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1. 2think.org

Collection of book reviews and essays, mostly on popular science, with an emphasis on science as a guide to truth. Also includes a discussion forum.

http://www.2think.org/

2. AIP Physics Success Stories

Highlights the important links between federal funding for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.

http://aip.org/success/

3. Alan Sokal on the "Social Text Affair"

Read all about the hoax in which Sokal submitted a bogus article to a humanities journal, including the article, the aftermath, and his motivation.

http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/index.html

4. American Physical Society Statements

on ethics and values, education, human rights, and national policy, from a physics perspective.

http://www.aps.org/statements/index.html

5. Association for Politics and the Life Sciences

Interdisciplinary association of scholars, scientists, and policymakers concerned with problems that involve politics or public policy and one or more of the life sciences.

http://www.hass.usu.edu/~apls/

6. Bay Area Young Scientist Forum

Dedicated to advancing the public understanding of scientific research and the public participation of young investigators outside of their research and development labs in the Silicon Valley.

http://www.baysf.org/

7. Belgian Biosafety Server

Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.

http://biosafety.ihe.be

8. Biosociety

Website for European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences. Information and research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion forum, networks, and related links.

http://biosociety.cordis.lu/

9. CANHELP

Council for the Advancement of a New Human Ethic Life Paradigm. Aims to restructure a new view of the world that values life more than matter. Includes a comparison between the new view and the traditional one. Also, has link to their interdisciplinary college.

http://www.canhelp.nu/

10. Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes

A non-profit think tank that works with the U.S. Congress on issues involving science policies and their effects on society. Includes issues papers and analyses on current topics.

http://www.cspo.org

11. Center for the Study of Technology and Society

A nonprofit research and educational organization which considers the social effects of technological change.

http://www.tecsoc.org

12. Cienciateca.com: Scientists Popularizing Science

Collection of articles covering science, technology, and society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.

http://www.cienciateca.com/stsindex.html

13. Debunking the Conventional Wisdom About the Science Wars

Essays by mathematician Gabriel Stolzenberg arguing that allegations made by Alan Sokal and others of relativist and postmodernist 'science-abuse' in the humanities and social sciences are based largely on hostile misreadings and pop metaphysics.

http://math.bu.edu/people/nk/rr/

14. Elitism vs. Checks and Balances in Communicating Scientific Information to the Public

Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn't know when facts are needed for public policy decision.

http://www.fplc.edu/risk/vol4/spring/kantro.htm

15. Forum on Physics and Society

Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science and society issues.

http://www.aps.org/units/fps/

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