Sense About Science, which listed Ridley as a member of its Advisory Council, itself warned against such review processes, saying: «sometimes organisations or individuals claim to have put their studies through peer review when, on inspection, they have only shown it to some colleagues.
I'll leave you to
your sense about science - as - message - fodder.
Ex RCP - ites now run «The Institute of Ideas», «
Sense about Science» and «Spiked Online».
On the occasion of ESOF 2016 in Manchester, Elsevier will convene this session at which
Sense about Science will present an infographic and ask representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission, media and the scientific community, what are the priorities and are we creating an environment that is conducive to Citizen Science.
She has served on many advisory board and committees, including as a Vice Chair of the board of trustees at
Sense About Science, and as a trustee of the Science Museum.
AllTrials is an international initiative of Ben Goldacre, BMJ, Centre for Evidence - based Medicine, Cochrane Collaboration, James Lind Initiative, PLOS and
Sense about Science and is being led in the US by
Sense About Science USA, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.
Tracey Brown of the group
Sense About Science countered that «We are talking about a controlled environment in the sense that this research is going on in an experimental setting.»
Government agencies in the United Kingdom do a poor job of keeping tabs on research they fund to set policies, according to a report released today by
Sense About Science, a London - based group that advocates for the use of scientific evidence in policymaking.
«If government wants people to trust the research it commissions, and if it wants to go on attracting top class researchers to its contracts, then it needs to behave accordingly,» Tracey Brown, director of
Sense About Science, said in a statement.
The trade megatreaty doesn't threaten Europe's precautionary approach to health and environmental regulation, says Tracey Brown of
Sense About Science
For the past two years, the organisation Index on Censorship has been working on this with
Sense about Science and the writers» association English PEN.
Government agencies in the United Kingdom do a poor job of keeping tabs on the research they fund to set policies, according to a report released this week by
Sense About Science, a London - based group that advocates for the use of scientific evidence in policymaking.
In a statement, Tracey Brown, managing director of
Sense About Science said:
Earlier this month, the advocacy group
Sense About Science launched an effort to reform those laws, arguing that they were being used to stifle scientific discourse on controversial topics, usually ones of medical interest.
Several high - profile lawsuits have prompted prominent researchers and U.K. groups such as Index on Censorship and
Sense about Science to complain that U.K. libel laws — and the high costs of defending a libel action — are forcing researchers and scientific journals to censor or edit academic material.
«In our experience, most misunderstandings from scientific research come from an absence of meaning and context... [and] Preparing and scrutinising papers for publication is a vital part of establishing the meaning and context,» says Tracey Brown of the pressure group
Sense About Science.
The John Maddox Prize, a joint initiative of Nature, the Kohn Foundation and
Sense about Science, commemorates the late Sir John Maddox, a champion and defender of science who had served as a Nature editor for 22 years.
A recent survey by the charity
Sense About Science revealed that more than 1 in 3 editors of scientific or medical journals have refused material for fear of a libel suit.
The peer - review landscape has changed rapidly in recent years, presenting new opportunities but also potential pitfalls for young scientists, said the speakers at this session organized by
Sense about Science.
Join Science's Next Wave,
Sense About Science and invited experts from the fields of industry, academia and government - funded research organisations for a stimulating discussion in line with this year's festival theme «Setting the Agenda for Science.»
Science and Technology — Subject: Clinical trials Witness (es): Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of Cancer Partners UK and Dean, University of Buckingham Medical School and Simon Denegri, NIHR National Director for Public Participation and Engagement in Research and Chair, INVOLVE; Tracey Brown, Managing Director,
Sense About Science and Dr Helen Jamison, Deputy Director, Science Media Centre; Sir Kent Woods, Chief Executive,, Dr Janet Wisely, Chief Executive, Health Research Authority, Bill Davidson, Acting Deputy Director and Head of Research Standards and Support, Department of Health and Peter Knight, Deputy Director, Head of Research Information and Intelligence, Department of Health Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster
In addition, the charitable trust «
Sense About Science» organised a «don't destroy the research» petition in support of the scientists which attracted in excess of 6000 signatures from a wide variety of people, including celebrities Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin.
