Science in Society

An exploratory project to apply the philosophies and activities of Creative Commons in the realm of science. Science Commons works in three project areas: Publishing, Licensing, and Data.

Provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process.

Discussing causes, origins, evolution and implications of disease and other phenomena.

Highlights the important links between federal funding for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.

Ben Goldacres column from The Guardian, presented as a weblog. Articles generally focus on how the media misrepresents science.

Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.

Provides information on European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences. Features information on research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion forum, networks, and related links.

Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)Organization of journal editors concerned about dealing with possible breaches in research and publication ethics. Includes guidelines on good practice, articles about specific topics, and statistics and case studies on fraud and misconduct.

Thoughts from the interface of science, religion, law and culture.

An interdisciplinary scholarly society, addressing the history, philosophy, psychology and sociology of science.

Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring emerging diseases.

Some of the history and techniques of forensic investigation, with a glossary of terms used.

The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to look beyond normal commercial time horizons to identify potential opportunities from new science and technologies and actions to help realise those opportunities.

The Journal of Strange Phenomena. Online version of the print magazine.