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Social Media messed-up teens reveal all

by Andrew Maynard | Aug 24, 2011 | Education, Engagement, Society

Is social media messing up today’s teens?  Adults, it seems, love to pontificate on the benefits and ills of emerging internet-based communication platforms  on young people. But how often do they bother to listen to the teenagers they claim to be concerned...

Basic research and personal responsibility

by Andrew Maynard | Nov 11, 2010 | Ethics, Policy, Recommended, Society

Dan Sarewitz has a rather provocative commentary in Nature this morning, where he suggests that proposals to increase basic research may be good politics, but questionable policy. The headline alone is probably enough to get some science-advocates’ blood...

What happens when you cross a spider with a goat? Complete the story:

by Andrew Maynard | Oct 27, 2010 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Society

Complete the following: Setting: A well known and sometimes off-beat technology commentator explores new breakthroughs on a popular TV science and tech show. Story: Spiders’ silk is incredibly strong, but in short supply (ever tried harvesting silk from a...

White House plans a new government policy coordination group on emerging technologies

by Andrew Maynard | Apr 10, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Policy, Society

According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) plans to form a new interagency group on emerging technologies, including nanotechnology and synthetic biology.  The...
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