Constructing scientific theory to provide explanations is a goal for scientists and grounding the explanation of a phenomenon with available evidence.
Thematic coding allowed the two social scientists to undertake a grounded analysis.
We conclude that students' conceptions of what it means to think like a scientist became more reflective of the views of practicing scientists (Table 1) and more grounded in students' experiences of working closely with data.
Barefoot runners were more likely to land on the front part or ball of the foot, and they adjusted their leg and foot movements so that they landed more gently on the ground, the scientists found.
It's easy to understand why Hawking's and Turing's stories are attractive, which is why the films seem so superficially similar: young brilliant scientists make ground-shaking discoveries and establish inspiring romantic relationships while battling both older authoritative establishment and their own dark futures.
Scientists measured ground ice between 10 and 20 cm thick in 200 test sites, and more than half of the ground area they monitored was still covered in the ice 5 months later.
Exploring a cave in a steep cliff overlooking the ocean, an international team of scientists found deposits of shellfish remains, hearths, small stone blades and fragments of hematite, some of which, the scientists believe, had been ground for use as the coloring agent red ochre that sometimes had symbolic meaning.
Steve Case, a biologist at the University of Kansas and a leader of the drive to restore evolution to the curriculum, said that he and others brought in speakers like Kenneth R. Miller, a Brown University microbiologist and author of "Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution".
But is there more than meets the eye to the ecommerce giant's interest in technologies that can sense the world around them? Amazon's nascent drone delivery program, Prime Air, is one clear driver to hire scientists with a grounding in machine learning and computer vision, since drones need to navigate in real world environments.
And while it's always good for a translational scientist to have some grounding in basic science, I never really liked the "We're researching this because it's there" department seminars.
