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March 20, 2013

Student Pugwash – Giving students a voice on the rightful place of science & technology in society

Kyle Larkin

Student Pugwash USA is a social benefit organization that promotes social responsibility in science and technology. Contrary to the misperceptions of occasional callers, we’re not in the business of washing animals or cars.  Instead, we connect students and young people…

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October 29, 2012

Just Say, “I Don’t Know.”

Kyle Larkin

By Daniel Sarewitz, On October 22, six scientists and a public safety official were convicted of manslaughter in an Italian court for their actions prior to the 2009 l’Aquila earthquake, which killed 309 people mostly due to collapse of ancient…

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September 13, 2012

On Watson’s The Double Helix

Kyle Larkin

Scientists, especially highly successful ones, are often reluctant to write about themselves, to tell their own stories, of research and the pursuit of new knowledge. Modesty, of the value of appearing modest, is only one reason for the furtiveness of…

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September 11, 2012

Better Than the Chair

Kyle Larkin

By David Guston In the midst of the full-frontal politics that now passes for the nominating conventions of the two major political parties in the United States comes a modest opportunity for sober reflection by the candidates on some crucial…

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