big science | scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
culture | the raising of plants or animals, the culture of oysters |
cranberry culture | the cultivation of cranberries |
drip culture | a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing |
culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar), the culture of cells in a Petri dish |
Cooper Union Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
lab laboratory research lab research laboratory science lab science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
science museum | a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest |
scientific instrument | an instrument used by scientists |
skill science | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain, the skill of a well-trained boxer, the sweet science of pugilism |
scientific method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group |
mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) |
creation science | an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis |
acculturation culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
scientific theory | a theory that explains scientific observations, scientific theories must be falsifiable |
scientific knowledge | knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles, mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge |
science scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge, the science of genetics |
natural science | the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena |
life science bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
biology biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
biomedical science | the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine |
medical science | the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease |
agronomy scientific agriculture | the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production |
ecology bionomics environmental science | the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment |
genetics genetic science | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
zoology zoological science | the branch of biology that studies animals |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
physics physical science | the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something, he studied the physics of radiation |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
geophysics geophysical science | geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth |
engineering engineering science applied science technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
computer science computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
psychology psychological science | the science of mental life |
information science informatics information processing IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
cognitive science | the field of science concerned with cognition, includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
politics political science government | the study of government of states and other political units |
home economics home ec domestic science household arts | theory and practice of homemaking |
economics economic science political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
library science | the study of the principles and practices of library administration |
culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization, the developing drug culture, the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture |
Kalashnikov culture | the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms, the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan |
mosaic culture | a highly diverse culture, the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts |
Christian Science | religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing |
military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare |