In praise of soft science
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US National Science Foundation has awarded Alan T. Waterman, a sociologist at New York University, for its specialization in the detailed study of economic outcomes among underprivileged groups. Research agencies in the United States are supporting more social scientists like him as their work could potentially make a valuable contribution to the study of important societal problems.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Hopes rise as head named for troubled conservation center
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Ecologists Graham Watkins is named executive director of the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), the scientific authority in the Galapagos archipelago. Observers hope he would bring some much-needed stability to the islands' conservation effort.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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In the spotlight
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Bonnie Bassler describes the way science molded her interests into various scientific fields. She is a professor in the molecular biology department at Princeton University.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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