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Dec 09, 2005 Book Review
Handling uncertainty

by Giancarlo Sturloni

The management of health risks related to scientific and technological innovations has been the focus of a heated debate for a few years now. In some cases, like the campaigns against the use of GMOs in agriculture, this debate has degenerated into a political and social dispute. Even risk analysis studies, which appeared in the 1970s in the fields of nuclear physics and engineering and were later developed by social sciences as well, have given completely different, and at times contradictory, interpretations that, in turn, have given rise to bitter controversies.

Volume 3 • Issue 04 • 2004

Dec 09, 2005 Book Review
Understanding science publics

by Daniele Gouthier

Exploring public attitudes towards science helps investigate the images of science and what the social representations of science are. In this regard, science communication plays a crucial role in its different ways of addressing different publics.

Volume 4 • Issue 01 • 2005

Sep 21, 2005 Commentary
Knowledge sharing for sustainable development through biodiversity conservation in the Mesoamerican region

by Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath

As recognized by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the human community has reached a point in which it is faced with an array of choices that will determine the quality of our lives and the state of the global environment for present and future generations. One possibility is that at long last we will pave a path toward environmental stewardship and sustainable development. But it is also quite possible that we will travel a less enlightened course, running down the earth's natural capital and severely limiting the choices our descendants will face.

Volume 4 • Issue 03 • 2005

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