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Quarterly newsletter; articles on nuclear proliferation, nuclear power and energy policy.

in-depth studies on topics ranging from energy and environment to national security issues.

Director of the Lab for the Culture of the Artificial, University of Urbino, Italy. Page includes books, research interests, music and photos.

Articles countering anti-scientific, anti-humanist ideas; promiting a more positive view of social and scientific developments (main site is in French).

French museum exhibit showing how technology can modify our conception of humanity.

Student loan company offering student loans, Federal Student Loan consolidation, scholarship search engine, Stafford Loans and Federal PLUS Loan Applications.

ISCAN fosters and promotes the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland.

Professional society for those interested in understanding and interacting systemically with reality. Emphasizing system-level approaches to evolution of and applications of science in society.

Membership organization in the UK, offering news articles, mailing lists, and membership information.

Addressing such issues as environmental, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.

Educational organization created to facilitate the exchange and cultivation of interest in interdisciplinary science research. Publications and details of forthcoming conferences.

public debates on scientific topics that have important societal, political, and business ramifications.

Assistant professor of Philosophy at Chulalongkorn University, specialising in problems arising from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. Biography and academic papers.

Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science and society issues.

Currency trading, exchange rates, and worldwide economic indicators news.

Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn't know when facts are needed for public policy decision.

Essays by mathematician Gabriel Stolzenberg arguing that allegations made by Alan Sokal and others of relativist and postmodernist 'science-abuse' in the humanities and social sciences are based largely on hostile misreadings and pop metaphysics.

Collection of articles covering science, technology, and society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.

A nonprofit research and educational organization which considers the social effects of technological change.

A non-profit think tank that works with the U.S. Congress on issues involving science policies and their effects on society. Includes issues papers and analyses on current topics.