They never freeze solid, which is
a scientific mystery to me.
Not exact matches
In the end, the president of the British Humanists approaches the
mystery of humans themselves with the same
scientific approach he brings
to his physics.
I have read statements from his peers in the past saying that there is inconclusive evidence in regards
to age old
mysteries, and I respect him for standing firm with what he believes, but I would expect someone with such a
scientific background
to have more than conjecture
to back their claims.
This understanding of the limited scope of
scientific method had been generally accepted since Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781); but in nineteenth - century evolutionary parlance it took on the specific meaning that «all beginnings and endings are lost in
mystery,» a phrase that became commonplace in the sciences and social sciences as a way of dismissing or circumventing probing questions that sought
to assess the larger implications or consequences of
scientific analysis.
To the scientifically minded,
mystery invites investigation and the most effective form of investigation is the
scientific method.
If there is a revelation of
mystery it could not give us absolutely clear solutions
to specific ethical, political and social problems, any more than we can expect it
to solve
scientific problems.
This popular
scientific author goes on
to say that physicists will eventually understand the basic laws of the universe, and then, «the existence of the universe will hold no more
mystery for those who choose
to understand it than the existence of the sun.»
The disdain for
mystery implied in these two intimately connected standards of exploration has dramatically negative implications for how we regard the natural world in a
scientific age.2 Even though initially the quest for clarity and simplicity seems innocent enough, unless carefully contained it can become a weapon of power wielded ruthlessly
to hack away the rich undergrowth of vagueness that goes along with any cherishing of
mystery.
And my reason for thinking this includes, among other things, the fact that my
scientific friends in a great college of a great university (among them many agnostics and self - identified «atheists») are the very people who often seem
to me most aware of
mystery in the world, even in the
scientific research that they carry on with such devotion and yet with such humility.
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Scientific analysis of their «material basis» is the exclusive key
to unlocking the
mysteries of life, mind and the universe as a whole.
What is important
to understand in the first step is that those earthquakes will hit at different parts of the world where
scientific and archeological teachings have indicated that arcane
mysteries have been buried.
That is
to say, the more one is aware of one's own involvement in a
scientific enterprise, the more one understands it as participation in a
mystery, rather than as a conquest of exterior and objective territory.
What I find so preposterous about MANA's position is that they «demand»
scientific, evidence based precision for obstetric interventions, but their stated ethical position is that birth is a
mystery and death and bad outcomes have
to be accepted in the process of «letting go» and «healing».
Despite a tremendous amount of
scientific study, many outstanding
mysteries still surround the way in which cells in living tissue respond
to and repair physical damage.
Microscopic analysis of the ancient wall opened Finkelstein's eyes, and by 1990 he hoped
to shine the same
scientific light on the biggest of the big questions: the enduring
mystery of the reigns of David and Solomon.
The work helps explain a biological
mystery and could open
scientific doors
to studies of novel treatments for neurological disease, said lead researcher Jason Slot, an assistant professor of fungal evolutionary genomics at The Ohio State University.
The origin of these complex cell types has long been a
mystery to the
scientific community, but now researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered a new group of microorganisms that represents a missing link in the evolutionary transition from simple
to complex cells.
Indeed, there are many approaches
to writing a
mystery story and many purposes
to a
scientific paper.
To investigate the
mysteries of the void, some physicists are using the biggest
scientific instrument ever built — the just - completed Large Hadron Collider, a huge particle accelerator straddling the French - Swiss border.
They collaborated with Rob Clayton, a professor of geophysics and borrowed a variety of geophysical
scientific instruments
to go out and «probe» the dunes» acoustical
mystery.
Dust devils were one of those
scientific mysteries no one on Earth bothered
to study until we figured out that they may control Mars's weather
Now,
to crack the
mystery of why and how people around the world came
to believe in moralizing gods, researchers are using a novel tool in religious studies: the
scientific method.
In this fascinating book, Edward J. Larson places the expedition, which ran from 1910
to 1913, in context as the last of three successive expeditions that aimed
to solve some of Antarctica's most important
scientific mysteries.
Science has always aimed
to explain the world around us, and humanists used
to portray
scientific explanations as draining the joy and
mystery from life.
