Science and Society

1

Events That Shaped Public Trust in Science

How triumphs and disasters change science's public image

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2

Why Scientific Research Is Regulated

The reasons society sets rules around research

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3

Ethics in Current Research

How scientists judge right from wrong in their work

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4

International Codes of Conduct

Regulating science across borders

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5

The Cost and Priorities of Research

Who decides what science gets funded, and what gets left out

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6

Science Driving Economic Progress

How research builds economies — and the trade-offs it brings

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7

Science and Human Wellbeing

How surgery, clean water and vaccines transformed health

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8

Governments, Corporations and Research

Who pays for science, and who should share the benefits

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9

Module 8 Review: Science and Society

Pulling the threads of science and society together

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