One is that in the 1970s it was clear that the ability to move genes between creatures was going to bring about a huge change in the practice of science itself, and biologists were eager for that to happen.

ECONOMIST: Geoengineering

The statistician Stephen Stigler once wrote an elegant essay about the futility of the practice of eponymy in science that is, the practice of naming a scientific discovery after its inventor.

NEWYORKER: In the Air

At the same time, the matters of providing with cooperation of science with practice in the field of usage of underground water become more important.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT

Corruption both subtle and blatant subvert the goals of science-based medical practice.

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Adam Zeman draws on literature, the history of science, and his practice as a consultant neurologist to paint a portrait which, like the brain itself, is elegantly arranged.

ECONOMIST: The human brain

If all these talented people could be encouraged to stay home and the African governments equipped them to practice and complete their research from Africa, then we could take control of our own science.

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