Increasing understanding of plate tectonics, to cite one development, has greatly advanced this endeavour.
Across society, there is an increasing understanding of the government's real agenda and as a result, opposition is mounting and economic alternatives are being discussed.
I read "The Heavy" with fascination and an increasing understanding of how complex a problem faces each individual family dealing with childhood obesity.
This year's increasing understanding of non-binary pronouns (like 'they' instead of 'she' or 'he'), especially at universities, is a step forward.
Bart D. Ehrman has recently written, touchingly and convincingly, of his own migration away from a fundamentalist Christianity on the basis of an increasing understanding of how time-contingent and man-made the foundational Gospels really are.
"Before his death Sacks established the Oliver Sacks Foundation, a non-profit organisation devoted to increasing understanding of the human brain and mind through the power of narrative non-fiction and case histories," Edgar wrote.
She was tireless in her campaign, bringing intelligence, hope and a tenacious can-do spirit to increasing understanding of lung cancer and the desperate need for greater research funding.
Nevertheless, the recorded history of the human race has a thread running through it of increasing understanding of the universe we live in (including our own bodies), and increasing ability to influence it one way or another.
As a result of several years spent reporting on care and adoption cases, I'm now a committee member of the Transparency Project, a Bristol-based charity dedicated to increasing understanding of family law.
Plomin and his co-author Kathryn Asbury argued in their recent book, G is for Genes, that our increasing understanding of genetics will enable us to tailor teaching to individual needs.
Increasing understanding of secretive eating in youth may improve weight status and reduce eating disorder risk.
