...This article was published in the Science Daily; Name: Course: Tutor: Institution: Instructor: ‘Rare 2.5-billion-year-old rocks reveal hot spot of sulfur-breathing bacteria: Sulfur-dependent life forms thrived in oceans.’ (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141106143711.htm) on November 8, 2014, and its Source was the University of Maryland. Heather Dewar wrote the original article of this edition. According to the article Biogeochemical gestures, in Brazilian 2.5-billion-year-old carbonate rocks disclose that sulfur-consuming bacteria were full of life at a time when levels of ocean sulfur were low. Geologists concentrated on sulfur isotopes in antique carbonate rocks. The research study reveals early atmospheric chemistry of the Earth (University of Maryland 2014, November 6). There is a heated debate around the evolution of sulfur-dependent bacteria among the numerous scientists who study the early history of planet earth. The scientists claim that these organisms lived when there were fewer oxygen levels in the atmosphere (less than one-thousandth of their quantity now). Active in ocean waters, the bacteria breathed in sulfate instead of free oxygen molecules. The big question is how the sulfate reached the ocean and how it...
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...The article that I have chosen is Early Detection of Parkinson’s disease through handwriting. The topic of this article is disorders and syndromes: Parkinson’s disease. The authors of this article are Sara Rosenblum, Margalit Samuel, Sharon Zlotnik, Llana Erikh, and Llana Schlesinger. The source I used to come to this article is sciencedaily.com. Dr. Ilana Schlesinger, head of the Center for Movement Disorders and Parkinson's disease at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center and occupational therapists helped to conduct this experiment. Prof. Sara Rosenblum, of the University of Haifa’s Department of Occupational Therapy, initiated the study. She believed that identifying the changes in handwriting could lead to an early diagnosis of the illness. During this study, they gathered forty participants, all adults with at least twelve years of schooling. Half of the participants healthy, and the other half known to be in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease (before motor signs are visible). They were instructed to write their names and a given address on a regular piece of paper that was placed on electronic tablet, while using a special pen that had pressure-sensitive sensors operated by the pen when it hits the writing surface. The number of parameters: writing form, time required, and the pressured exerted were compared using a computerized analysis. Once the results were in, it showed a great difference between the healthy and the patients. All subjects, except for one had their...
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...I am using the article "The 1960s Science and Technology: Topics in the News.” as a source because it covers the majority of reasons we are pushing for space exploration. It covers the the need for more resources, possible answers to the origin of life, and even just appreciation of the stars because of astronomy. My claim is that space travel is important in the survival of the human race; it is vital to have a contingency plan, a way to get finite resources, and understand our planet better. This source covers two of my three qualifiers, as well as supporting my claim in the need for rare resources and understanding Earth, in order to survive in the future. The target audience is people who are science enthusiasts but also are interested...
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...The word 'science' is derived from the Latin word 'scientia' which means knowledge. Therefore, science is about gaining knowledge either through observing, studying, experience, or practice. Entire knowledge acquired through science is about discovering truths, finding facts, uncovering phenomenon hidden by the nature. Observations and experimentation, in science, support in describing truth and realities through systematic processes and procedures. For me, science is an intellectual set of activities designed to uncover information about anything related to this world in which we live. The information gathered is organized through scientific methods to form eloquent patterns. In my opinion the primary objective of science is to gather information and to distinguish the order found between facts. What Science Means to Me as an Upcoming Scientist Science exposes several ideas along with significant themes so that I could test them independently and without any bias to arrive at solid conclusion. For this purpose exchange of data and materials is necessary. I am able to generate real and tangible facts supported by reliable evidence. Work of scientist is based on theoretical science. It means, in theoretical science, there is only a sign, just a hint on which discoveries could be made, facts could be found. While studying science I am always working for determining truth, based on my perceptions, judgment, observation, experience, and knowledge collected through several means...
