The spread between science knowledge and sports knowledge is one of the reasons why sports organizations have an outsize impact when they go green.
Science fiction writing can only be valuable to us if it is written by someone who has some knowledge of science.
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One solution, proposed by Matt Ridley, a British commentator on the social consequences of genetic knowledge (and former science editor of The Economist), might be the creation of medical-treatment funds, similar to pension funds.
It established a reliable record of knowledge, aiding the spread of science.
The technology revolution increased the need for people with knowledge of science, mathematics and engineering, but the number of degrees granted in these hard majors is roughly stagnant.
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Good knowledge of science development agencies.
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He remarks that the Western civilization is the first one to construct a science, a knowledge and description of nature that negates the sacred altogether.
And we are discovering more and more that what we might anticipate from our knowledge of basic science does not always pan out when we study what happens to patients.
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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At this late stage, the documents are almost totally bereft of any reference to science, despite the fact that science is a prolific producer and user of information and knowledge.
The question is whether the traditional educational profile of the journalist, J-schooled or not, can compete with the ingenuity of the technology companies, the knowledge of emerging expert media (such as Science-Based Medicine) or even the power of government as delineated in a fascinating report by Deloitte, to produce and disseminate not only information but also the tools to interpret that information.
One of UNESCO's main mandates is to promote the free flow of all forms of knowledge in education, science, culture and communication.
In this context, inclusiveness means creative inclusive policy integrating the vision of people in science, including traditional knowledge systems in scientific processes while participation refers to creating opportunities for people to be involved in science and to participate in decision making in science.
Eileen Hopkins, of the National Autistic Society, welcomed the Science paper: "Anything that adds to the body of knowledge on autism is clearly welcome, " she said.
The Royal Society, which is the UK's academy of science, founded in 1660, works to encourage the development of scientific research and knowledge.
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Historians and sociologists of science have made a convincing case that language plays a crucial role in the production of knowledge about the natural world.
In this context, Princess Sumaya presented the objectives of El Hassan Science City to foster scientific knowledge and research.
Knowledge of disease and the science of treatment are always evolving.
But science will come from lots of places, and basic knowledge travels freely.
The report recommends the creation of an ad hoc working group on science and traditional knowledge.
Published in March of this year, the report makes a number of recommendations for strengthening ties between modern science and traditional knowledge.
The first part of the report examines the nature of traditional knowledge and the triangular relationship between science, traditional knowledge and pseudo-science.
Another side event on recognizing indigenous and local knowledge and building synergies with science (Item 5 of the agenda) will also be organized by UNESCO.
But once science entered the picture, and engineers effectively took control of deep knowledge and forked off a community largely allied with owners of capital, the days of the residual artisan class were numbered.
The post-war expansion of university science was based on the assumption that to invest in knowledge was to invest in growth.
The report was commissioned by ICSU's General Assembly in September 1999 to make a 'critical study' of the paragraphs in the Declaration and Science Agenda referring to traditional knowledge systems.
It does however remark that, to be fully effective, science curricula need to interact properly with local experiences and systems of traditional knowledge, particularly in the biological and environmental sciences.
Mr Deutsch is firmly of the opinion that science is infinite, as is the human thirst for knowledge.
To get the most business value from the exploding quantities of data requires skills from all of these groups, combining business knowledge, analytical skills, and computer science.
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True to the title of the book, many of these have involved experiments that explore the limits of human ingenuity in realms such as private space flight, brain science and digital knowledge-gathering.
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