Webcast: Does ending collection of data make the problem go away?
...n international group of speakers will discuss the politics of public health data--both its presence and its absence--and how health statistics systems shape knowledge about disparities. Webcast URL: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/disparities International Speakers: John Fox, Director of Statistics, Depart...York scientists warn of dramatic impact of climate change on Africa
...al effects of climate change are tightly linked to politics and so difficult to predict, but the way things are going it looks like Africa is going to be in for a rough ride over the next few decades," Dr Lovett said.......arch. Leading figures from the research community, politics and industry will address these issues, among them Mary Kavanagh from the European Commission Delegation to the United States and Hans Coufal from IBM Research. The main focus of the talk by the President of the DFG, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, will be o...Marmots, microbes and geopolitical uses of disease
...an unsettling look at what happens when plague and politics combine with a lack of communication. William Summers, a medical doctor and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University, will present "Marmots, Microbes and Mandarins: The Geopolitical Uses of the Manchurian Plague of 1910-1...First SCID gene chip to be introduced at Academy meeting on immunodeficiencies
...uring a wide range of diseases and the presence of politics and government in science....Science reporters' top challenges include finding photos and well-spoken researchers
... intersection of science with values, morality, or politics also was a top concern for press officers, along with scientific ambiguity. Like reporters, press officers identified deliberate research fraud as a rare problem. Interestingly, some 400 press officers out of 445 said they "strongly agreed" or "somew...UAF hosts symposium on human-fire interactions
...eeds, environmental concerns, and the realities of politics and policy," Fresco said. "We will use this symposium as a vehicle to communicate some of our preliminary findings and present a framework for beginning to deal more formally with these issues at a landscape-level over short and long time frames," ...The challenge of reconciling science and society
...e stem cells and cloning, jostle with religion and politics in the public sphere to provide a potent and complex mix. A new book released today by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press explores the moral and ethical foundations of science in this context. Times of Triumph, Times of Doubt , written by the ...'1491' wins 2006 Best Book Award from the National Academies
...for her authoritative treatment of the science and politics of global climate change in the three-part series "The Climate of Man." TV/Radio Nic Young, director, Anna Thomson, producer, and Bill Locke, executive producer, for Lion Television's "Ape to Man," an accurate and entertaining overview of human ev...Global warming to be addressed at public forum
...ckground on climate change, ecological impact, the politics of oil, sustainable energy, and representations in the popular culture, among other topics. In conjunction with the Choices and Challenges Forum, there will be a performance piece on climate change, titled The Silencer, by Rhiannon Tise. The piece ...Conservative forces hampering progress in sexual and reproductive health
...d the best example of the detrimental intrusion of politics into public health. In a Comment to introduce the...governments do not care enoughBut it is also about politics and how politics can intrude into public health-with devastating effect."...Boehlert, Gordon call for implementation of new nanotechnology report
...move now when the issues are most pressing and the politics are most conducive to addressing them." The Science Committee wrote the law establishing the National Nanotechnology Initiative and has held several hearings on the environmental and safety risks of nanotechnology, most recently on Sept. 21....Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say
... malaria are driven by a mixture of perception and politics rather than an objective assessment of need. Clearly, this situation is untenable." New anti-malarial drugs and commodities to prevent infection are available, but these are often expensive and the researchers are concerned that without an accurate...'Lessons learned' highlighted as global politics of HIV/AIDS examined in new research
...cholars are still coming to grips with the complex politics that have characterized the response of states and...mic since 1981. Compelling new assessments of the politics of HIV/AIDS in seven countries appear as a research symposium in the December issue of Perspectives ......r providing a mature, stabilizing influence in the politics and administration of our scientific community. In his own research he has studied the central processing of sensory information in animals to provide insight into human perception and learning. He has been regarded, said the committee, as the go-to-...