[SGRupdate] New on the SGR Website

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

More articles from the latest SGR Newsletter,
together with some other new documents, are now available to download...

* Beyond Trident: AWE prepares for the future
Dr Peter Burt examines the major redevelopment of
the Atomic Weapons Establishment, and points out
how new facilities could allow the UK to sidestep
international controls on nuclear weapons development.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/beyond-trident-awe-prepares-future

* Census 2011 - who will have access to the data?
With a subsidiary of major arms company, Lockheed
Martin, being a lead contractor for the UK�s 2011
census, Dr Geoff Meaden asks if the data collected will really be secure.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/census-2011-who-will-have-access-data

* Climate change - are we still sure?
Climate scientists have had a poor press in
recent months. Dr Stuart Parkinson investigates
whether this is a sign that the scientific
evidence of climate change is less robust, or just media misrepresentation.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/climate-change-are-we-still-sure

* Research investment decisions: time for change
Dr Helen Wallace highlights the failure of the
biotech economy and argues that decisions on R&D
investments should be made more democratic and accountable.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/research-investment-decisions-time-change

* Synthetic life - too much, too soon?
Dr Michael Reinsborough asks whether synthetic
biologists are rushing ahead with development of
associated technologies before the science is properly understood.
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/synthetic-life-too-much-too-soon

* Consultation on financing radioactive waste disposal
SGR response to the UK government consultation on
an updated Waste Transfer Pricing Methodology for
the disposal of higher activity waste from new
nuclear power stations, 4 March 2011
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/consultation-financing-radioactive-waste-disposal-sgr-response



* The detrimental effects of corporate influence on science and technology
Presentation by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, at the
Radical Statistics annual conference in Leeds, 26 February 2011
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/detrimental-effects-corporate-influence-science-and-technology-feb-11

* Finding an Ethical Career in Science and Technology
Presentation by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, given
to IT students at Birmingham University on 18 February 2011
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/finding-ethical-career-science-and-technology-feb-11


For further details on the newsletter, including
a full list of articles and details of how to order a copy, see:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/publications/sgr-newsletter-no-39

For a full list of SGR's presentations, see:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/presentations


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promoting ethical science, design and technology.

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