Can science studies save the world?

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Head of Cornell University's department of science and technology studies Sheila Jasanoff, the US's most prominent scholar on law and science, will, over the next few years, compare the operation of four new-style international treaties on climate change, ozone depletion, endangered species and biodiversity. Jasanoff points to the emergence, particularly in the environmental arena, of global knowledge, a body of knowledge that is about the globe and shared by people around the globe. She believes that global knowledge must be linked to global political interests.

Officials and employees, Interview, Law, Science, Cornell University, Science and law, Jasanoff, Sheila

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Big numbers save lives; the use of mega-statistics in medicine

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Some researchers think that medical trials on diseases are usually too small to give useful statistical results. It is suggested that results from many trials on one disease could be studied and yield more useful data. These analyses are mostly used in looking at results for diseases such as heart problems and cancer, where many trials have been done and risk factors identified.

Statistics, Clinical trials

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Before you build that nanobot..

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Rob Doubleday, a sociologist, is involved in work at the new centre for nanotechnology at Cambridge University. The aim of Doubleday's work is to pose the sort of awkward questions that the public would pose and help determine how non-scientists could be involved in deciding what nanotechnology can do for us and the ways in which the technology can be managed.

United Kingdom, Labor force information, Science & research, Public affairs, Ethics, Employment, Ethical aspects, Nanotechnology, University of Cambridge, Doubleday, Rob

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