Sentences with phrase «sheer curiosity»

This is one of those recipes that I just had to try... out of sheer curiosity.

However he is aware that funding cuts could hold back the sort of discoveries that come from sheer curiosity, such as the discovery of x-rays.

Out of sheer curiosity: what do you make of cable machines?

I am sure it started as sheer curiosity at first to see if he was a relation... [Continue reading]

So simple in fact that it's impossible not to be drawn in by sheer curiosity, something which will no doubt allow Minit to reach a much larger audience naturally.

«We started to do these calculations out of sheer curiosity in the course of the European Union project DECARBit.

In her study of motivational factors that impact student engagement, Kathleen Cushman identified «social learning with others, links to students» own interests, cultural connections, physical activity, relevance to the larger world, competition, an element of choice and sheer curiosity about an intriguing puzzle» (2013, p. 42).

Recently when I started writing a Romance Novel, I recalled the email and out of sheer curiosity clicked on the links.

Whether it's drug scandals, pollution problems or sheer curiosity at the incredible capabilities of the athletes, the Olympic Games have long fascinated researchers as well as the general public.

Even after four years, that scrutiny remains, Boudreau says, though it has shifted from sheer curiosity to examinations of Celebration's success as an early foray into new urbanism.

For bench scientists, who love fieldwork and are driven to exploration by sheer curiosity, the shift to computing may require some careful reining in of natural impulses.

I am also looking forward to the day Wenger will leave but not because I believe Wenger is doing a bad job but because of sheer curiosity.

Out of sheer curiosity, what scientific theories can you disprove based on a court's rules of evidence?

It seems people wanted to believe in these things and had a passion for the «very thing itself», even though these were often enough ridiculed by intellectuals, who, however, themselves could not resist the sheer curiosity aroused.

A search for fresh resources could have spurred the migrants, Willerslev says, but so could sheer curiosity.

We only got here because of sheer curiosity and the generous funding we got for this foundational research.

But I decide to power on nonetheless, in part out of sheer curiosity.

But I had never seen this one, and only finally caved out of sheer curiosity to see Christian Bale sing and dance.

Out of sheer curiosity, I took my wife's BMW 1 - Series for a spin just after driving the winter - shod Golf and the difference was remarkable.

I might think differently when / if I take a look at it, which I'm sure will happen sometime, if only out of sheer curiosity.

The adaptive level generator provides excellent replayability and makes it a game that will keep you coming back out of the sheer curiosity of «I wonder if I can beat the next level?»

If ever there was a film where the title tells you everything you need to know while also telling you it's a film you kind of need to see out of sheer curiosity, it's Killer Klowns From Outer Space.

Out of sheer curiosity, is this an episodic game?

Society funds basic research partly because of sheer curiosity, partly because of technological spinoffs, and partly because the answers to some questions are needed to set policy decisions.

While several of these tests — with the Xbox 360 and Wii, for example — were done out of sheer curiosity.

Japanese people's willingness to try out new technology is also legendary, which means many may experiment with bitcoin out of sheer curiosity.