The social scientist gains an understanding of the meaning of action through living with the group which he wants to understand.

After long groping about in the dark, scientists at last are gaining clues to the biochemical basis of parental behavior.

The study of storms can potentially save lives as scientists gain a better understanding of their nature.

The second important effect was the technical knowledge that British scientists gained.

The swarm activity is not understood completely, but the new restlessness could generate data that will help scientists to gain a better understanding of the region.

This allows scientists to gain an understanding of reality, and later use that understanding to intervene in its causal mechanisms (such as to cure disease).

Periodically, a few scientists have gained access to the listening system.

The odds will almost certainly be reduced to zero as scientists gain more information about the asteroid, which is about two-thirds of a mile in diameter.

In the early twentieth century scientists gained a greater understanding of microbiology and explored ways of manufacturing specific products.

But as scientists gained more experience, and tried to discern why efforts so often ended in failure, new questions about the safety of cloning arose.