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our hope is to make it emphatically clear just how important Darwin's work is to modern science and to what we and other scientists do in everyday life.

Our interest has been in pushing measurement science as far as we can go,

Our inner growth should now be able to expand beyond the superiority complex of our own civilization, now that we know that the ancient Maya had attained a level of cosmic understanding that modern science has not grasped.

People are passionate on both sides of the issue. Between lobbyists and science professors, I had to take a crash course to get up to speed on things.

My wife and I have four children, and none of them are in lab science, so clearly I returned home at night and presented a fairly unattractive example of a scientific life.

Nationally, our students aren't competing as well as they need to be with other countries when it comes to science and math. We need to increase the rigor for students, especially since science plays such an important role in the job market.

NASA cannot use aeronautics and science as a piggy bank to fund human space flight.

My mom is a science teacher in high school, and one of my brothers works in optics at Bell Labs, and so I was always surrounded by it.

My parents, once I made it clear to them that I wanted to do science, they were totally sympathetic.

Manufacturing doesn't just mean building cars and metal-bashing; it includes making pharmaceuticals and hi-tech electronics. A crucial part of the process is the research and development that allows better and greener products to come to market. Britain has traditionally had a strong science and engineering base.

Junk science has no place in the courtroom. It increases the cost of litigation.

'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.

Just about every science whiz can tell you how he or she took apart the TV or the radio when they were kids just to see how it worked. To see what the world was made of. Well, when I was a kid, I took apart fairy tales to see how they worked. To see what the world was made of.

Jim Rollins is the king of the weird science action genre.

It has obviously precipitated a lot of interesting thinking in our science community.

I think I would probably tailor that a little more than what the president has suggested, ... I'm not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom.

I think I've always been prepared for this. I know what I have to do. You can't make rocket science out of it. You just have to execute pitches. Don't let exterior distractions in. It just takes away from what you're trying to do.

I stopped reading science fiction once I saw that the UFO was real. It became science fact that just hasn't been proven yet.

The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it.

I'm impressed with the innovation of the students. They seem to always impress me with their understanding of scientific principles. There is a general love of science and discovery here.

I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there.

I think that it's an extraordinary opportunity for science for the first time to learn about the positive potential of these traditions.

I think that all research scientists think of themselves as belonging to a grand tradition, building on work that has been worked on since the very beginning of science itself. Whereas I'm not sure writers think of themselves in the same way.

I suspect that most playgoers don't understand how inexact a science literary translation is. Even the simplest of lines may lend itself to multiple renderings.

I think the fast development of Chinese science has drawn increased attention from the US academy.

I think the graduate students in science take these rankings very seriously. We work tirelessly here to provide an individual education to our students. If anything, we've gotten better. We certainly have not gotten worse.

It is near the academic core of campus, near the health sciences, which are heavy users of the science curriculum and it met more of the evaluation matrix criteria in a positive manner than any other site.

It is junk science. There's no peer review. It's jumping from one conclusion to the next.

It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of the natural phenomena inspiring scripture and myths.

Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.

It is based on very strong science, it is all recorded and reviewed by other scientists and endorsed. That is very important element for all conservation. In this case it really is clear.

It is an attempt to steer students to become more interested in science and mathematics and improve their overall student achievement.

It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human race in the science of government, in the arts of civilization and refinement, and in the establishment of morality and religion, has been constantly and steadily towards improvement and perfection.

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen to be science fiction genre.

I think there should be something in science called the "reindeer effect." I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect.

I think there is a move afoot to move money for science and robotic missions into the human exploration program and this is just part of it. There is a strong push to reduce the number of missions.

I think (the science) is actually ahead of schedule,

It is always easy to look back and say I could have done this or that. It does not work that way. Cycling is not a science you try to be the strongest on the road. We tried to follow the plan, and Floyd was stronger than we expected, and we have to accept that. We have no regrets.

I think a lot of kids are interested in two science subjects: dinosaurs and aliens. The reason is almost genetic; we're hard-wired to be interested in things that might be a little dangerous.

