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Contents: Volume 9, Number S1 (July 2008)
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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
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EDITORIAL
The future of our species. Will there be a sustainable evolution of humanity in the twenty-first century?.
Andrew Moore
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Spaceward ho! The future of humans in space.
Marc Heppener
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByLs0E6
Pricing infectious disease. The economic and health implications of infectious diseases.
Peter Ndeboc Fonkwo
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByLt0E7
Resistance redux. Infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance and the future of mankind.
Julian Davies
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How can infectious diseases be prioritized in public health? A standardized prioritization scheme for discussion.
Gérard Krause
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByLv0EA
Exporting the ecological effects of climate change. Developed and developing countries will suffer the consequences of climate change, but differ in both their responsibility and how badly it will affect their ecosystems.
Chris D Thomas, Ralf Ohlemuller, Barbara Anderson, Thomas Hickler, Paul A Miller, Martin T Sykes & John W Williams
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The world that became ruined. Our cognitive incapacity to perceive large-scale and long-term changes is a major obstacle to rational environmental policies.
Ilkka Hanski
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How sustainable are we? Facing the environmental impact of modern society.
Donald Bruce
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Global warming. The good, the bad, the ugly and the efficient.
Thomas Gale Moore
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Human origins. The molecular perspective.
Mark Stoneking
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Are humans still evolving? Technological advances and unique biological characteristics allow us to adapt to environmental stress. Has this stopped genetic evolution?.
Jay T Stock
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByL20E1
The socio-cultural evolution of our species. The history and possible future of human societies and civilizations.
Jurgen Kluver
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Back to the future. Contemporary biopolitics in 1920s' British futurism.
James J. Hughes
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Genetic modification of somatic stem cells. The progress, problems and prospects of a new therapeutic technology.
Fulvio Mavilio & Giuliana Ferrari
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByL50E4
Humanity 2.0? Enhancement, evolution and the possible futures of humanity.
Sarah Chan
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByL60E5
The future of life. Creating natural, artificial, synthetic and virtual organisms.
Ian Pearson
http://ealerts.nature.com/cgi-bin24/DM/y/elqc0Xztnp0Hh60ByL70E6
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