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- AIP Physics Success Stories - Highlights the important links between federal funding for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.
- American Physical Society Statements - Discussion on ethics and values, education, human rights, and national policy, from a physics perspective.
- Bayer - Science For A Better Life - Promotional stories about the results of science improving the lives of people and animals through health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.
- Belgian Biosafety Server - Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.
- Biosociety - Provides information on European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences. Features information on research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion forum, networks, and related links.
- The Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium (CSIIC) - Researches bibliometrics and other quantitative measures of scientific work for use in public and private decision making.
- Cienciateca.com: Scientists Popularizing Science - Collection of articles covering science, technology, and society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.
- Elitism vs. Checks and Balances in Communicating Scientific Information to the Public - Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn't know when facts are needed for public policy decision.
- EMBL: Science and Society - This initiative at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory aims to promote a better understanding of the growing social and cultural relevance of the life sciences.
- The Engines of Our Ingenuity - Transcripts of a radio program exploring technology and culture.
- Forum on Physics and Society - Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science and society issues.
- Hongladarom, Soraj - Assistant professor of Philosophy at Chulalongkorn University, specialising in problems arising from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. Biography and academic papers.
- House Committee on Science and Technology - Information about the work of this committee of the US House of Representatives.
- House Science and Technology Committee - The science committee in the 110th congress, chaired by Bart Gordon.
- Hybrid Vigor Institute - Educational organization created to facilitate the exchange and cultivation of interest in interdisciplinary science research. Publications and details of forthcoming conferences.
- IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology - Addressing such issues as environmental, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.
- Ingenious - This project by the British Science Museum and other museums brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into science and culture.
- Institute of Science in Society - Membership organization in the UK, offering news articles, mailing lists, and membership information.
- International Society for the Systems Sciences - 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.
- Irish Science Centres Association - ISCAN fosters and promotes the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland.
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