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New Scientist and Greenpeace Science Debates

Last edited 23 April 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Science, technology and our future: the big questions

What is 'natural'?

Publication date: 16th April 2002

Summary
The question and answer session raised issues as wide ranging as alternative medicine, population growth, bio-diversity and the rights of apes.

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New Scientist and Greenpeace Science Debates

Last edited 23 April 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Science, technology and our future: the big questions.

What is 'natural'?

Publication date: 16th April 2002

Summary
Chris Leaver explained how all food crops were the products of human intervention and made a plea for genetic modification to be used to feed the world, particularly with a growing population.

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New Scientist and Greenpeace Science Debates

Last edited 23 April 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Science, technology and our future: the big questions.

What is 'natural'?

Publication date: 16th April 2002

Summary
Aubrey Manning concluded that because there is no clear dividing line between our ape-ancestors and modern humans and their inventions that everything, including machine guns and space shuttles were 'natural'. But that still meant we had to behave with responsibility

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New Scientist and Greenpeace Science Debates

Last edited 23 April 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Science, technology and our future: the big questions

Publication date: 16th April 2002

Summary
Patrick Holden made a plea for more intuitive and emotional elements to be integrated in our too-rationalistic decision-making, and that we have much to learn from nature as well as to take from it.

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New Scientist & Greenpeace Science debates

Last edited 23 April 2002 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Science, technology and our future: the big questions

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