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Haaretz on the effects of occupation on Israelis
Haaretz has an editorial on command responsibility for abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, and what it reflects about Israeli society as their occupation of Palestinian lands grinds on:. Something bad is happening to us ...
Phone of the Future
The Nokia Research Center, working with the University of Cambridge, is showing off a cell phone shaped like -- well, shaped like whatever you want it to be shaped like. It bends. It twists. It stretches. You can wear it...
Clean Kill
The Defense Department this morning reports that not only did it hit that disabled spy satellite last week, it pulverized it, including its fuel tank. The operations center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is reported to be ...
(CFP) History of Science Society 2008 Annual Meeting
The History of Science Society will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA in the Omni William Penn hotel, 6-9 November 2008. This will be a joint meeting with the Philosophy of Science Association. ...
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. ...
Where Science Leads, Society Must Follow
And what do they say about the direction of science and society? We put these questions to futurist Cecily Sommers. She is president of the Minneapolis-based Push institute and she says, if nothing else, the Nobel Prizes remind the ...
Identity in the Information Society
The aim of the journal is to publish academically papers on the social, technological, political, psychological, philosophical and legal issues associated with identity in the Information Society. The scope of the journal will encompass ...
Hunger Forecast
A new model predicts where global warming may trigger future food shortages.
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
For 35 years, SACNAS has been a diverse society promoting opportunities in advanced science education for Chicano/Latino, Native American, and other underrepresented minority students. The mission of ...
The Fate of the Gray Wolf
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that the gray wolf in the northern Rockies "is thriving and no longer requires the protection of the Endangered Species Act." The Interior Department says there are now 1500 wolves roaming ...