How to Use natural science in a Sentence

natural science

noun
Definition of natural sciencenext
  • There’s a plotline involving a swarm of bees that doesn’t seem beyond the pale of natural science.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
  • Almost all the Circle members had a background in and passion for math and the natural sciences.
    — David Edmonds, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2017
  • In other social and natural sciences such differences are a thing of the past.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Protestant universities and scholars also led the way in the emergence of the new natural sciences in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    — Alec Ryrie, CNN, 29 Oct. 2017
  • In physics and, more generally, in the natural sciences, space and time are the foundation of all theories.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
  • Within the last two decades, fewer than one in three natural science managers were female.
    — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Many of the most difficult words also come from the natural sciences, medicine, law and other specialized fields.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 31 May 2023
  • To build a more robust Earth science in the Anthropocene, the human sciences must play as central a role as the natural sciences do today.
    — Ben Marwick, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2019
  • From the grand to the tiny, Wilson retained his enthusiasm for natural science.
    — Patricia Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Sarah King, curator of natural science at the Yorkshire Museum, says in the press release.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2018
  • How might our knowledge of the past—of philosophy, of drama and comedy, of natural science—have been enriched?
    — Michael Auslin, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, take a stroll through the onsite natural science and history museum.
    — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2023
  • This is not to say that departments in the natural sciences are necessarily able to develop a culture free from bias.
    — TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Nicholas Christakis, a physician and professor of social and natural science at Yale University, points out that such diseases are the leading killers of children under the age of five around the globe each year.
    — TheWeek, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Meanwhile, her 12-year-old brother, PJ, is fascinated by the wonders of natural science.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Joseph was a professor of natural science and geology and served as president of the American Assn.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The scientific method is a procedure that has defined natural science for centuries.
    — Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Clark credits his interest in the natural sciences to watching Attenborough’s nature documentaries, hence the name of the new fossil.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • It is expected to appeal to working professionals who don’t have the time to attend class in person or don’t live near a university that offers advanced degrees in the natural sciences.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Compared to the rest of the world, the nation’s share of publications in natural science journals has declined in recent years, and its government is keen to support researchers with particularly lofty ideas.
    — Tim Hornyak, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
  • My position is most definitely not the one hearkening to the Twenties that sees the natural sciences as suspect forms of cryptoideology.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
  • There are internships available in four IEPA areas: six in engineering and two each in chemistry and related fields, natural sciences, and the legal department.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Many working in natural sciences got their start with professional degrees.
    — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • At Emory, a standard startup package for a new professor in the natural sciences or engineering exceeds $1 million, Freeman says.
    — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 30 Jan. 2020
  • This accounts for the central difference between the natural sciences and those that analyze human behavior.
    — Jason Blakely, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The son of an English blacksmith, Faraday was apprenticed to a bookbinder at 14, a choice of profession that enabled him to read voraciously, particularly about the natural sciences.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, in the U.S., the percentage of college degrees awarded in health sciences, medical sciences, natural sciences, and engineering has shot up.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • David Liu is a professor of natural sciences at Harvard University.
    — David Liu, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The school taught the Chinese classics, but the top priorities were mathematics, history, geography, and the natural sciences.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Imprisoning engineering and the natural sciences at the very bottom of an evidence hierarchy—at the same level as an expert opinion—is a mistake.
    — Matthew Oliver, Scientific American, 5 May 2023

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