But if I have found learning new ways of working and new science challenging, they have been above all inspiring.
But new laboratory results reported in tomorrow's issue of Science challenge the late arrival of this "Great Oxidation Event".
It has been argued that the culture of academic science challenges many women's core sense of self.
"Those computer science challenges for a computer science geek are just intriguing – you give a geek a puzzle, they can't drop it; they need to solve the puzzle.
The findings, reported online today in Science, challenge the prevailing thinking among primate scientists, who believe that—outside of times of social upheaval, during which cocky upstarts dispose more dominant males alphas should live in stress-free bliss.
"This company is not only doing things that are amazing, this company also has some of the toughest computer science challenges that I have seen in my career of 25 years," Singhal told me.
Science challenges some traditional religious beliefs.
Modern feminist science challenges the biological essentialist view of gender.
"Science challenges religion both by refuting cherished dogmas, and by dismissing revelation and religious experience as legitimate sources of knowledge".
Whether it's cloning, stem cell research, or animal experimentation, science challenges us as spiritual beings, as much as it challenges us intellectually.
Declining government science/education funding, and increased special-interest funding, further tilt this playing field, as illustrated by fossil-fuel-industry-funded "science" challenging anthropogenic climate change.
