As a consumer of science news who is also a scientist, I know too well the filters that scientific findings go through before they emerge in the distilled versions the consumer reads.
As a science consumer, you turn to certain sources for your science.
It might be getting more difficult to be a science consumer if your taste runs to the printed, papery word.
With the fading of science sections from newspapers, where is the science for the science consumer, the readers into health, medicine, chemistry, tech, environment, physics, and the less well-defined category of Really Cool Scientific Shit?
Power and Consumer Reports ratings are not an exact science--much of their data is based on questionnaires and surveys, an inherently subjective game.
Nutrition lobbyist Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says consumer advocates heard the same kind of complaining from the packaged foods industry before they were required to put nutrition information on the backs of food items.
We use science to drive the product offerings and not consumer research.
Successful companies will marry their deep understanding of their medical science with their total commitment to health outcomes and individual consumer preferences to deliver on the promise of personalized medicine.
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The Consumer Electronics Show may be, to quote Stephen Colbert, a "high school science fair on crank, " but it's nirvana for gadget geeks.
One way is to become conversant in the subject matter of data science consumers, perhaps even obtaining basic certification in the subject matter area of the consumer.
Researchers at Nippon Hoso Kyokai are working with engineers at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) to create an "optical disc recording system based on consumer Blu-ray disc technology that can spin as fast as 15, 000 RPM" without worry of a disc experiencing a complete meltdown and shattering within the drive.
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Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
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