Such boring routine is a way of life in the scientific community.
After the Viking landers failed to find life on Mars in 1976, the scientific consensus was one of skepticism that bordered on ridicule.
Four Fellowships are awarded each year to outstanding women scientists at postdoctoral level to enable promising scientific research in the life or physical sciences.
Not so, says a National Academy of Sciences study that attributes two thirds of the retractions in the biomedical and life-sciences to scientific misconduct.
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Like genetics today, "galvanic forces" were then at the leading edge of the quest to uncover the secret of life, with implications both thrilling and terrifying: the promise of scientific miracles or the threat of godless abominations.
The six-wheeled bots are being designed to carry a significant scientific payload, oriented around the search for life, but won't slouch in the maneuverability department, with six independently rotating wheels.
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The payoff promises to be a scientific bonanza of data about alien life that survives such extreme conditions as well as clues to the origins of the Earth itself.
Many Christian denominations marry the biblical creation narrative with scientific evidence by accepting evolution as the process God used to create life on Earth.
Moreover, the Curiosity rover, which is equipped with 11 scientific instruments to probe for conditions suitable for life, isn't designed to detect the signs of microbial activity or any traces of fossilized bacteria.
The misfortune marked him for life and fed into his scientific thinking.
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The picture emerges of a man whose life mirrored medical and scientific progress over many decades.
It's a surprisingly moving film that limns the whimsical, often playful process that produces life-changing scientific discoveries.
The Vatican quotes Anthony Valle, a professor of theology, as saying the pope has been open to scientific inquiry in his own study of Jesus' life.
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By working with leading scientific institutions, we will collate data and catalogue life forms and unlock the wonders of the oceans still unknown to humankind or science.
Moreover, for all the rhetoric of functionalism, even in their own time the most notable 1920s and '30s Bauhaus buildings and objects were really aesthetic explorations of new materials and techniques, or conceptual critiques of life in an industrial age--rather than technological inventions or discoveries in the scientific sense.
These experts in life sciences and social sciences release conclusions and recommendations on specific issues related to the application of scientific advancements while respecting the principle of dignity and freedom of the human being.
With his efficient, clever, and disciplined methods, Allio brings to life hidden inner worlds, revealing the post-medieval brutality perched on the edge of administrative and scientific modernity.
In fact, there are now several techniques based on solid scientific evidence that allow us to begin the journey from pessimism to a more optimistic take on life.
It could be said that Sir Ernst has spent his life moving between the two: he made it a mission to put the study of art on a scientific footing.
He spends the first half of the book justifying his redefinition of life in a lengthy narrative that combines personal memoir, Zen-like musings and scientific explanations.
He has dedicated his life to exploring the fundamental laws that govern the universe, and he has contributed to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time.
Now I sit at my desk on Oct. 1, 50 years to the day when NASA began pushing the boundaries of human exploration, reminiscing on how space exploration has changed life on earth, with its technological and scientific discoveries and advancements that have helped improve our lifestyle, health and even our national security.
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