The scientific premise upon which his assessment was based had not been proved in any Court in Australia.

For good measure, the news-release material that the museum developed for the exhibition includes a six-page rebuttal of virtually every scientific premise in the film.

An insurmountable problem for defense attorneys has been the unwillingness of credible experts to question the basic scientific premise for DNA analysis.

"Jurassic Park" and "Twister," both based on Crichton stories, work overtime to offer realistic-sounding scientific premises for their fantasies.

The Sugar Association, a trade group representing sugar cane and sugar beet growers, has questioned the scientific premise of the health agency's effort.

This caused an outcry among scientists, who were ready to adopt the scientific premises but not interested in creating a substitute religion.

The decision abandons an AIDS prevention study that provoked bitter debate and did not draw enough participants to test its scientific premise.

Intended as an AIDS prevention study, the program did not draw enough participants to test its scientific premise.

AFI defines "science fiction" as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.

Whilst we dispute the scientific premise the Copenhagen talks were based on, we have no objection to measures taken at nation state level to protect the environment.