earlier this year, the science and technology committee of Britain's House of Lords produced a long-awaited report on the relationship between science and society. The very first paragraph sets the scene for why such a report was considered necessary. "Society's relationship with science is in a critical phase,' it says. "Science today is exciting, and full of opportunities. Yet public confidence in scientific advice to the government has been rocked by bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( bse , popularly known as the mad cow disease); and many people are uneasy about the rapid advance of areas such as biotechnology and information technology
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/demystifying-science
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scientific-and-technical-development
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/media
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/development-journalism
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-participation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
