questioning of science by the American right wing and the political assaults funded by their rich benefactors are proving to be a distraction to those interested in moving the planet to a path of sustainable economic growth.