“There is a strong suggestion that the current administration gets it,” said developmental biologist Eric W. Overstrom, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and head of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology.
Mr. Overstrom said the past eight years have been disruptive to science through indiscriminate slashing of programs without regard to their value.
“There is a renewed sense of hope that the new administration will bring about the re-elevation of science to the point where there is an ability to address the really pressing problems we face,” he said.
Mr. Overstrom said Mr. Obama made a strong statement in the appointments of John Holdren of Harvard University as assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology and co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, and of Jane Lubchenco, an environmental scientist, to head the National Oceanic
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Latin mottoes related to the body and science or technology?
Dec 11, 2008
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nina
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Trivia
What are some Latin slogans relating to the human body or anatomy and science/technology? Thanks for the suggestions.
jamesmason01
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Dec 12, 2008
mens sana in corpore sano means a healthy mind in a healthy body
medice, cura telpsum means physician cure thyself
manu propria means with one's own hand
ad infinitum means to infinity
corpus delecti means the body
in utero means in the womb
in petto means within the breast
Friends, Romans and countrymen lend me your ears.
All roads lead to Rome
Rome was not built in a day
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
Now find some for yourself just to prove that Labor Omnia Vincit, my old school motto which means "Labour overcomes all difficulties."
jamesmason01
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Dec 12, 2008
How does Science technology affect life?
Oct 05, 2008
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lilkiki320
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Posted in
Other - Science
My teacher asked me to write how science technology afeects my life. Im just not too suree what she means by science technology... What classifys as Science tech. Please someone help ASAP!
Eric
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Oct 09, 2008
Anything developed using scientific procedures qualifies as science technology. This could be something like the computer you used to ask this question to the refrigerator that keeps your food from getting stale to the medicine your doctor prescribes.
Eric
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Oct 09, 2008
Does current Science technology measure the orbit of planets accurately?
Sep 10, 2007
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Eric C
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Posted in
Astronomy & Space
In past, people tried very hard to measure the orbit of planets based on observation, math and geometry without much accuracy. Nowadays, can our Science technology measure the orbit of planets accurately enough for a long period? The orbit of planets are affected by other planets with different weighting in 3-D, and there are many unknown planets in Universe, which cause any unknown gravity forces from a unknown distance. With current Science technology, do we simply predict the orbit of planets within a limited period [such as 100 years] by fitting an existing orbit of each planet? [Curve Fit] If any error occurs, then do we simply make some adjustment on existing curve of orbit? I would like to know what kinds of Science Technology we currently have to track the orbit of planets accurately. Do we have a true formula to measure the orbit of planets accurately for the next million years? Could anyone tell me how to reply someone's answer for more interpretions on my post? Thank you
morningfoxnorth
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Sep 10, 2007
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has a "long" ephemeris that covers the years 3000 BC to 3000 AD, and a regular ephemeris for the years 1600 to 2200.
The accuracy is *very* good. Take Mars, for example: we can back-predict the year 1600 position within 20 kilometers, and predict the year 2200 position within 8 kilometers. For the current years, the accuracy is better than 1 km for the 4 inner planets.
The main reason for errors is the gravity perturbations of many asteroids whose masses are not well known.
For orbits over millions of years, we can predict the shape of the orbit very well, but not at all where the planet is on the orbit.
morningfoxnorth
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Sep 10, 2007
Why do religious people get upset when I talk about the beginning of the universe & technology/science?
Oct 10, 2007
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Val
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Posted in
Astronomy & Space
Earlier today, I brought up the subject of the advancement of science & technology as well as the beginning of the universe. The person I was talking to got upset and said that our future should be determined by God and not by science or technology. They also said that if I truly believed in God, I would only believe what the bible says. But science makes lots of sense in terms of validity, replication, experimentation, etc. Why can’t I believe in both science and God?
Crabby_blindguy
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Oct 10, 2007
Real Christians don't think or talk that way. This person was a member of one of the fundamentalist cults. He/she has been indoctrinated into a religious ideology that demands a total surrender of self to the dictates of whatever cult leader has him/her in thrall.
As for the Bible part--I do know the Bible--and these poor souls honestly don't realize that what they've been indoctrinated with does not come from the Bible--and don't know that what they've been told about science is mostly wrong.
Here's a couple of examples, just to make the point:
1) the Bible does not give any date for the creation of Earth (much less that it was 6000 years ago)
2) Darwin's work was not attacked by Christians when it was published--it was welcomed because it gave insight as to how God went about bringing life to its current stage of development.
3)John Calvin--one of the great leaders of the Reformation--condemned those who tried to "take the Bible literally"--pointing out that Genesis, in particular--was written in terms (i.e. metaphor) that the people of the time couldgrasp.
There is no comflict between science and religion--as long as you remember tha tmuch of the Bible (or other faith's religious texts) are metaphors intended to convey spiritual/moral truths, not literal renditions of events.
BTW--the converse is also true. You see people running around claiming "science disproves religion." That is false. Science deals only with empirical (measurable) realities. It does not deal with or have anything to say about morality or spirituality. Those are matters of philosophy and religion, not science. Both sorts of ideas are valid--in their proper context.
Crabby_blindguy
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Oct 10, 2007
How has SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY affected the Civil Rights movement?
May 05, 2007
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STEROID JESUS
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Posted in
Other - Science
I'm interested in knowing any lowly known facts about how Science/technology affected the Civil Rights movement in America.
Best Answer goes to...the best answer!
e j
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May 05, 2007
The television played the biggest part. People could see Malcolm X and King on tv talking about what African-Americans wanted and what they were being denied. People could see the images of the children being sprayed by the police. The Edmond-Pettus bride and Bloody Sunday that took place in the 60s. James Meredith attempting admission into the Ole Miss. The Little Rock 9. Those images and more really shaped the country.
The printing press. Jet magazine showed the photo of Emmitt Till and that image really shocked American back in 1955.
The telephone. The phone played a part in the movement. Calling people to assemble..
Radio and music also played a part.
J. Edgar Hoover and his goons using wiretaps to tap into Martin Luther King's home and used this info to intimidate him and others in the civil rights movement. Others civil rights leaders were wiretapped as well.
The science aspect of this is recently they opened up cases from the past. Like they dug up Emitt Till's body (I think) and Medgar Evers body to determine how they were killed and to prosecute. The four little girls that were killed in that church bombings assembling and determining who was at fault. They are opening up cases from the civil rights past to prosecute.
e j
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May 05, 2007
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