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Published in: openDemocracyUKIraq and chemical weapons: A view from the inside
In an interview originally published in 2003, Ron G Manley talks to openDemocracy about Iraq's alleged weapons of...
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Published in: HomeHeartfelt rationality
The side effects of good intentions and tolerance can be more suffering. We must let our hearts set our goals, but...
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Published in: openSecurityProhibiting autonomous weapons systems
They have been dubbed ‘killer robots’. Concerted international action is needed to prevent the emergence of weapons...
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Published in: openSecurityEbola and global health politics: an open letter
The human toll from the Ebola outbreak is all too evident. A more proactive global health policy is needed to avoid...
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Published in: openSecurityCould incapacitating chemical weapons start an arms race?
Chemical weapons are banned, aren't they? Well, maybe not quite all of them are ...
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Published in: HomeProducers-parasites-hosts
This sound installation was first performed at the 4th Athens Bienniale under the 'Value and Economy' theme heading....
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Published in: openSecurityFrom utopia to dystopia: technology, society and what we can do about it
The superficial post-war dream that technology would solve the world’s social problems has transformed into a...
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Published in: openSecurityRethinking security: from projecting power to preventing problems
The embrace of corporate partners by science and technology departments and the erosion of distinctions between the...
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Published in: HomeWeather and humanity remain unpredictable
As a new IPCC assessment is being prepared, head climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri is an optimist - but human...
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Published in: HomeRetake your privacy
The US can read your emails because you let them. Demand privacy – but take it back first.
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Published in: openIndiaIndia Burning
When the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...
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Published in: openEconomyApple vs. Samsung: something doesn’t quite fit!
The patent war between Apple and Samsung made a great deal of headlines over the past weeks. This article argues...
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Published in: 50.50An HIV-free generation: human sciences vs plumbing
The top down medical bio-fix behind the new Global Plan for an AIDS-free generation will not work without shifting...
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Published in: HomeThe death of a controversy?
Non-news about a "controversy" on life support, an inconsequential U-turn and the unfortunate fact that...
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Published in: 50.50The right to know: women’s choices, Depo-Provera and HIV
As we enter the fourth decade of AIDS, we need to assert once again the importance of transparency, knowledge and...
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Published in: Home20, 2000 and 2: the three shadows of Facebook
The eternal campus of the global middle class; the solution to the injunction to love ones fellow; a riskless...
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Published in: HomeProton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider – what’s in it for you?
The most expensive and advanced scientific instrument in human history is aiming to revolutionise our understanding...
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Published in: HomeThe Conditions of Quality by Tony Curzon Price
What conditions allow user-generated content to create quality? Listen to Carl Djerassi's talk with Tony Curzon Price