Meanwhile, plenty of popular movies flunk the scientific literacy test. (See: 10 Films That Would Flunk Science Class).

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To even reasonably run a scientific test, the iPhone should have been sitting on a non-metallic pedestal inside an anechoic chamber.

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The path, tempo and face angle seemed to line up fine in this admittedly un-scientific test, but more importantly, when the device said a putt was bad, we generally missed it.

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Her review lauds the cleverness of its rhymes, then goes on to test scientific chronologies and critique computer-driven scratchboard techniques used for the book's art.

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It is due to start its scientific work in the summer of 2008, so a test of Dr Lisi's theory could come soon.

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This wasn't a scientific test, because everyone has different visual acuity and the differences we see are ultimately subjective.

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The western blot test was only one of many tests used to draw scientific conclusions in published studies.

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"I'm not aware of any test for that drug that has been evaluated by the traditional scientific method, " says Charles Yesalis, a professor of epidemiology at Pennsylvania State University.

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That evidence does not have to meet any kind of scientific test: pretty much any pattern of ink on paper will do the job.

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