And now there's a brand new paper in Psychological Science by Faraz Farzin, Susan Rivera and David Whitney that provides some of the best evidence yet for the lantern hypothesis.
法拉兹-法曾,苏珊·里维拉和大卫·惠特尼在“心理科学”杂志上有一篇新论文,为灯笼的假设提供了到目前为止最好的证据。
The method exists to ensure that science is as accurate as possible in explaining the world and that arguments rely on observable evidence.
这种方法的存在是为了确保科学尽可能准确地去解释世界,而它们的论据,依赖于观测得到的证据。
When they pervert the activities of people who should know better - medicines regulators, or universities - it throws sharp relief onto the role of science and evidence in culture.
当他们想方设法阻止人们了解医学,例如药品监管机构或医科大学的时候,它的作用就是把科学、证据跟文化搅浑在一起。
Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn't know for sure? That the evidence was inconclusive, the science uncertain?
记得那些年科学家争论说吸烟会致命、但是怀疑者坚持说我们不能肯定这一点吗、证据不确定且科学上也还没有定论吗?
First that intelligence is neither art nor science but a system of best guesses based on incomplete evidence.
首先,情报工作既不是艺术也不是科学,而是一项基于不完整证据来给出最佳推测的系统工作。
In the world of science, however, a theory is a broad explanation of a phenomenon or phenomena that is testable, falsifiable and has multiple lines of evidence.
然而,在科学界里,理论是一个现象或多个现象的一种广义解释,它是可检验、可证伪和可以有多重证据的。
But when the evidence is lacking and leads are lost, even police and forensic science can't always solve the crime.
但是,当证据不足,线索中断时,即便是警方和鉴证科学也并不总能解决罪案。
The gentle nudge of evidence, the guidance of science, and a heart for protecting the commons: These are the tools of a new century.
但是新世纪我们要做的是:关注各种灾害迹象、科学来解决问题、怀有一颗保护自然的心。
The science is still very immature when it comes to assessing whether prosthetics provide an advantage, says Dr Herr, though the evidence so far suggests that they do not.
赫尔博士说,科学在评价假肢是否带来优势方面依旧十分稚嫩,虽然就目前的证据看它们并没有带来优势。
But in the bicentennial year of Darwin's birth Mr Dawkins fills a gap in his oeuvre by setting out the evidence that the “theory” of evolution is a fact—“as incontrovertible a fact as any in science”.
这些著作都是从进化论开始,但是在达尔文诞辰两百周年的时候,道金斯在他的著作中举出证据弥补了进化论一些空缺:进化论的原理的确是事实,在科学界不容争议的事实。
Action for happiness is based on this new science of happiness and the evidence that we can affect our happiness.
为幸福而行动的活动基于这种新幸福科学和那些感动我们幸福的事实。
In a report published online on Thursday in the journal Science, the researchers called this evidence of early conceptual abilities “a benchmark in the evolution of complex human cognition.”
星期四在《科学》杂志网上发表的一份研究报告中,研究人员称这种早期概念能力的证据为“复杂的人类认知进化过程中的一个基准。”
Some projects have found evidence that the constant does vary, while other probes confirmed the constant's constancy. [the Greatest Mysteries in Science].
有的项目已经发现了该常数发生变化的证据,而其他的探测结果则证明该常数的恒常性。
"All the evidence suggests they are viable, active organisms," said Parkes, who reported the discovery in this week \ 's issue of the journal Science.
“所有的证据都表明它们是有活力的活跃的生物体。”Parks在这星期的《科学》杂志上报道说。
And modern science, he believes, provides evidence to show that the Platonic view is just plain wrong. He titled his article "Let Platonism Die."
在他名为“让柏拉图主义死亡”的文章中,他坚信,现代科学可以提供证据来证明柏拉图的观点是错误的。
The latest analysis, published in Nature on December 23rd, removes any doubt-and adds a tooth to the meagre stock of evidence from the new species that modern science is able to examine.
12月23日发表在《自然》科技期刊上的最新分析排除了所有疑问——而且为该新人种原本贫乏的证据增添了一颗现代科学能够检验的牙齿化石。
It may be that medival evidence, nutritional science, and food technology will soon validate Jefferson's insightful words.
也许Jefferson那些富有远见的话语很快将会在临床医学、营养科学及食品科学中得到证实。
Others point to observational and anecdotal evidence that homeopathy does work and argue that it should not be rejected just because science has not been able to explain it.
另外一些人却指出了通过观察或者一些传闻能证明顺势疗法确实有效,并认为它们不该被抛弃只因为现有科学无法解释它。
In the journal Science, Kim Hill and others point to evidence that people in hunter-gatherer societies actually live with people who are not relatives.
在《科学》杂志,吉姆·希尔等人搜集证据证明,人类在狩猎社会实际上同与自己无亲属关系的人居住在一起。
For centuries, the nocturnal cries of the Devil Bird were the only evidence of its existence; Western science wrote if off as mere superstition.
几个世纪以来,只有恶魔鸟夜间的叫声显示了它的存在,西方科学家仅仅把它看做迷信。
This "redefines life" said the astrobiology researchers reporting in Science magazine, because it was laboratory evidence that organisms can be more chemically nimble than previously thought.
一位太空生物学家在《科学》上说这可以“重新定义生命”,因为这是很重要的实验室证据,它表明有机体可以有比以前认为更灵活的化学组成。
In the week of the Asilomar meeting Science published evidence that more pollutants than previously appreciated, including oxides of sulphur, are getting into the lower stratosphere.
在持续一周的会议期间,科学家证实现在的污染比早先预计的更严重,含硫氧化物进入平流层底部。
The findings, published in the journal Social Science Research, add to previous evidence that so-called Queen Bee syndrome can be a major obstacle to women climbing the managerial ladder.
这些刊载于《社会科学研究》杂志的研究结果为之前的某理论提供了佐证,该理论提到一种蜂王综合症,并称该症状是女性晋升到经理人阶层的主要障碍。
Supports epidemiological translational clinical and basic science research necessary for evidence-based global climate change policy decisions related to health care and treatment.
支持流行病临床基础研究,这对与医疗和治疗相关的有一定依据的全球气候变化的决策制定很有必要。
And in the current edition of Science, Dr Pagel and his colleagues publish evidence that they do so in a way which looks intriguingly similar to what happens in species.
在这一期的《科学》中,Pagel博士和他的同事发布了能证明这一点的证据——跟在物种上发生的事情奇妙的相似。
And in the current edition of Science, Dr Pagel and his colleagues publish evidence that they do so in a way which looks intriguingly similar to what happens in species.
在这一期的《科学》中,Pagel博士和他的同事发布了能证明这一点的证据——跟在物种上发生的事情奇妙的相似。
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