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The event sounded interesting but was probably over my head, as I am not a science-y girl.
Katherine Meusey: Ig Nobel Prizes: Think First, Then Laugh Katherine Meusey 2011
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Cutting edge computers are almost always a waste unless you're in some science-y trade that requires the most advanced doozey-whatzits - all the components you put into that machine will be half the price you paid for them within a year.
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The invocation of a laboratory-like investigation made the effort sound kind of science-y, but it's not.
Jon Entine: Plastic Wars: Science Loses in Renewed Campaign Against Plasticizers Jon Entine 2011
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Sadly, my science-y occupation has pretty much destroyed my ability to suspend my disbelief.
MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction? 2009
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My only jobs ever have been lab and science-y type jobs -- boring, I know!
Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09 Cath@VWXYNot? 2009
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I don't understand all the science-y crap associated with the mating of the female—something about hormones and pheremones and other junk, but I do know this: she is cunning and will stop at nothing to find a suitable mate with whom to procreate.
The Mating Call Of The North American Female Sounds Like The Deep Bellow Of A Birthing Moose Erin Zulkoski 2011
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Truant, wherein he asked us lots of science-y questions about how exactly we define awesome and how you [...]
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My own anecdotal experience is that those in the science-y academic fields are much more comfortable with the facts and data than with the gray areas of politics, policy, and, uh, other human beings in general.
Matthew Yglesias » Cato’s David Boaz Joins George Will in Peddling Bogus “Global Cooling” Stories 2009
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I tend to want to believe in the more science-y, neurological approach when it comes to feelings, thoughts and senses.
Subterfuge, people skills or something else entirely nathreee 2010
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These are just some of the science-y tips you can find in "Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food," a new book by my next guest.
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