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Theme : science
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Live forever
A Harley St plastic surgeon plans to sell an anti-ageing drug. But do you want to live forever, or perhaps to the ripe old age of 1,000? There was a time when beating biology to become immortal was the stuff of dreams.
from : samhintonsmith
31st August 2006
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Tory Spelling - the rebirth and rebirth of the maglev
Ah, Maglev. It sounds like a Stalinist spelling mistake. But it's just become one of George Osbourne's new policies. The Maglev train has a permanent reserved slot on the Tomorrow's World schedule. It's clean, it's flash, it's fast, it's a bit magic, it's very seventies. And it's just been defrosted by the shadow chancellor. He wants it to solve climate change while taking us to Glasgow and back in less time than it takes to finish a Campari and soda. It's a nice example of politicians talking...
from : jackstilgoe
31st August 2006
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Demos does 'black sky thinking' on space
New mission will add up economic and social benefits of space and create first long-term strategy for British space programme
from : mollywebb
2nd August 2006
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British public fears new US space race
Poll shows strong support for UK science projects such as Beagle but people are concerned about Bush’s military space strategy
from : mollywebb
2nd August 2006
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Nanotech debate 'must involve poor communities'
Poor communities must be involved in debates about whether nanotechnologies can contribute to social and economic development, said delegates at a series of meetings in Zimbabwe this month.
from : samhintonsmith
24th July 2006
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Harare 1 - Snakes in a Well
The third nanodialogue has just wrapped up. In Harare, we've spent the last two weeks with mushroom-farmers, brick-makers and water scientists, imagining the role that nanotechnology might play in their lives. The gulf between Western technoscience and applications for poor communities is far wider than I'd imagined. Ask people from Epworth - a Harare suburb currently recovering from Mugabe's Operation Murambatsvina - what they want from new technologies and they talk about the rope and washer..
from : jackstilgoe
24th July 2006
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We need a 'slow race' for science-based development
Enhanced citizen engagement is essential in making technology work for the poor.
from : samhintonsmith
20th July 2006
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Hwang Woo-suk
New York times article about the controversial new techniques used by Dr. Woo Suk Hwang (In korea spelled: Hwang Woo-suk)AP coverage on Hwang's response to religious outcryEthical Debates covered in The Korea TimesHe's also on a newly formed committee of experts in charge of guiding Korea's future in science and technology - June 3 article in Korea HeraldNew US legislation on stem cell research HR 810
from : mollywebb
13th July 2006
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Scientists at Large
A long awaited survey from the Royal Society. It reveals the barriers that scientists feel stop them from getting out of their labs, into the open, talking and listening to members of the public. The major barrier, it seems, is the simple day-to-day pressure of professional research. We identified a similar thing last year in The Public Value of Science, and linked it to debates about public engagement as they fit into the culture of science. My worry in all of this is that the survey was...
from : jackstilgoe
12th July 2006
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'Scientific protectionism' will harm Britain's long-term interests
Demos embarks on Government-backed study of the new ‘science superpowers’
from : mollywebb
3rd July 2006
