"How can you predict what the climate will be like in 20 years' time when you can't even get tomorrow's forecast right?" That is the usual response from the layman to the climatologist expounding the latest theory on climate change.Put it this way: forecasting tomorrow's weather is a bit like estimating how much loose change you will have in your pocket or purse in 24 hours' time.
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Much like the uncorrected estimates of nucleotide diversity, all samples show a higher ratio of X-linked to autosomal variation than expected, and for African populations and for the combined dataset we can reject (with 95% confidence) a ratio of 3/4.
There is a 14-mile gap in Interstate 49 outside Fort Smith, Ark., and Rep. Steve Womack, who represents the area, would very much like to secure the estimated $300 million in federal taxpayer money needed to fill it.
To calculate that, he needed their typical speed, and because ichthyosaurs were shaped much like modern tuna, Motani conservatively estimated that they swam at a similar speed of about 1 meter per second.
Everything will run through Washington and the cost estimates, much like those of a contractor putting in a new kitchen, will look nothing like the final tab.
And much like human life, wherein genes are estimated to influence well less than half of human behavior, environmental effects probably dominate changes among the galaxies too.
"Predicting a harmful event such as violence is very much like predicting harmful weather -- estimates rather than guarantees are all that can be expected," said John Monahan, a psychologist and professor of law at the University of Virginia who specializes in risk assessment.
Ms. Cox is pushing for the purchase of electronic machines that would work much like an automated bank teller and has estimated the cost at $60 million.
However, these variants are much like protein modifications, the sample space of which is difficult to estimate explicitly.
