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basic science

American  
[bay-sik sahy-uhns] / ˈbeɪ sɪk ˈsaɪ əns /

noun

basic sciences plural
  1. scientific research aimed at developing a better understanding of natural phenomena.


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It is a deliberate attempt to make marine science compelling for a mass audience, including OceanX's four million TikTok followers.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Eight weeks of heat stress is usually enough to kill coral, and early estimates showed many WA reefs suffered between 15 and 30, said Australia's marine science agency.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The Blue Parks network promotes biodiversity and sustainable management in marine protected areas, and Kitasoo Xai’xais leaders have vowed to pursue those aims using traditional knowledge and the latest marine science.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2024

Many people from underrepresented groups who have left marine science say a shortage of support contributed to their decision.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

From those differences most serious errors have arisen in navigation, and in the marine science.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

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