Remember this is a proof-of-concept engineering mission, not a science mission. We really do have to learn how to operate in the vicinity of an asteroid if we are ever going to use them for space resources or if we are going to have a reliable capability to deflect a dangerous one.

Religion teaches you to try be able to stand up for what you believe in, even if other people don't agree with you, and that's important in science, ... That's happened on many number of occasions when that was a new idea in science and many people object to it and think it's crazy, especially if you're entering a new field. You have to think hard about 'Well, can you be right and if you're right be willing to differ with other people.'

Resistance to action on climate change is crumbling. The business community has a number of prominent leaders arguing for action, and the science on climate change becomes clearer and more inescapable by the day.

(Research) is so meaningful and rewarding at this point I'm willing to withhold assumptions on where I'll end up. Maybe I'll find God. Maybe I'll find out science isn't for me. Maybe I'll go sit on a mountain and meditate. The ride will be worth it.

Right now the critical shortage areas, and last year, are in special education. That's our biggest -- also math, science and English.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. (1 Timothy 6:20)

Over a quarter-million math and science teachers are needed, and it's hard to tell where the pipeline is. That is like a ticking time bomb not just for technology companies, but for business and the U.S. economy.

Papa Darth. Well, I don't know if Ken is technologically inclined. I suspect not. I don't know if science fiction would be his interest.

Our vision is to rediscover the spirit of the Renaissance, create a new discipline where engineering for cultural heritage is actually a symbol of blending art and science together.

Over 80 percent of the impact is based on the icon, not the science center inside it.

Our science programs are a result of the fact that when Elephant Thoughts became a new charity we knew in order to survive in the charitable arena we would do far better to create products that we could sell to generate some revenue to fulfill our mandate. As a teacher-based organization the answer to what type of product was simple, they must be educational therefore something we believe in.

Our society, the dominant culture doesn't like science. It doesn't like technology.

Our spacecraft has finally become an orbiter. The celebration feels great, but it will be very brief because before we start our main science phase, we still have six months of challenging work to adjust the orbit to the right size and shape.

Our commitment to coaches will be realized via TeamCarew, a grassroots marketing program that will provide them with insight and tools to teach the art and science of hitting.

Our biggest challenge is to convince the regulators that we are not throwing the baby out with the bathwater by using a Bayesian approach. It is rigorous and we are not losing science by using it.

Our country moved to electronic voting in public elections before the technology was ready, ... This center will develop the fundamental science necessary for secure, accessible, trustworthy and transparent voting.

I study the science of sleep. We knew the number was high where people sleep on different beds for different schedules and horrible conflicting habits. ... A survey 10 years ago from the Better Sleep Council said almost 1 in 4 would sleep better if they were in different beds. Now 10 years later we see the stats.

I think my father, who was Chinese, basically felt if we didn't major in science, we would starve on the streets, so we all went into science unquestioningly. I kind of faked my way through physics.

I was very eager to produce an oscillator for short waves. I was doing science with microwaves, and I would get down to a few millimetres in wavelength, but I wanted to get shorter wavelengths; I wanted to get into the infra-red because I saw there was a lot more to be done there.

I was trained as a fine artist. I went to a progressive public school in Pennsylvania that developed these talents, but I was never able to apply to a decent college because I had no math, no science - I was allowed to just paint all day and write.

I think if I did do something in another genre, it would be science fiction; I'm a big sci fi nerd.

I think I can accomplish my goals and graduate in three years in a science program,

I tell you, a couple of years ago, there was a science article on a dog, Rico, that could obey verbal commands. That got me ten times more angry e-mails than this. Souls and gods are one thing, but people care a lot about their dogs. So my rule is: I can write about God but not dogs.

I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.

It doesn't matter if they label it philosophy, science or home ec. For this to be endorsed as scientifically credible is a violation of church-state separation.

I was in college, and I studied everything, but was really not good at anything until I found philosophy, and, then, political science. I thought, 'Wow, this is something I really enjoy.' I kind of got into that whole world of law and political science. I was really into it and enjoying it, and then I took an acting elective, and that was it.

