Briefing #1, 3 March 2006
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This is the first issue of a new email briefing about our Center’s science policy work. We are working to improve how science and technology policies address societal needs. Please let us know what information you might like to receive by emailing us. To receive notices of future Center briefings, please join our mailing list.

About the Center

Prometheus is the Center’s weblog. Recent posts:

• A Review of Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

• David Goldston on Science Policy in the U.S. Congress

• Consensus Statement on Hurricanes and Global Warming

Sample of Recent Publications:

• Peer-reviewed assessment of the state of hurricanes and global warming:
  Pielke, Jr., R. A., C. Landsea, M. Mayfield, J. Laver and R. Pasch, 2005. Hurricanes and global warming, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86:1571-1575.
  

• How modelers are sometimes less able than others to identify shortcomings in their models:
  Lahsen, M., 2005. Seductive Simulations? Uncertainty Distribution Around Climate Models, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 35, Issue 6, pp. 895-922.
  

• Do the ELSI program's results justify taking the same approach for nanotech?:
  Fisher, E., 2005. Lessons Learned from the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications program (ELSI): Planning societal implications research for the National Nanotechnology Program, Technology in Society, Volume 27, pp. 321-328.

All articles are available via download from our website or can be requested by mail.

Media Resources

• Hurricanes and Global Warming

• Politicization of Science

• Space Policy