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| Introduction |
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PART 1 THE PLACE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY |
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Does Politics Come Before Science in Government Decision Making? |
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Union of Concerned Scientists, from Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2004) |
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from ``Statement on Scientific Integrity in the Bush Administration'' (April 2, 2004) |
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Should Society Restrict the Publication of Unclassified but ``Sensitive'' Research? |
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from ``The Changing Relationship Between Science and Government Post-September 11,'' in Albert H. Teich, Stephen D. Nelson, and Stephen J. Lita, eds., Science and Technology in a Vulnerable World (Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002) |
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30 | (7) |
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The Royal Society and Wellcome Trust, from ``Do No Harm: Reducing the Potential for the Misuse of Life Science Research,'' Report of a Royal Society (October 7, 2004) |
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37 | (8) |
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Should Creationism and Evolution Get Equal Time in Schools? |
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45 | (18) |
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from ``Creationism's Value?'' America (March 11, 2000) |
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47 | (5) |
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Evan Ratliff, from ``The Crusade Against Evolution,'' Wired (October 2004) |
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52 | (11) |
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Should Society Act Now to Halt Global Warming? |
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64 | (24) |
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, from ``Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis,'' A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2001) |
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66 | (12) |
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Bush Administration, from ``Global Climate Change Policy Book,'' www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/climatechange.html (February 2002) |
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78 | (10) |
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Is It Time to Revive Nuclear Power? |
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88 | (18) |
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from ``Nuclear Now!'' Wired (February 2005) |
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90 | (9) |
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from ``The Push to Revive Nuclear Power,'' Synthesis/Regeneration 28 (Spring 2002) |
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99 | (7) |
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Will Hydrogen Replace Fossil Fuels for Cars? |
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106 | (17) |
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from ``Hydrogen: Empowering the People,'' The Nation (December 23, 2002) |
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108 | (4) |
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from ``Warning: The Hydrogen Economy May Be More Distant Than It Appears,'' Popular Science (January 2005) |
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112 | (11) |
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PART 3 HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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Do Falling Birth Rates Pose a Threat to Human Welfare? |
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124 | (14) |
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from ``Birth Dearth,'' Newsweek (September 27, 2004) |
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126 | (6) |
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from ``The Fewer the Better,'' New Statesman (November 8, 2004) |
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132 | (6) |
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Is There Sufficient Scientific Research to Conclude That Cell Phones Cause Cancer? |
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138 | (20) |
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from Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: An Insider's Alarming Discoveries About Cancer and Genetic Damage (Carroll & Graf, 2001) |
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140 | (8) |
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United Kingdom's National Radiation Protection Board, from Mobile Phones and Health 2004: Report by the Board of NRPB (National Radiation Protection Board, Britain) (Doc NRPB 15 (5), 2004) |
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Should DDT Be Banned Worldwide? |
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158 | (20) |
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from ``Malaria, Mosquitoes, and DDT,'' World Watch (May/June 2002) |
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160 | (9) |
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from ``Better Living Through Chemistry,'' The Washington Monthly (March 2003) |
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169 | (9) |
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Should Potential Risks Slow the Development of Nanotechnology? |
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178 | (19) |
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from ``Welcome to NanoWorld: Nanotechnology and Precautionary the Principle Imperative,'' Multinational Monitor (September 2004) |
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180 | (7) |
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from ``Molecular Nanotech: Benefits and Risks,'' The Futurist (January--February 2004) |
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187 | (10) |
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Should We Expand Efforts to Find Near-Earth Objects? |
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198 | (13) |
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from Statement (for the National Research Council) before House Committee on Science (October 3, 2002) |
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200 | (5) |
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from Statement before House Committee on Science (October 3, 2002) |
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205 | (6) |
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Is the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Doomed to Fail? |
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211 | (19) |
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from Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life (Copernicus Books, 2002) |
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213 | (8) |
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from ``When Will We Detect the Extraterrestrials?'' Acta Astronautica (August 2004) |
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221 | (9) |
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Do Humans Belong in Space? |
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230 | (21) |
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from ``The Sober Realities of Manned Space Flight,'' The American Enterprise (December 2004) |
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232 | (7) |
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from ``The Wrong Stuff,'' New York Review of Books (April 8, 2004) |
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239 | (12) |
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PART 5 THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION |
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Does the Internet Strengthen Community? |
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252 | (19) |
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from ``Online Communities: Networks that Nurture Long-Distance Relationships and Local Ties,'' Pew Internet & American Life Project (October 2001) |
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254 | (8) |
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from ``The Quality of Online Social Relationships,'' Communications of the ACM (July 2002) |
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262 | (9) |
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Does the Spread of Surveillance Technology Threaten Privacy? |
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271 | (14) |
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from ``Who's Spying on You?'' Popular Mechanics (January 2005) |
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273 | (7) |
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from ``How Civil-Libertarian Hysteria May Endanger Us All,'' National Journal (February 22, 2003) |
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280 | (5) |
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Will Screens Replace Pages? |
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285 | (22) |
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from ``The Real E-Books,'' Technology Review (July/August 2000) |
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287 | (8) |
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from ``E-Book Technology: Waiting for the `False Pretender','' Information Technology & Libraries (June 2001) |
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295 | (12) |
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Is the Use of Animals in Research Justified? |
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308 | (20) |
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from ``Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Biomedical and Psychopharmacological Research,'' Psychopharmacology (May 28, 2003) |
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310 | (8) |
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from ``The Rights of Humans and Other Animals,'' Ethics and Behavior (vol. 7, no. 2, 1997) |
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318 | (10) |
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Should Genetically Modified Foods Be Banned? |
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328 | (19) |
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from Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature (Park Street Press, 2001) |
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330 | (8) |
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from ``Agricultural Biotechnology: Overregulated and Underappreciated,'' Issues in Science and Technology (Winter 2005) |
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338 | (9) |
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Is It Ethically Permissible to Clone Human Beings? |
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347 | (2) |
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from ``Should We Clone Human Beings? Cloning as a Source of Tissue for Transplantation,'' Journal of Medical Ethics (April 1, 1999) |
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349 | (12) |
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from ``The Wisdom of Repugnance,'' The New Republic (June 2, 1997) |
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| Contributors |
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| Index |
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