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GMFuturos: The social and cultural contexts of GM technology
Men winnowing rice in southern India. UN GM food is perhaps one of the most controversial topics in the history of science and technology. Genetically-modified foods have been restricted by some coun… more →
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GMFuturos: The social and cultural contexts of GM technology
wrote 5 months ago: Men winnowing rice in southern India. UN GM food is perhaps one of the most controversial topics in … more →
Governing geoengineering
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wrote 1 year ago: Ash plume from the eruption of Mt Pinatubo. Spraying sulphate aerosols into the stratosphere would m … more →
Ecological impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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wrote 1 year ago: The long-term ecological impacts of the BP oil spill disaster may have recently come to light after … more →
Landmines: a deadly man-made hazard
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wrote 1 year ago: Land mines and unexploded ordnances are a serious problem in many parts of the world. They are a pa … more →
Tracking disaster reports with Ushahidi
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wrote 1 year ago: The Ushahidi platform has been used by people all over the world to report information on large-scal … more →
Body scanners, health risk and politics
wrote 1 year ago: A news agency specialised in investigative reporting in the US, ProPublica, released an informative … more →
Risk and security in the US after 9/11
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wrote 1 year ago: After the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pen … more →
Emerging scientific innovation, engagement and policy
wrote 1 year ago: As new areas of scientific research and technology emerge within the private and public sectors prob … more →
Terror risk in US airplanes vs threat to public health?
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wrote 2 years ago: A few months back, a statement was issued by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA in the US about … more →
The great nuclear risk debate
wrote 2 years ago: Some scientists, physicists in particular, are bringing some clarity to the nuclear debate beyond th … more →
Addressing the risks of nuclear power: a lesson from Fukushima
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wrote 2 years ago: The Fukushima nuclear disaster is indeed one of the greatest nuclear accidents in history. Nuclear … more →
Science, Politics and Authority: new narratives for policy on science and the environment
wrote 2 years ago: The following event that includes researchers from IHRR will take place at the Institute of Advanced … more →
Synthetic Biology: a Better Future? A public dialogue meeting
wrote 2 years ago: An exciting workshop will be taking place at Durham University on synthetic biology. Synthetic biol … more →
Synthetic biology meets social science
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wrote 2 years ago: What might the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the social sciences have to say abo … more →
IHRR seminar series autumn 2010 highlights
wrote 2 years ago: There have been a number of fascinating seminars in IHRR this past autumn. I highlight a few of the … more →
Politicised disasters and climate change
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wrote 2 years ago: In the wake of COP16, a number of environmental news events provide context for how the world might … more →
Nanotech solution for arsenic problem in Bangladesh?
wrote 2 years ago: Arsenic contaminated tube well (ZUMA Press) Could nanotechnology provide a solution to Bangladesh … more →
New study on public attitudes to synthetic biology
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wrote 3 years ago: Dr Matthew Kearnes and Professor Phil Macnaghten from IHRR were advisors for a new project on … more →
How do we regulate surveillance technology?
wrote 3 years ago: Will the public have more of a say in how surveillance technology is used? (Panos Pictures) One of t … more →
