Tackles Germ Crimes The Federal Bureau of Investigation has formed a scientific brain trust to help track down criminals who use germs.
Caught unprepared by the anthrax attacks two years ago, the F.B.I. has formed a scientific brain trust that is helping find new ways to track down germ attackers, be they criminals or terrorists.
Our study did not include data on political views, adherence to the Bible as a source of scientific information, trust in science, or personality characteristics, all of which have been demonstrated as predictors of evolution acceptance (Hawley et al. [2011], Mazur [2004]).
This manipulation did not affect any of the dependent variables (perceived risk, scientific knowledge, trust in public health protection).
Over and over again as he stood in operating rooms he drew on the work of the scientific community, trusting the process of research and peer review, trusting the integrity of scientists, trusting the power of the scientific process to discover true things about the world--things that empowered his unique skills to save lives.
To defend my first point, just as we trust scientific authorities because scientific claims are justified through observation and reason, so too can we trust religious authorities because their knowledge claims are justified through observation and reason as well!
After ash dieback was identified at Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Lower Wood reserve, Ashwellthorpe, an ancient woodland and a protected site of s pecial scientific interest, the trust's chairman warned of the potential threat to wildlife.
Ashley Gunstock London E11 There is one curious aspect of the debate on climate change that commentators never remark on ("To fight climate change, we must trust scientific truth and collective action", Will Hutton, Comment).
But once an idea has got embedded and become widespread, it becomes very difficult to dig it out of people's brains — especially when they do not trust scientific authorities.
We have seen in sections 2.4 and 4.1 that scientific objectivity and trust in science are closely connected.
