It is also worth pointing out that everyone from David Roberts at Grist to Sean Pool with Science Progress has pointed out that the news may be too good to be true (that said, V3Solar did have their claims validated by an external third party).
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But his suggestions as to how science might progress seem a little wayward, particularly the view that science needs visionaries rather than mathematically adept plodders (he sees himself as the former, by the way).
For example, a group led by New York University, which was an also-ran in the Roosevelt Island competition, plans to create an applied-sciences institute, called the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress, in Brooklyn.
His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for co-operation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress.
Without leaving his scientific footing, Simon developed a bias for optimism about man, knowledge, science, technological progress and the future.
Laws of diminishing returns mean that even if the science continues to progress, the amount of benefit that can be gained by fine-tuning priority-setting will diminish over time.
There are many, of course, who think religion is irrelevant to the progress of science.
Progress in science requires that today's hot news become tomorrow's textbook commonplace.
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That was an unfortunate loss, not only for him, but for science as well because progress on building a smarter chess computer effectively ended after that, he said.
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How intrinsically different is that from education in the West where girls are often funneled into the liberal arts and boys are encouraged to progress in math and science?
And I'm a science journalist, I love technological progress.
Although modern science has been able to prosper on the principle of specialization, it is now time to build more cooperative, better integrated approaches that can combine the progress made by each science in its own field.
The global rankings are the result of two studies - the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).
Though we sound a bit incredulous, the science is pretty simple here, and the progress on the project is very real.
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Dr. Lucie Bruijn, science director of the ALS Association, says the progress being made in this clinical trial is exciting.
For this reason, among others, Jaki says neither the ancient Greeks nor Romans produced modern science, which depends greatly on the idea of progress.
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Our 2005 science scores, released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), were even more shocking.
We brought on board a green adviser, who has a degree in environmental science, and he spearheaded the program and monitored the progress.
The IEA is probably best known for its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international large-scale assessment of learning outcomes (ILSA) for primary school learners in science and mathematics, as well as for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study).
Throughout the IYB steady progress was made towards the establishment of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on the model of the IPCC, pivotal in assessing the science and raising global awareness of climate change.
You guys deserve a lot of congratulations. (Applause.) We appreciate you. (Applause.) Progress has also been possible thanks to math and science coaches, and extra learning time in after-school, and Saturday school, and summer school.
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Continuing our collaborative, balanced, and science-based approach, the new Strategy provides a review of the progress we have made over the past three years.
First Florida started grading its schools from A to F, based on the proficiency and progress of pupils in annual reading, writing, maths and science tests.
David Albright and Andrea Stricker, of the Institute for Science and International Security, said the latest test could be a measure of progress.
Even the Department of Defense is getting in the game with a mobile application that helps young children gain a stronger appreciation for science by guiding them to resources and answers, and debunking common misconceptions that stymie interest and progress in STEM.
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Sports science advances, training regiments improve, coaching schemes gain sophistication, conditioning capabilities increase and practice procedures progress.
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