Theme : science
- Hold on to your asteroids... Microsoft unveiled Worldwide Telescope yesterday. Its a 'telescope for the masses' - letting anyone with the internet see images from the world's most powerful instruments. Some say it could be 'like the human genome project' in scope. from : kirstenbound 15th May 2008
- ‘Complements’ and sweet talk Dr. Edzard Ernst, a prominent professor of alternative medicine, is interviewed in today’s Independent talking about his new book, Trick or Treatment. From what I gather, it gives alternative medicine a bit of kicking, demonstrating its ineffectiveness when subjected to randomised controlled trials.Two interesting points strike me about the article.The first is that whilst Dr. Ernst is very critical about the complementary medicine industry, he doesn’t shy away from criticising... from : faizalfarook 22nd April 2008
- Ask me no questions, I'll give you the facts Just caught Ben Goldacre's programme on Radio 4. Ben, for those who don't know, is the man behind the Guardian's Bad Science column. He is keen on using science to debunk snake oil merchants and puncturing the scientific claims that they make. When he first began writing, I thought he was a naive positivist. But, the more I read and occasionally chat to him, the more I sympathise with and learn from his approach to the new politics of science, expertise and evidence. He is tackling some... from : jackstilgoe 31st March 2008
- Trust me, I'm the head of immunisation at the Department of Health Vaccines are an interesting condensation point for debates about science, the public good, personal freedom and choice. As the UK government found a few years back with the MMR vaccine, you get in trouble if you are on the one hand telling people to choose everything to do with their healthcare and on the other coercing them into vaccination for the public good. The evidence, as we found out, won't win arguments that messy. There's a nice book co-authored by Demos friend Melissa Leach that... from : jackstilgoe 10th March 2008
- The way to go James Wilsdon reviews three new books on death and aging. from : jameswilsdon 4th March 2008
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A Brazillion and one things still to learn
Just over half way through our Atlas of Ideas fieldwork in Brazil, we’ve been to six cities and interviewed around 70 scientists, policymakers and business people about the future of science and innovation in Brazil. We’re working in partnership with Brazilian strategy and innovation think tank, CGEE. And it still feels like we are barely scratching the surface...
from : kirstenbound 4th March 2008 - Is public science a public good? Should we be worried about companies funding university science? Does it make for more innovation or is it poisoning science and blackening our ivory towers? Join us for a debate on the future of public science.We are delighted to have the following speakers Philip Moriarty, Professor of physics, University of Nottingham Ben Goldacre, Scientist and journalist Terence Kealey, Vice Chancellor University of Buckingham John Pethica, Chief Scientist, National Physical Laboratory Ian... from : jackstilgoe 3rd March 2008
- India's biodiversity is a potential resource The second part of the project will see researchers from Demos fan out to Brazil, South Africa and parts of the Islamic world. It took 18 months of research and interviews with over 450 people including venture capitalists, policymakers, professors of quantum theory and even some priests. This study of from : kirstenbound 7th January 2008
- Q&A: "Britain should unleash mass collaboration with India" The Atlas of Idea, a series of four reports published by Demos, a UK think tank, looks at the pace and scale of scientific innovation in India, China and South Korea. James Wilsdon, science and innovation head, Demos, and Kirsten Bound, author, India: The Uneven Innovator, spoke to Narayani Ganesh in Delhi recently: from : kirstenbound 3rd December 2007
- Demos in the Deccan Herald Our event at IIM Bangalore last week has been written up in the Deccan Herald by Rajeev Gowda. from : jameswilsdon 27th November 2007