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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.

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.

Science, technology and our future: the big questions