Science in Society

Highlights the important links between federal funding for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.

Discussion on ethics and values, education, human rights, and national policy, from a physics perspective.

Promotional stories about the results of science improving the lives of people and animals through health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.

Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.

Provides information on European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences. Features information on research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion forum, networks, and related links.

Collection of articles covering science, technology, and society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.

Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn't know when facts are needed for public policy decision.

This initiative at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory aims to promote a better understanding of the growing social and cultural relevance of the life sciences.

Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science and society issues.

Assistant professor of Philosophy at Chulalongkorn University, specialising in problems arising from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. Biography and academic papers.