The real danger is that the government expects the science base to be maintained by the Big Society.

BBC: Viewpoint: Science 'critical for UK economic future'

Organized by the Society for the Archival Science Development and The Mexican Section of Archivists without borders.

UNESCO: Contents

Social science policy research fed by dialogues among policy makers, practionners from civil society, beneficiaries and participants of specific policy and programme interventions and researchers, will better inform and advise policy formulation process.

UNESCO: Social Inclusion

By contributing as a partner and supporter of this major European rendezvous between science and society, UNESCO demonstrates its commitment towards the re-strengthening of international cooperation for the advancement of science, establishment of science for development and peace, promotion of sustainable development and intercultural dialogue.

UNESCO: Celebrating Science

And even if science grants them a child, like the one produced by Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter and her lover, society is just not ready for that, which is saying a lot when you consider that America is a moral cesspool, yet voters went to the polls in November and said no to same sex marriage.

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