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...– Principle of Sciences. WHAT IS SCIENCE? Science, for me is a word that was introduced to me when I was 10, back in class 4. I still remember my first science book and how enthusiastic I was when I brought it home. The very first chapter of the book was ‘Our Universe’; I was so fascinated by those aesthetic pictures of the galaxy, Milky Way and the nine planets that I almost had thought of becoming an astronomer. But, as I grew up, I realised that science was much more than I had thought of. It is not only limited to the incomprehensible galaxies, but, it is present everywhere, even within us. Everything we do involves science. At the age of 16, science for me was a fat textbook, which horrified me day and night. Science for me was white lab coats and microscopes, which I always had fascinated about. It was about numerous theories which are still argued upon. It was about Newton’s equations scribbled on a blackboard. At that age I was looking Science as a topic which took information from the past, to be analysed, processed and experimented in the present to make our future better. And when I was 17, I asked myself what science was, I looked at it as a subject, which I had to part with to pursue my dreams in the corporate world. But no, science is not just that. Science is my mother cooking luscious food; science is in my father’s archaic camera which has captured me as I have become an adolescent from an infant. Science is a way of discovering...
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...as science journalists, make mistakes as well in reporting their news stories. Since there are millions of peer-reviewed papers published annually and many science journalists do not specialize in any particular field, it is common for them to make mistakes. A question arises then, what are common mistakes made by science journalists, and how can they be corrected? 2. One example of misunderstanding and confusion in science reporting is about the news stories regarding a condition called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). There is a possibility that it is a precursor of breast cancer; however, that is all it is, a possibility. Doctors differ on the subject matter. All the same, when a study about the condition appeared in a peer-reviewed medical journal about cancer, different news outlets made varying...
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...believe. It affected society by allowing more travel and new inventions to start a movement of creation known as the enlightenment. People started to realize the church used them for power and old them lies to get money and they stepped away lowing the power of the church sand starting...
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...The New Atlantis, Bacon Sir Francis Bacon had a different view on the world as did the other authors we have read. Bacon’s view was solely on scientific method and experimentation. Francis Bacon was the founder of the scientific method which led to his critical thinking. For Bacon, nothing exists in the universe except individual bodies. I do not agree with this on the terms of it clearly shown that there is more in this world than just people. I believe that his scientific method and his gatherings are what has lead him to believe such a theory. Moving forward, Bacon tends to divide theology into two categories: natural and revealed. Natural theology is knowing that God exist, we know this because of study of nature and the creatures God created. I am a follower of natural theology, I enjoy studying creations because it makes my faith for God a lot stronger. Anything other than the knowledge of God and his creations is labeled under revealed theology. As I read and read the New Atlantis, I am beginning to see that the society in the story is definitely a scientific society. Also, in the New Atlantis, the need for man to be driven does not exist, also the scarcity is demolished because there is no need for money. It is all based off of science. I can agree on some aspects of science and religion. However, there are a few points that I can make as a Christian as to why religion is not science. The first point is the creation of the world. I do not believe it was science that...
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...Abstract This paper explores the nature of science as studied by G. Lederman (2007). Particular attention is paid to the epistemological questions and the ontological status of the nature of science. Epistemologically, the article seeks a definition of science, its nature and how it is acquired and accepted .The key ontological concerns are the form of existence of Nature of science. The paper intends to critically study the issues that arise. Key words: Nature Of Science. Epistemology. Ontology Introduction Extensive research efforts for over 100 years or so have focused on the goal of enhancing learners’ scientific literacy (Lederman, 2007, Akpan 2013, Mc Ilelland, Zinyeka, 2013, http://www.saarmste.org). Embedded in scientific literacy is scientific practice which relies on scientific language (Akpan , 2013, Kourany, 1998 and Lederman , 2007). Argumentation in the language is what is pictured as underpinning the nature of science views and that the converse is true. Lederman (2007), considers science as constituting body of knowledge, method and the value of beliefs inherent to scientific knowledge and development. Zinyeka (2013) defines epistemology as the justification of claimed knowledge within a specific discipline and ontology as the form of existence of something. The Epistemological Question There is no consensus about what the nature of science is or is not among scholars. (Lederman, 2007, p 835) explains that “ nature of science refers to the epistemological underpinnings...
