Sentences with phrase «studies of the evolution»

The number one industry set be transformed by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

To help us see better how and in what direction reason evolves, let us do a comparative study of the evolution of the lower level, that of instinct.

In that sense the study of evolution is grounded in randomness.

Since in its historicist worldview civilization itself was the only source of values, the study of the evolution of Western humanities was an important avenue towards positivism's ends.

The BHA has described the changes, which will also mean the study of evolution in primary schools will stay off the curriculum, as catastrophic.

Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the BHA, stated, «For the first time in the history of the national curriculum the new primary curriculum would have included the study of evolution — a move that had huge support from scientists and teachers.

The categorization of viruses as nonliving during much of the modern era of biological science has had an unintended consequence: it has led most researchers to ignore viruses in the study of evolution.

Results of research on the voles, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution in Montreal last month, raises questions about the full effect of radiation on animal populations and on humans.

«New mechanism of inheritance could advance study of evolution, disease treatment.»

Lark's co-authors include Robert Pennock, developer of Avida - ED and a professor of philosophy at MSU; Gail Richmond, a professor of teacher education at MSU; Louise Mead, education director of MSU's BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action; and Jim Smith, a professor of biology at MSU.

In addition to its utility in retrospective studies of the evolution of flowering plants, the Amborella genome sequence offers insights into the history and conservation of Amborella populations.

2013 was a banner year for the study of evolution, with major discoveries in everything from human evolution to the origin of mammals and the first life.

Pinsky and Alfaro presented their findings at a meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution in Norman, Oklahoma, last month

The new work addresses what David Puts, a biological anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, calls «one of the most contentious questions in the study of the evolution of human sexuality: whether women's orgasm has an evolutionary function.»

This is a relatively new paradigm in the study of evolution, which focuses on comparing the embryonic development of multiple living beings to understand how their adult forms have changed giving rise to new species.

The Gouldian finch was one of 977 species examined by UWM biologist Peter Dunn and his research partners in a worldwide study of the evolution of bird colors.

The pair are celebrated for their contributions to the study of the evolution of human culture and symbolism, and are a regular fixture at evolution of language meetings.

However, the olfactory ability has changed over time, making it an important subject in the study of the evolution of species.

The simulations allow for a detailed study of the evolution of vortex rings as they move through space, and the shape changes that the rings undergo (see image).

Geneticists at the University of Helsinki and the National University of Singapore have teamed up to explore the evolution of musical aptitude in the first - ever empirical study of the evolution of music.

The statement of the Joint Societies (American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists) on the free flow of ideas and data in public science, a letter to the Trump Administration

The meeting covered everything involving birds: advances in food production, the study of evolution through whole genomes, how genes form tissues and organs, human medical developments, and transgenics.

Managing Director, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action Michigan State University

Sincerely, Dr. Kathleen Donohue President, American Society of Naturalists Dr. Sally Otto President, Society for the Study of Evolution Dr. Luke Harmon President, Society of Systematic Biologists

The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) as a model system for study of the evolution of intelligence.

He applies such methods to the study of the evolution of both infectious diseases (especially HIV) and crustaceans (especially crayfish).

«The discovery of the DMRT3 mutation is an outstanding example of how genetic studies of the evolution in domestic animals can lead to basic new knowledge concerning gene function and important biological mechanisms», states Leif Andersson.

Fossilized Water Fleas (16/12/2016) A new study of the evolution of the micro-crustacean group Cladocera... more

Becoming a principal: Case studies of the evolution of role conception and leader identity development among urban school principals in training.

Sociology is a study of evolution, human behavior, and social groups.

Origin and differentiation of the island fox: a study of evolution in insular populations.

In 1980 what is still today one of the most accurate and complete study of the evolution of the artist's work was published.

«Arshile Gorky's The Artist and His Mother: Further Study of Its Evolution, Sources, and Meaning.»

In the works on view, we see an artist setting up an experimental station for the study of the evolution of the painterly line, in which the butterfly is the end result.

Someone here knows the some of the recent great minds in the studies of evolution.

Better understanding of planetary motions» role in driving natural climate swings may lead to breakthroughs in the study of evolution.

The ability of complex systems to adapt is of particular interest to the study of evolution.

Not exact matches

Professor Zhu Chaodong, the Institute of Zoology's lead scientist in insect evolution studies at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, said it would be a «catastrophe» if billions of cockroaches were suddenly released into the environment — be it through human error or a natural disaster like an earthquake that damaged the building.

One of the most influential works on that list is «Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind,» originally published by a Canadian psychiatrist in 1901.

«This topic is important, since it will shed a light on the evolution of human cheating and punishment,» Liesbeth Sterck, a behavioral biologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands who was not involved in the study, told LiveScience in an email.

Scientists can also use these tools to further study the dynamics and evolution of banana pathogens in the field, and monitor changes in their resistance to fungicides.

Useem describes the evolution of dynamic pricing since the mid-1990s — «eBay was Disneyland,» says one economist who studied consumer habits there.

Or, as cognitive scientist Stephanie Braccini and colleagues put it in a Journal of Human Evolution study, «a strengthening of individual asymmetry [may have] started as soon as early hominins assumed a habitual upright posture during tool use or foraging».

WEI is one company that has been studying the evolution of ransomware and providing cutting - edge technology tools to businesses.

The Institutionalization of Treasury Note and Bond Auctions, 1970 - 1975 A new study by Kenneth D. Garbade identifies the 1970 - 1975 period as a milestone in the U.S. Treasury market's evolution from fixed - price offerings of notes and bonds to market - driven auctions.

Those moments often occur around the time that online shopping reaches about 20 percent of total national retail spending in a category, the research firm L2 has concluded after studying the evolution of e-commerce.

Making a judgement about a faith, be it Christianity or Islam, on the basis of a few extremists has about the same logical errancy as saying evolution is false because Hitler's murderous race purification rampage was fueled by his study of Darwin's theory, a truth written by Hitler himself.

There are even studies with pre-verbal children (haven't been socialized to religion yet) and other but non-human social animals that show that morality, if you accept that a sense of fairness and preferring «nice» over the opposite are proto - morals, then indeed it is evolution that makes it so.

Some Christians would rather avoid a science major than have to take a course (or a section of a course) studying evolution.

Now it you had actually studied chemistry which is one of the two corner stone sciences that give us evolution, the other being physics, you would know this.