«This study illustrates the power of a multidisciplinary team, involving clinicians, geneticists and basic immunologists,
to get
to the heart of a medical
mystery,» said Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D.,
scientific director of the Intramural Research Program at NHGRI and a co-author of the study.
«The evolutionary changes required
to build the giraffe's imposing structure and
to equip it with the necessary modifications for its high - speed sprinting and powerful cardiovascular functions have remained a source of
scientific mystery since the 1800s, when Charles Darwin first puzzled over the giraffe's evolutionary origins,» said Cavener, a professor of biology and the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State.
Dr. Funari's
scientific career spans two decades developing or encompassing new genomic approaches
to unfold new
mysteries of human genetic diseases.
Medical examiners regularly rely on
scientific skills
to solve medical
mysteries, and Mitchell realized that «I can go
to medical school, and I can still be a forensic scientist.»
Fans attending the 2011 World Series should be relatively safe from impalement, owing
to some sharp
scientific sleuthing that has reduced the number of pulverized bats in the league by 50 percent and shed light on one of baseball's strangest
mysteries.
Their endurance has long posed a kind of
scientific mystery, as the majority of asexually reproducing species tend
to fade away over time.
Stephen Hawking, the master of time, space, and black holes, steps back into the spotlight
to secure his
scientific legacy — and
to explain the greatest
mystery in physics: the origin of the universe.
A carbon threshold breached, commitments
to brain science made,
mystery neutrinos found and human evolution revised — these and other events highlight the year in science and technology as picked by the editors of
Scientific American
We all know there is nothing like a good night's sleep — sack time enhances mood, memory, immune function and hormonal balance — and yet the
scientific underpinnings for sleep continue
to be a
mystery.
The list is by no means complete, and
Scientific American readers are sure
to have their own favorite
mysteries.
Such an alternative may be vital, given that silane's behavior under various conditions remains a
mystery, even
to scientific experts.
We can tune in
to just one speaker at a noisy cocktail party with little difficulty — an ability that has been a
scientific mystery since the early 1950s.
The origin of these complex cell types has long been a
mystery to the
scientific community, but now an international collective of researchers led by Uppsala University has identified a group of microorganisms that provides a unique insight into the evolutionary transition from simple
to complex cells.
«The capabilities of our ancestors and the environmental forces leading
to early stone technology are a great
scientific mystery,» said Richard Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the research.
Having a facility like SSRL just up the hill from the Cantor's conservation lab lends a unique opportunity for students
to probe cultural
mysteries with advanced
scientific tools, says Susan Roberts - Manganelli, director of the Learning Lab.
In this episode of Instant Egghead we get
to the bottom of this
mystery and, oh yeah, also explain the
scientific method.
«The capabilities of our ancestors — and the environmental forces — leading
to early stone technology are a great
scientific mystery.
Scientists consider artificial spin ices
to be
scientific playgrounds, where the
mysteries of magnetism might be explored and revealed.
But this month we have another reason
to write about our region's most iconic aquatics: an enduring
scientific mystery.
He moved
to America for his postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School, where he met «the most important person for my
scientific development,» Dr. Marc Kirschner, who described his former student as having «a competitive spirit toward solving the
mysteries of science that does not contemplate failure
to solve a problem.»
The origin of these complex cell types has long been a
mystery to the
scientific community, but now researchers from SciLifeLab and Uppsala University have discovered a new group of microorganisms that represents a missing link in the evolutionary transition from simple
to complex cells.
As an associate professor and director of the Okeanos Research Laboratory in Clemson's department of biological sciences, Mount has dedicated his
scientific career
to studying the
mysteries of oyster shell formation and the prevention of marine biofouling by barnacles.
These long asked questions of the universe still remain a
mystery, but they are about
to be solved by the world's most advanced telescope ALMA, a giant telescope that was constructed at an altitude of 5,000 meters in Chile and started its
scientific observations from 2011.
LA JOLLA — Rapid advances in the ability
to grow cells, tissues and organs of one species within an organism of a different species offer an unprecedented opportunity for tackling longstanding
scientific mysteries and addressing pressing human health problems, particularly the need for transplantable organs and tissues.
Therefore, the
scientific community has performed research on the health benefits pumpkin provides, which may help
to unlock the
mystery of the plant's hidden potential, especially in terms of its use as a safe, inexpensive, and highly - effective alternative
to popular medicine.
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