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See also: [http://www2.ucsc.edu/scienceandjustice/ Science and Justice] at UCSC.
See also: [http://www2.ucsc.edu/scienceandjustice/ Science and Justice] at UCSC.


* "Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally" Nicolas Wade [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/science/26human.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin New York Times, June 26, 2007] [[Wade article reviews and/or discussion]]
* ''In DNA Era, Worries About Revival of Prejudice'' Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/us/11dna.html?ex=1352437200&en=45874d3eabedb6c7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss The New York Times 2007-11-10]


* ''Genes, genomes and genealogies: the return of scientific racism?'' Robert Carter [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276986 Ethnic and racial Studies 2007-07-04] [[Genes, genomes and genealogies discussion|reviews and/or discussion]]
* ''Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low'' Robin McKie [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,2196657,00.html The Guardian 2007-10-21]


* ''Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research'' Richard Tutton [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276784 Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007-07-04]
* ''The Ethics of Erasing a Bad memory'' Scott Haig [http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1671492,00.html Time 2007-10-15]


* ''6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me !'' Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/weekinreview/03harm.html NY Times 2007-06-03]
* ''Wombs for Rent'' [http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200710/tows_past_20071009.jhtml Oprah Show  2007-10-09]


* ''Break a Confidence ?  Never.  Well, Hardly Ever.'' Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29essa.html NY Times 2007-05-29]
* ''Indigenous rights outlined by UN'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6993776.stm BBC News 2007-09-13]


* ''Search engine aims to Google your genes'' Rhys Blakely [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1832165.ece London Times 2007-05-24]
* ''Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data'', Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp [http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v8/n8/abs/nrg2124.html Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08]


* ''Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science'' Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5827/996 Science 2007-05-18]
* ''Identifiability in Genomic Research'', William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5838/600 Science 2007-08]
 
* ''Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World'', Cornelia Dean [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/science/17book.html NY Times 2007-07-17]
 
* ''Professors in Colorado Receive Death Threats for Teaching Evolution'', Kristen Philipkoski [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/professors-in-c.html Wired Science 2007-07-17]
 
* ''A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech'', Denise Caruso [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/business/yourmoney/01frame.html NY Times 2007-07-01]
 
* ''Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally'', Nicolas Wade [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/science/26human.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin New York Times, June 26, 2007] [[Nicolas Wade Spread Globally Evolved Locally|reviews and/or discussion]]
 
* ''Genes, genomes and genealogies: the return of scientific racism ?'', Robert Carter [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276986 Ethnic and racial Studies 2007-07-04] [[Genes, genomes and genealogies discussion|reviews and/or discussion]]
 
* ''Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research'', Richard Tutton [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276784 Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007-07-04]
 
* ''6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me !'',  Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/weekinreview/03harm.html NY Times 2007-06-03]
 
* ''Break a Confidence ?  Never.  Well, Hardly Ever.'', Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29essa.html NY Times 2007-05-29]
 
* ''Search engine aims to Google your genes'', Rhys Blakely [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1832165.ece London Times 2007-05-24]
 
* ''Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science'', Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5827/996 Science 2007-05-18]


* Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09down.html NY Times 2007-05-09]
* Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09down.html NY Times 2007-05-09]
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* ''Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html?ex=1179374400&en=89ffbd9f2b668cf0&ei=5070 NY Times 2006-12-05]
* ''Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html?ex=1179374400&en=89ffbd9f2b668cf0&ei=5070 NY Times 2006-12-05]


===External References===
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-anecdotal-evidence-can-undermine-scientific-results How Anecdotal Evidence can undermine scientific results] Scientific American
* [http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~schwrtz/SftP/Towards.html Towards A Science For The People] Bill Zimmerman, Len Radinsky, Mel Rothenberg and Bart Meyers (1972)
* [http://mydaughtersdna.org/ My Daughter's DNA] Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr., M.D.
* [http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/ USA National Newborn Screening] and Genetics Resource Center
* [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/gdb/html/nbs/ California Newborn Screening Program]
* [http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mcshn/nbshome.htm Minnesota Newborn Screening]
* [http://www.savebabies.org/index.php Save Babies Through Screening Inc.] foundation to promote infant screening programs
* [http://www.natcenscied.org/ National Center for Science Education] ''Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools''
* [http://www.defendingscience.org/ DefendingScience.org] ''"The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."''
* [http://college.emory.edu/tibetscience/ Emory-Tibet Science Initiative] ''... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.''
* [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/futuyma_theory.html Hypotheses, Facts, and the Nature of Science] Douglas Futuyma, ''Evolutionary Biology'', 3rd ed., Sinauer Associates, 1998, pp. 9-12.


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Latest revision as of 20:45, 15 August 2008

See also: Science and Justice at UCSC.

  • Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data, Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08
  • Identifiability in Genomic Research, William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins Science 2007-08
  • Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science, Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg Science 2007-05-18
  • Studies of published research indicate that many results arefound to be false: Dirty Little Secret Seed Magazine 2007-05 and Why Most Published Research Findings Are False PLOS

External References

  • DefendingScience.org "The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."
  • Emory-Tibet Science Initiative ... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.