The Turin “Salone del Gusto” (Salon of Taste), a yearly fair devoted to food and its responsible consumption seeks to promote a new relationship between producers and consumers, where the latter play a more active role in the purchase of food products. The 2006 edition of the fair has seen a substantial increase in the…
Are Italians and Europeans really sceptical towards Biotechnology? How have the media contributed to configure a distinction between red and green biotech? How can scientific expertise and public participation be integrated with regard to issues like biotechnologies? Biotech is an emblematic case of the recent – and not rarely overwhelming – transformations investing scientific research…
Almost 80% of Italian citizens are favourable to the use of DNA tests use in the fight to crime, particularly with regard to terrorism and other violent crimes. One Italian out of two considers Dna tests as the most relevant contribution that science can give to crime fighting. An International conference organized by Basel University…
Nova, the financial newspaper Il Sole24ore’s supplement on research and innovation discussed some results of a recent survey realized by Observa Science in Society Monitor, about the attitude of the Italian youth towards studying science. According to such survey, Italian youth attitudes towards studying science appears to be characterised by a nearly schizophrenic ambivalence: they…