I was in grade school, and I remember lying there in that natural environment, looking up at the canopy of stars, watching it move. That was the moment that sparked my interest in science and in the world around me.

I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.

I still look at my job as being a doctor of the people, and I'm going to look at the science... If we can find a viable alternative that gave us harm reduction as people are withdrawing from nicotine, I'm happy to engage in that science and see if we can do that.

I wrote my first books the way people would write science fiction, because they gave me much more latitude to invent situations.

I think that prog rock is the science fiction of music. Science fiction speculates on what the future might be and look like and how we'll get there, and yet there's always a central theme of humanity, or there should be. Progressive rock has the same concept of exploration into the parts of the music world that hasn't been explored.

I think that if there's one key insight science can bring to fiction, it's that fiction - the study of the human condition - needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human condition isn't immutable and doomed to remain uniform forever.

I think the products are safe and I think that the best science is being applied to making that determination that they're safe.

I think that this is very good science and a very important paper, but I don't think it settles every question.

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.

It is not a Pandora's box that science opens; it is, rather, a treasure chest. We, humanity, can choose whether or not to take out the discoveries and use them, and for what purpose.

It is not correct... to stray from the field of science while pretending to do science. It only creates confusion between the scientific plane and those that are philosophical or religious.

It is a heartbreaking turn for science and Korea. Without trust, we just cannot imagine science. This is utterly unacceptable.

I think it's really hard to draw a hard-and-fast line and say 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' doesn't count as science fiction or fantasy. Or at what point do we say mythology is not fantasy, so reading mythology when you're young does not count as an exposure to fantasy?

I think this Children's Museum will meet a need that museums like the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry do not meet and that's a lot of interaction.

I think this effort points out that science is done on a global scale. We can establish restrictions here in the United States, but the science moves forward in other countries.

I thank the Oregon Science Teachers Association for its participation in National Chemistry Week. These teachers are molding the next generation of scientists.

I think we need to price carbon; there's no question about it. The way we do it needs to be based on science and not political debates and attacks, and that's why I'm drawing on experts and best practices from around the world.

It broke all records at the science center, and I think the Tutankhamen exhibit was the only exhibit in L.A. that had more people - we've never seen anything like it.

I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was on television, and there really was no going back for me at that point, and then I went on to study space science and then get my Ph.D., then go aboard and work in the European Space Agency.

I think it's a giant waste of money. I don't see a huge (environmental) downside to it, but the science still doesn't show whether it actually works. If they can create another 1.1 million acre-feet of water, that's a huge amount. I wish them luck.

I take the view that we all have permission to be a little baffled by quantum information science and algorithmic information theory.

I think it's fairly close. It's accepted as state-of-the-art science, and it's very powerful evidence in that it's science as opposed to personal opinion.

It could have implications for moons outside the solar system. It gives us lots to ponder in terms of physical science as far as the energies it takes to produce these (plumes).

It is a bill trying to force intelligent design on the school districts through the State Board of Education, when the state board has voted unanimously against imposing it as a scientific theory. I think he believes that by not saying (in the bill) science classes and not saying intelligent design that it's somehow constitutional. My (bottom line) is, the state board still has constitutional issues.

We now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence.

I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them.

Three areas are still off-limits. The library and science room are still a crime scene. The cafeteria is being cleaned up.

To loaf is a science, to loaf is to live

To make a decision to work in the field of space science is almost the ultimate in delayed gratification.

Typically, only about 2 percent of the American populace tunes in to PBS's 'Nova' series - the most successful science show on the tube. 'Survivor' and 'X Factor' get twice the ratings.

Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a store in Minneapolis in a store called Props, which was kind of a high end gift shop.

We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know.

You know, Hillary Clinton's always saying how Republicans don't follow science? Well, they're the ones not listening to the scientists today, because doctors say that at 20 weeks that is a viable life inside the womb. And at that point, it's a life that we have the right to protect, and I think we should protect.