But critics say the hunt is commercial whaling in another guise and has no scientific value.
Wetlands constitute a resource of great socio-economic, cultural and scientific value, and their loss would be irreparable.
Work at the site stopped when the archaeologists were alerted to it, but the site's scientific value has been severely compromised, they said.
Yet the scientific value of Mr Chilingarov's expedition was negligible compared with its political value, says Lev Savatyugin of the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
Whether or not this effort has any scientific value--and Venter's rivals will give you an earful on that--it is a brilliant move for a company hungry for capital.
Particles whipped up by landing rockets on the moon's surface could damage what was left behind by the Apollo missions, ruining its scientific and historic value.
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The shows go for entertainment value over scientific credibility, he says.
Large sculptural meteorites remain in high demand, their value determined less by scientific than artistic appraisal.
T-shirts advertising a new and rather obscure scientific-networking tool of dubious economic value: it was called the world wide web.
The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve accreditation acknowledges the scientific, scenic, cultural and educational value of the area, and commits designations to the three goals of conservation, sustainable development and learning and research.
To be found obscene, and therefore not protected by the First Amendment, a work must appeal to prurient interests according to community standards, depict sexual activity in an offensive way, and be wholly lacking in scientific, artistic, political or literary value.
Ms Harney recently took delivery of a new report on enterprise strategy by a committee chaired by Eoin O'Driscoll, managing director of Aderra, which argues not only for more emphasis on high-value-added sectors and scientific research but also for greater efforts in marketing and promotion, in which Ireland has been weak.
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But Prof Reiss argues that there is an educational value in comparing creationist ideas with scientific theories like Darwin's theory of evolution because they demonstrate how science, unlike religious beliefs, can be tested.
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It is not a scientific approach, nor one I am comfortable using in assessing the total value of the worldwide trade in illegal antiquities.
Another way to overestimate the deaths is to use a much higher value for the induced cancer risk than has been determined by the best scientific studies.
Yes, an extraordinary range of countries is represented here, each committed to scientific research but also perhaps ensuring a footprint is planted in a region of immense potential value.
Having worked their way into the upper reaches of the occupational scale, and taken note of how much the professions value abstract thinking, Asian-American parents have evidently made sure that their own children wore scientific spectacles.
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