Scientific Knowledge

By Rupert Cole In the early seventies, long before talk of ‘public engagement’ and ‘public dialogue’ was in vogue, the BBC and the Royal Institution (RI) staged a television series, Controversy (1971-5), that gave audiences an opportunity to participate in debates with scientists on issues in ‘science and society’. Image credits: Financial Times A critical success at the time but

By Dr. Bankole Falade Eighty eight percent of Nigerians, from the findings of a World Values Survey, agree with the statement ‘whenever science and religion conflict, religion is always right’. This conflict was evident in the actions of religious leaders and followers. During a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, some religious leaders claimed that preventing the disease is against the

By Jo Ann M. Valenti, Ph.D. As the new year began, international media reported the soon to be inaugurated U.S. President’s plans to revive controversial oil pipelines, notifications to Environmental Protection Agency employees that the administration planned to instruct EPA's communications team to remove the website's climate change page, which contains links to scientific global