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...The Challenge of Communicating Science to the Public By Charles R. Chappell and James Hartz Developments in science and technology affect virtually every aspect of our lives, from our physical health to the kinds of cars that we drive. Improvements in technology have contributed substantially to increased productivity in U.S. industry. Yet in recent years, political pressures to balance the federal budget have eroded the proportion of the budget devoted to basic research, the underpinning of scientific and technological advances. Scientists have understood the potentially debilitating consequences of this, but many citizens have not. President Clinton's budget for fiscal 1999 would begin to reverse this trend, if Congress accepts his proposals, but our information media still need to do a much better job of helping scientists communicate the substance and importance of their work. As visiting scholars at the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, we conducted a survey of 2,000 journalists and editors and 2,000 scientists and engineers to determine how the two groups felt about each other. We also wanted to find ways to improve their relationship and thus increase the amount of accurate and useful scientific information in the media. The results of the survey, published in our recent report, "Worlds Apart," showed that neither scientists nor journalists think the media do a good job of explaining science to the public. We asked both groups to rate...
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...The History of Science Study Guide Matching: 1. Science: Latin word which literally means “knowledge” 2. Old School definition of Science: Everything we know; knowledge 3. Epistemology: Science (knowledge) of how we know what we know 4. Natural Philosophy: Science (knowledge) of the way nature works; old school word for science 5. Isaac Newton: Father of modern physics; Bible thumper 6. Robert Boyle: Father of modern chemistry; Bible thumper 7. New School definition of Science: Knowledge gained largely through scientific method 8. Scientism: Ideology; assumes science designates true and ultimate way to solve all problems of nature and man 9. Resolution Loop: Matching up of two things, usually received at different times in such a way to seem to confirm the veracity of the other 10. Hypothesis: Educated guess about a topic based on the data 11. Theory: Hypothesis supported by enough evidence 12. Law: Continued testing of a theory until enough evidence has been gathered to be nearly certain it is true 13. Control Groups: Used to determine cause and effect Multiple Choice: Induction: general statement that is true for all the data; assumes the part we look at applies to the whole Deduction: starts with one or more inductive generalizations and applies to a specific situation Example: All heavenly bodies are made of green cheese. (inductive statement) The moon is a heavenly body. (definition) ...
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...PRED 154 MISCONCEPTION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION 2012101123 ZEYNEP OĞUZ Abstract Concepts are refer to ideas, objects or events which contribute to understand the meaning of the everything in the world (Eggen and Kauchak, 2004).However , misconceptions causes us to have some incorrect information or ideas about the definition of the objects and events in the world around us. This paper attempts to give brief information about the four group articles; Children’s misconceptions and conceptual change in science education, Children’s misconceptions in primary science education: A survey of teachers’ views and Children’s...
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...Science From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the general term. For other uses, see Science (disambiguation). The scale of the universe mapped to the branches of science and the hierarchy of science.[1] Science[nb 1] is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.[nb 2] In an older and closely related meaning, "science" also refers to this body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. Ever since classical antiquity, science as a type of knowledge has been closely linked to philosophy. In the West during the early modern period the words "science" and "philosophy of nature" were sometimes used interchangeably,[2]:p.3 and until the 19th century natural philosophy (which is today called "natural science") was considered a branch of philosophy.[3] In modern usage "science" most often refers to a way of pursuing knowledge, not only the knowledge itself. In the 17th and 18th centuries scientists increasingly sought to formulate knowledge in terms of laws of nature. Over the course of the 19th century, the word "science" became increasingly associated with the scientific method itself, as a disciplined way to study the natural world, including physics, chemistry, geology and biology. It is in the 19th century also that the term scientist began to be applied to those who sought knowledge and understanding of nature.[4] ...
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...Ecomessianism1 Tyler Veak and Wyatt Galusky2 Abstract Many Western environmental activist groups and theorists have sounded the call for the Earth's salvation from the "global environmental crisis." What is lacking, however, is some reflection on the ramifications of framing the problem globally, and on the justifications for particular solutions. This paper examines the "ecomessiah" (saviors of the Earth) phenomenon to investigate the impacts of these types of programs. Specifically, we examine the "global environmental ethic" proposed by J. Baird Callicott. His program, presented as an inclusive system that incorporates nonWestern belief systems, trades heavily on Western science as an authority and a justification. We contend that his ethic, while wellintentioned, rests on assumptions and uses of science that subvert both non-Western ideologies and...
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