mainstream science

collocation in English

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mainstream
adjective
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/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/
considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by ...
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science
noun
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/ˈsaɪ.əns/us
/ˈsaɪ.əns/
(knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of ...
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(Definition ofmainstreamandsciencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Now they are slowly coming to be accepted and may even be drifting intomainstreamscience.
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This is unacceptable tomainstreamscience.
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Computational irreducibility explains observed limitations of existingmainstreamscience.
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The cosmetic charlatans can readily be excluded frommainstreamscienceas ' quacks', but less easily excluded are those who draw on science to develop or supply cosmetics, particularly cosmetic surgeons.
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Ring's methods are not supported bymainstreamscienceand have been criticised by scientists.
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He is a frequent guest onmainstreamscienceprograms as well.
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It relies onmainstreamscienceto reinforce religious and spiritual perspectives.
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Some protosciences go on to become an accepted part ofmainstreamscience.
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However, conservation of energy still holds and any claims otherwise (over unity) do not constitute part ofmainstreamscience.
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The move angered themainstreamsciencecommunity which predicted a resulting loss of rigor and quality in science education.
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Their presumptive existence has often been derived from anecdotal or other evidence considered insufficient bymainstreamscience.
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Parapsychological research rarely appears inmainstreamsciencejournals; most is published in a small number of niche journals.
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According to its mission statement, the journal provides a forum for research on topics outside the established disciplines ofmainstreamscience.
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It has been tested "in vitro" and in animals, but the results are not considered compelling and it is rejected bymainstreamscience.
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This distinguishes him from othermainstreamsciencefiction authors who tend to focus on a few technological or social changes in isolation from others.
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The opinions of the organization in regard to what are the proper limits of scientific exploration are often at odds with those ofmainstreamscience.
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In all these ways, it reveals much about evangelical's distrust ofmainstreamscienceand the motivations and modus operandi of the scientific elite.
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His work promotes a wide variety of alternative medical approaches such as orthomolecular medicine, many of which are considered pseudoscientific bymainstreamscienceand medicine.
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In many ways, these elusive and contentious entities have plagued cryptozoology since its inception, and tend to be dismissed bymainstreamscienceas thoroughly unworthy of consideration.
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The scientific and ethical demands of a conservation scientist require a variety of instruments- taken frommainstreamscienceand slightly modified- in order to conduct their research properly.
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His conclusions are simply too far removed from the frontiers of todaysmainstreamscience, and there is little hope that conclusive evidence will emerge anytime soon.
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This room is immediately followed by a second room of placards explaining various natural phenomena using two distinct starting pointsmainstreamscienceand the biblical narrative, respectively.
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Having crossed frommainstreamscienceinto science journalism, he now spends his working life translating astronomy, space research and physics into comprehensible language for the general public.
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Although now rejected bymainstreamscience, vitalism has a long history in medical philosophies: most traditional healing practices posited that disease results from some imbalance in vital forces.
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