Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor, exactitude, and objectivity...

of the features used to distinguish hard and soft sciences from each other. Scientists often consider hard sciences to be more scientific or rigorous,...

Soft science fiction, or soft SF, is a category of science fiction with two different definitions, in contrast to hard science fiction. It explores the...

Astounding Science Fiction. The complementary term soft science fiction, formed by analogy to the popular distinction between the "hard" (natural) and "soft" (social)...

pressure and aged for a longer time than the soft cheeses. The lines between soft, semi-soft, semi-hard, and hard are often classified by a metric based on...

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critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, which focuses...

the egg white and egg yolk both solidify, while soft-boiled eggs may leave the yolk, and sometimes the white, at least partially liquid and raw. Boiled...

including White Sand and Dark One. Sanderson created Sanderson's Laws of Magic and popularized the idea of "hard magic" and "soft magic" systems. In 2008...

hardness; for example hard metals such as titanium and beryllium are harder than soft metals such as sodium and metallic tin, or wood and common plastics....

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and immunochemistry. Chemistry and the earth sciences intersect in areas like geochemistry and hydrology. Fundamental science Hard and soft science Philosophy...

between both or simultaneously hard and soft science fiction such as the Dune prequel series by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert or the Star Wars series...

hard, and are used to make permanent magnets. Materials with low coercivity are said to be magnetically soft. The latter are used in transformer and inductor...

think tanks, and public administration consultants for governments or on issues of public importance, most frequently in the sciences but also in the...

drugs may be colloquially referred to as "hard drugs", and less harmful drugs as "soft drugs". The term "soft drug" is considered controversial by critics...

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portmanteau of information and entertainment), also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media...

Argentina the formal title Doctor of Science would be attributed to different fields of the hard or soft sciences. To get into an Argentine PhD program...

on the ingredients and how long the mixture is boiled. Candy comes in a wide variety of textures, from soft and chewy to hard and brittle. A confectioner...

with soft power, which comes from diplomacy, culture and history. According to Joseph Nye, hard power involves "the ability to use the carrots and sticks...

In politics (and particularly in international politics), soft power is the ability to co-opt rather than coerce (in contrast with hard power). It involves...

users to upgrade their software. In a soft fork, a majority of the network’s miners implement the new rules and begin following the updated version of...

fiction does for science fiction in general, and concludes that it is impossible. Fernando Savater has contrasted "hard" fantasy with "soft" fantasy. He describes...

professional attitude, work ethic, career management and intercultural fluency. Soft skills are in contrast to hard skills, also called technical skills, which...

reductionism. Hard and soft science – colloquial terms often used when comparing scientific fields of academic research or scholarship, with hard meaning perceived...

in modern polytheistic practices is between so-called soft polytheism and hard polytheism. "Soft" polytheism is the belief that different gods may either...