Modern Biology and Visions of Humanity
More details about this encounter are available on the website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/conferences/2004/biology/index_en.html
Italians and artificial reproduction: yes to singles, no to the over-fifties
One Italian in two (47%) thinks it right to allow the use of artificial insemination techniques, also by unmarried heterosexual couples, provided external donors are not used (34% would also allow this type of solution for couples). 37% think it right to use the technology to allow single women to have children, and 16% would…
Italians growing skeptical on GMOs, but one out of two think research should be continued
Italians are getting more and more skeptical towards GMOs (68% of respondents considers them unsafe, compared to 49% in 2001), but more than one out of two (57%) believes that research on agricultural biotechnologies should be continued. Lack of confidence is growing towards GM food: two italians out of three (68% compared to 49% in…
Egenis International Seminar: ‘The Meanings of Genomics’
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Food in Veneto Region: habits, risks and culture
Observa, in collaboration with the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie and The Regione Veneto, has fulfilled a study on consumers food habits, aimed at eliciting people perception on food related risks. Results are published in the book by Arzenton, Neresini e Ravarotto: Safety at table: food risk perception in Veneto Region. For more information, write…
The Media Image of the Nobel Prize
In the context of the Nobel prize announcements week: October 7, 14,00, Beijer Hall, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Open lecture The Media Image of the Nobel Prize: a Preliminary Study Massimiano Bucchi, University of Trento, Italy Info: http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/events/index.asp?br=ie&ver=4up
Massimiano Bucchi – Science in Society
Routledge: London & New York, 2004 £ 16.99 paperback The world around us has been shaped by science and man’s relationship to it, and in recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter. In Science in Society, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief and approachable introduction to this sociological issue. Without assuming any scientific…
Biotech remains unloved by the more informed
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Massimiano Bucchi – Science in Society
Se la natura finisce al servizio dell’industria La Repubblica, 11th March 2002 By Franco Prattico Bucchi, dell’università di Trento, per “Il Mulino” La scienza e la società secondo il sociologo L’Adige, 24th August 2002 by Cristina Orsatti