“BIOpop” results of the combination of the words “BIOthechnology” and “POPular”: the name of this European project refers to its aim of bringing Science from the laboratories into the streets. Being aware of the need of citizens to know more about Science, which increasingly influences their lives, the intention of the young European Biotechnology researchers…
Biotechnology and Democracy: participative processes and techno-scientific innovation. An issue much debated in recent years, and which highlights the tension between science and society, and the consequent inability of the conventional political organizations to mediate between their claims, is the question of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The uncertainty of whether the introduction of GMOs in…
Today’s scientists can’t stay anymore closed in their labs just caring about their experiments. New actors are moving on the science’s stage asking to finally meet and know each other: next to the “insiders” we find mass media, policy makers and public. The new landscape generates a double need: promoting a deeper mutual understanding and…
The Terry Schiavo case has sparked intense debate on euthanasia in the United States and throughout the world. Numerous moral, ethical and legal issues have been raised. If a person is in the vegetative state, and has no hope of improvement, should he or she be kept alive? Who should decide whether the treatment necessary…