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Sixty-five years ago in Nuremberg, Germany, American prosecutors confronted the Nazi physicians who had subjected Jews and others to a murderous regime of medical research.
Huffington Post (blog) How Math Could Improve Life for Nearly 6 Million With Parkinson's Huffington Post (blog) And as always, I'm finding that these algorithms have uses outside Parkinson's and biomedicine.
Golden rice, a new strain that boosts vitamin A levels and reduces blindness in developing countries, is about to be sown in the Philippines – and is the new battleground crop (Oh yes, give the kiddies #GMO food || "to counter blindness and other ...
In recent years, there has been a notable cross-fertilization of ideas from the fields of communication studies and science and technology studies (STS). Researchers from both domains are increasingly seeking to better ...
Myths about right vs. left sides of the brain continue and can get in our way (Myths about the right vs. left side of the brain persist and can stand in our way.
When the history of the changes in the public understanding of science and public confidence in science over the last fifteen years comes to be written, I believe that the pro-GM lobby's misuse and abuse of science will be ...
Paul Fanlund: In teaching climate change, politics trumps science Wisconsin State Journal “I found some social studies and some science curricula that treat global warming just as climate science experts would want it to be treated, meaning that...
International study reveals urban design influences exercise Science Network Western Australia walking “This is important because there's a big problem with studies of this kind where the question is, do people change their behaviour in response to...
The Petri Dish: Vaccines the next frontier in fighting cancer Summit Daily News In previous articles, I have focused on vaccines as a highly effective public health tool in the battle against infectious disease.
Stephen Colbert talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and advocate for public scientific understanding, in a sometimes irreverent and sometimes profound discussion on the public understanding of science and the ...
Meeting minutes don't confirm Martin report in UNC academic fraud scandal News & Observer Karen Moon, a spokeswoman for Thorp said Thorp provided the meeting minutes to Maffly-Kipp's committee, but he did not attend the 2002 meeting and did not...
A new obstacle to scientific literacy may be emerging, according to a paper in the journal Science by two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
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Ebranlée par les catastrophes nucléaires ou les OGM, la confiance populaire dans les innovations relève des gouvernants plus que des scientifiques. Peut-on - mais surtout faut-il - rétablir la «confiance des citoyens envers la science», puisque telle est la formulation de la question par les responsables politiques inquiets de voir telle technologie ou telle exploitation des ressources naturelles se heurter au refus des populations ? Qui refusent d’intégrer à leur réflexion ce résultat pourtant classique de la sociologie (Daniel Boy, Cevipof) : la confiance populaire envers les technologies est indexée sur celle envers les gouvernements, les élus et le système politique… aujourd’hui au plus bas. (...) - par Sylvestre Huet, Libération, 28 mars 2013
Via Julien Hering, PhD
Estudo coloca anfíbios na lista de espécies prejudicadas por pesticidas Século Foram aplicadas três tipos de doses: concentrações recomendadas, um décimo das concentrações recomendadas e 10 vezes as concentrações recomendadas.
Hackeando organismos vivos: palestra debate Biologia Sintética Tecmundo Biologia Sintética é a ciência que basicamente tenta estudar formas de manipulação e alteração genética em células e organismos vivos, a fim de controlar seu comportamento e...
He doesn't carry the child, but a father's prenatal anxiety may have an affect on children's later behavior.
Daily News & Analysis Pet-iquette: Ask that neutured cats be ear-tipped Daily News & Analysis The bacterium causes fluid or pus to accumulate in the ear and causes the rabbit to twist or 'wry' its neck.
Protest Tactics in a Warming World In These Times “The challenge is to meet people at the point of engagement that they're ready for,” says Nathan Santry, actions director at Greenpeace. ...
It’s open season on scientism again! The New Atlantis is an online journal of science and technology (I haven’t heard of it, but I don’t get out much), and this month features an ...
PsychCentral.com (blog) 12 Favourite Mental Health Videos of 2012 PsychCentral.com (blog) The Top Ten Myths of Behaviour Change – Drawing on learnings from psychology, behavioural economics, marketing, neuroscience, sociology, social media, and...
Why should academics get involved in outreach? The Guardian Secondly, even aside from the formal requirements of funding bodies, I think there's a moral case to be made that publicly funded research should be promoted or spread to the public.
The Japan Times Japan's steely resolve suggests nationalism based on fear The Japan Times He has taught at London, University of British Columbia, Sussex, Harvard and MIT in departments of sociology, history and political science.
DRC Announces Award of Food and Drug Administration Scientific Computing ...
Challenging the widely held view that race is a ''biologically meaningless'' concept, a leading population geneticist says that race is helpful for understanding ethnic differences in disease and (RT @HBDBibliography: Race as Real Guide To Track Roots...
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