work wife n.— «Almost one in five (of 2000) respondents said they had a work husband or wife, with a quarter of chief executives who contributed to the research identifying with having a work spouse. “We’re talking about non-sexual...
pharming n.— «Human/animal hybrids, called chimeras, already exist. Promoters of this research note that inserting human DNA into animals could result in great human good. For example, human proteins could be obtained from the milk of...
sonking n.— «Years ago, the iconoclastic Professor Andrew Ehrenberg coined the verb “to SONK.” Sonking is an acronym that stands for the Scientification of Non Knowledge.…With a word like sonking at our disposal, we are...
think-do tank n.— «Now he runs a consultancy that he described as the first Brussels “think-do tank,” and which rivals say is a lobbying firm masquerading as a research institute.» —“Lobbying Brussels: It’s getting...
services science n.— «Several universities, for example, are developing multidisciplinary courses in “services science.” The idea is to combine research in the social sciences, management, engineering and computing to pursue...
lumpy space n.— «Scientists are using the data to research “lumpy space”—the ingredients forming the first galaxies and stars in the universe.» —“BLAST data to yield clues about the universe” CTV.ca (Can...