MetaFilter posts tagged with policy and science

Not immune to criticism

bitmage — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:53:26 -0800

Vaccinate, or begone. Some pediatricians are refusing to see children whose parents refuse to allow vaccination.

"This house believes that the world would be better off without nuclear power."

philipy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:08:31 -0800

The Economist is holding an online debate on nuclear power. These debates provide a great opportunity to get an overview of the different perspectives on an issue. If f you are so inclined, you can share your own views on the topic too. Today's discussions focus on a contribution by Amory Lovins.

Defining Wealth

zarq — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:17:15 -0800

SEED Magazine: Wealth of Nations: "Shared natural resources underpin the global economy, but our current economic system does not acknowledge their worth. Can a major new effort to assess the costs of biodiversity loss force a paradigm shift in what we value?" Mentioned in the article: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study, "a major international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward." TEEB Reports.

STEM ed policy, the next wave from DC

cgk — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:28:47 -0800

Three years after the National Academies (US) report Rising Above the Gathering Storm outlined eroding science and technology "advantages," the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released today an outline for the development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education: Prepare and Inspire (executive report). Also released today, the National Science Foundation's report Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators. Both reports focus on the development of human capital and both look for ways of widening the pipeline for those identified with early talent. These should be all the talk at the Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, with an expo in October on the National Mall. Hopefully this amounts to a set of new directions for post-NCLB education policy, though you can revisit A Nation at Risk if you want to benchmark of what can be done in a quarter century.

GATTACA

Gyan — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:15:19 -0800

The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology