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1 day ago · It is often asserted that scientific findings are true because scientists use "the scientific method". But, writes Oreskes, "we can never actually agree on what that method is. Some will say it is empiricism: observation and description of the world.
5 hours ago · General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal gravitation ...
1 day ago · Lamarckism. Lamarck argued, as part of his theory of heredity, that a blacksmith 's sons inherit the strong muscles he acquires from his work. [1] Lamarckism, also known as Lamarckian inheritance or neo-Lamarckism, [2] is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through ...
1 day ago · Jin Guantao, a professor of the Institute of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fan Hongye, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Science Policy and Managerial Science, and Liu Qingfeng, a professor of the Institute of Chinese Culture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, assert that the latter part of the Han dynasty was a unique period in ...
5 hours ago · t. e. The cosmic microwave background ( CMB or CMBR) is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. It is a remnant that provides an important source of data on the primordial universe. [1] With a standard optical telescope, the background space between stars and galaxies is almost completely dark.
1 day ago · Oganesson is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Og and atomic number 118. It was first synthesized in 2002 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, near Moscow, Russia, by a joint team of Russian and American scientists.
1 day ago · v. t. e. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA / ˈnoʊ.ə / NOH-ə) is a scientific and regulatory agency within the Washington, D.C. –based United States Department of Commerce, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The agency is charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric ...
