The culinary soothsayer
The Royal Society has published a new series of papers that I’m sure will add to recent debates on issues such as GM and cloning. The papers provide an academic assessment of the future of the global...
View ArticleGM chickens to stop spread of bird flu
The news that researchers have produced a GM chicken that stops them transmitting avian flu raises interesting questions about our attitudes to the use of technology to produce the food we eat. Some...
View ArticleIs a new era of trust in science on the Horizon?
There is one question that we’re constantly striving to answer – why do so many people distrust science?On a Horizon programme tonight, Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse explores this and asks why...
View ArticleCome and join the debate
We love a good robust debate here at the FSA and few subjects bring out the ‘robustness’ of people’s views like a discussion on GM crops. So to ensure that a range of views get an airing our latest...
View ArticleThe laws of probability
What do racehorse handicappers, bridge players and weather forecasters have in common? Well apparently, they have very high risk intelligence. Although not directly related to safety, I found the...
View ArticleWe need more Foxes and less foxiness
Many congratulations to Fiona Fox and her dedicated team of scientists at the Science Media Centre (SMC), which held its 10th anniversary at the Science Museum in London last night. Several speakers at...
View ArticleGM milk: are we going to bottle it?
We know that allergies can be a terrible blight on children’s lives, so I was interested to read that two to three percent of infants in developed countries are allergic to the proteins found in cows’...
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