Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies: Nebraska recently passed a new law, which many are already abusing. In total last month, 15 older children in Nebraska were dropped off by a beleaguered parent or custodial aunt or grandmother who said the children were unmanageable.
October 2nd, 2008

You’re Sick. Now What? Knowledge Is Power: The rise of the Internet, along with thousands of health-oriented Web sites, medical blogs and even doctor-based television and radio programs, means that today’s patients have more opportunities than ever to take charge of their medical care.
October 2nd, 2008

Applying Science to Alternative Medicine: More than 80 million adults in the United States are estimated to use some form of alternative medicine. But while sweeping claims are made for these treatments, the scientific evidence for them often lags far behind.
October 2nd, 2008

CSPO In the News

Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp: Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says CSPO Co-Director David H. Guston in this Nature Commentary, but social sciences point to a solution.

Can Technology Make you Better: As the future unfolds, the idea of mankind designed its own evolution through a mix of evolutionized technology is becoming a reality. In this exciting speech, CSPO's Daniel Sarewitz discusses the implications and the future of what is known as transhumanism.

ASU Asks for Science Funds: ASU representatives went to Washington, D.C., last week to urge congressional leaders to boost what they say is insufficient federal science funding. The supplemental package is necessary now because of weaker grants in coming years for ASU and other universities. Daniel Sarewitz, director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at ASU, disuccsses how progressive ASU projects are attracting more funding than ever before.

Characterizing the Public Value of Interagency Climate Science: Presented at the Copenhagen International Public Value Workshop by CSPO's own Ryan Meyer.
  » Additional papers from conference can be found here.

Technology in the Culture of Progress: Could there be any better mirror into a person’s soul than their views on progress? CSPO's Daniel Sarewitz explores the relation between progress and technology.

All We Lack is the Political Will: Technology and Effectiveness in Human Affairs: In a recent Science, Technology, and Public Policy Lecture at the University of Michigan, CSPO Director Dan Sarewitz discusses the role political will, technology, and complexity in solving the “messes” of our world.

Spray On Condom: Jan Vinzenz Krause invented the spray-on condom. Inspired by the mechanics of a drive-through car wash, the German sexual-health educator designed a custom-fitting male contraceptive using liquid latex and some materials from a hardware store.

US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet': In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated into words in the headphones of other soldiers.

The Smell of Cancer: People who are prone to developing skin cancer have to undergo frequent exams and biopsies. Reseachers have now discovered that skin-cancer tumors give off a characteristic odor profile that could be used for early detection.

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