Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

evidence: A thing or set of things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place. Scientists weighed the evidence for and against the hypothesis. (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)

That smoking is a cause of lung cancer is an established fact. But to what extent can cancer generally be avoided? On that, scientists are divided. (Independent)

The European Commission and Russian scientists are collaborating on a project to use nuclear weapons to stop Earth-bound killer asteroids from crashing into our planet. (Market Business News)

Geopolitics, analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word geopolitics was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjell?n about the turn of the 20th century, and its use spread throughout Europe in the period between World Wars I and II (1918–39) and came into worldwide use during the latter. In contemporary discourse, geopolitics has been widely employed as a loose synonym for international politics. (Britannica)