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[sahy-uhns] / ˈsaɪ əns /


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Modern taxonomy, the science of naming and classifying organisms, increasingly attempts to reflect actual evolutionary relationships by grouping species according to shared ancestry.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

She is a computer science major pursuing a career in data science and machine learning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Instead, he studied computer science at the University of Birmingham alongside apprentices who secured a place on the same programme he was rejected from.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

"The team moved with extraordinary speed to give Swift a chance to carry out more science while advancing capabilities America will need for satellite servicing in the future," Isaacman added.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Facts about history, science, religion, geography, important poets and writers—“the works,” they said.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Cofnas works as a postdoctoral researcher at the university's department of philosophy and moral sciences, according to his website.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Anderson, a professor of nutritional sciences at U of T's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, says the evidence from human research has not always matched those concerns.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The federal government’s prospective disinvestment in the sciences has long been the status quo for the humanities, with corporate foundations and private philanthropy providing the main funding sources.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Now, sociology, long derided by many academics in humanities and the “harder” social sciences for its perceived squishiness, is being criticized from within.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Regiomontanus spoke in praise of the mathematical sciences, and he praised them by denigrating the Aristotelian philosophy taught in the universities.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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