A research consortium including eminent experts from the National University of Gonswana recently announced that it was about to launch the final phase of its new locust control method. Using a gene editing technique, the researchers were able to alter the pheromone gene leading to the development of locust swarms. When locusts whose gene has…
At 4.35 am on 4 December 2016, which happened to coincide with a full moon, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 30 kilometres west of Mercator de Terremotia, at a relatively shallow depth. The quake was caused by movement along a previously unrecognised minor fault line that had not been mapped. The fault line lies…
Vascovy: Panic at the Border – Emergency Response: Risk and uncertainty in a digital age
Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
At 4.35 am on 4 December 2016, which happened to coincide with a full moon, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 30 kilometres west of Mercator de Terremotia, at a relatively shallow depth. The quake was caused by movement along a previously unrecognised minor fault line that had not been mapped. The fault line lies…
An analysis of the potential of SEMs (systematic evidence maps) for chemical policy and risk management
Principles of Science Advice & Understanding Risk Within that Context – Peter Gluckman for Vilnius, Lithuania workshop, June 2019
Book Chapter Title: The ethos of scientific advice: a pragmatist approach to uncertainty and ignorance in science and public policy. Published in: H. de Regt and C. Kwa, eds. (2014), Building Bridges: Connecting Science, Technology and Philosophy – Essays presented to Hans Radder, Amsterdam: VU University Press, pp. 53–62.
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