Better still, there is a fantastic body of support fo
te Sense About Science camapigning for Simin Singh, who is being sued bt the BCA.
He is also the executive director of
Sense About Science USA.
Not exact matches
So thinking of a particular shift within the system as «anti-capitalist» makes
about as much
sense as thinking that the discrediting of a particular scientist or the fall of a particular scientific theory amounts to the downfall of
science, as a whole.
Studies show that school gardens have multiple benefits, from teaching students
about plant
science and agriculture, to instilling a
sense of responsibility.
Until someone has all the answers with proven
science or religion it makes no
sense to argue
about who is right or wrong.
Science is all
about discovering, not «knowing» in a supernatural
sense.
So a proven, verified,
science is hokum to you, but a book written by ignorant men all
about god magic makes
sense?
A word needs to be said
about art in the second
sense, which like the products of applied
science to which it is closely related, is a dominant note in our culture.
In one
sense,
science has nothing legitimate to say
about God.
If for you your faith is only
about «worshiping» the words in a book (which are written by man)... think
about it... you might be wasting your time and not realize how distant you actually have become (from the true msg) worrying
about trivialities or needing to reconcile scripture with
science / common
sense... simply because your book (and your self - imposed obligation to believe in the words) doesn't leave you another option.
In other words, the scientific materialist maintains that there is a conflict between
science and religion, and that it is intrinsic and a priori, in the
sense that it would exist even if
science had not yet made any definite discoveries
about the world.
It follows that there is a genuine purality of propositions to be made
about man, and despite ultimate unity of a systematic doctrine of man (anthropology in that
sense), there are in principle several
sciences that can and must treat of man.
But people in
science have the
sense and methods to stay sensible
about leaving behind things that are later proven false (or for which better theories come along).
Best of all, this book closed with several chapters on pertinent theological questions for today, such as how to reconcile the Bible and
science, how to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament, and how to make
sense of what the Bible teaches
about women, homosexuality, and the fate of those who have never heard the gospel.
My # 1 criticism with religious people, is thus: Those of us who reject religion in favor of
science tend to speak
about our beliefs in the way the universe works with an assumed
sense of «we think.»
Thus, for the founders of modern
science and philosophy, the world was rational in the
sense of conforming to an intelligible pattern, and thought
about the world should be coherent.
Science is, in fact, provisional, in the
sense that our conclusions
about the age of the earth are less solid than the observations from which those conclusions are drawn.
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.
In order to bring
about a post-critical reconciliation of mind and nature we need a wider and deeper
sense of the cosmos than our religious ancestors had or than modern
science has given us since the seventeenth century.
From a professional perspective, I have had lots of lovely opportunities come my way, and made real progress with
Science Sparks in a slightly mad, bursting with ideas and not able to focus / sleep / concentrate manner, but on a personal level, I have a real
sense of failure
about the last month or so.
Eschewing the extremes occupied by the loudest voices in the national concussion and youth sport conversation, the ones who either deny there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed (who they characterize as the «just a knock to the head» crowd) or have become so convinced that contact sports inevitably result in lifelong disability that they are so fundamentally unsafe that they should be abolished, they opt instead for the common
sense middle ground - a place where MomsTEAM and I have been all along - a magical place where it is possible to have a «more thoughtful,
science - based» dialog
about the role of sports in our kids» lives.
It is proved by
science and it does make
sense when you learn more
about women's hormones that work during labor and birth as well as the the women's anatomy.
Well, why couldn't you do a complete story
about John Glenn the man, weave in what some of the
science is and talk
about the historical significance all at once, and then have the young people try things, because they have a lot of energy and so that they can get a
sense of what escape velocity is?
These preschool
science activities can help your preschooler to learn
about their body facts and their five
senses.
Unlike the Field Museum or
Science & Industry, there's a
sense of intimacy
about our little museum.
We worry far more
about their fifth - grade
science fair project than their
sense of integrity.
Bring your curiosity and
sense of wonder as you join Museum educators for fun activities, games, and crafts that teach
about the natural
sciences!
For those who have no idea
about the
science of the microbiome and the
science of epigenetics, such an effort makes perfect
sense: