Modifying the Environment or Human Nature? What is the Right Choice for Space Travel and Mars Colonisation?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 1-13 - 2023
Maurizio Balistreri, Steven Umbrello
As space travel and intentions to colonise other planets are becoming the norm in public debate and scholarship, we must also confront the technical and survival challenges that emerge from these hostile environments. This paper aims to evaluate the various arguments proposed to meet the challenges of human space travel and extraterrestrial planetary colonisation. In particular, two primary soluti...... hiện toàn bộ
Life Cycle Assessment and JudgementSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 14 - Trang 271-283 - 2020
Christopher Nathan, Stuart Coles
It has become a standard for researchers carrying out biotechnology projects to do a life cycle assessment (LCA). This is a process for assessing the environmental impact of a technology, product or policy. Doing so is no simple matter, and in the last decades, a rich set of methodologies has developed around LCA. However, the proper methods and meanings of the process remain contested. Preceding ...... hiện toàn bộ
Lessons from the European Regulation 1223 of 2009, on Cosmetics: Expectations Versus RealitySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 13 - Trang 21-35 - 2019
Ricardo Santana Cabello, Piedad Gañán Rojo, Robin Zuluaga
The aim of this paper is to conduct an analysis of the application of the specific rules of nanotechnology incorporated in Regulation No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products. It has been ten years since the European Commission had issued its proposal to start the co-decision procedure to create Regulation 1223 of 2009. Although it has be...... hiện toàn bộ
Models of Public Engagement: Nanoscientists’ Understandings of Science–Society InteractionsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 81-98 - 2018
Regula Valérie Burri
This paper explores how scientists perceive public engagement initiatives. By drawing on interviews with nanoscientists, it analyzes how researchers imagine science–society interactions in an early phase of technological development. More specifically, the paper inquires into the implicit framings of citizens, of scientists, and of the public in scientists’ discourses. It identifies four different...... hiện toàn bộ
Quantum Technologies and Society: Towards a Different SpinSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 16 - Trang 1-6 - 2022
Christopher Coenen, Alexei Grinbaum, Armin Grunwald, Colin Milburn, Pieter Vermaas
Due primarily to technological advances over the last decade, quantum research has become a key priority area for science and technology policy all over the world. With this manifesto, we wish to prevent quantum technology from running into fiascos of implementation at the interface of science and society. To this end, we identify key stumbling blocks and propose recommendations.
Specificity and Engagement: Increasing ELSI’s Relevance to Nano–ScientistsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 193-200 - 2014
Barry L. Shumpert, Amy K. Wolfe, David J. Bjornstad, Stephanie Wang, Maria Fernanda Campa
Scholars studying the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) associated with emerging technologies maintain the importance of considering these issues throughout the research and development cycle, even during the earliest stages of basic research. Embedding these considerations within the scientific process requires communication between ELSI scholars and the community of physical scientists wh...... hiện toàn bộ