4S Boston: Graduate Student Organized Panels
The department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a consistently strong showing at the Society for …
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Launching Democracy to Mars
One of the most important problems to solve if the future of humanity is to be a multi-planet one is …
The Tianjin Explosion and Dealing with the Dangers of Technological Society
Given the recent explosion in Tianjin, perhaps it is time to give an examination of industrial disasters. Little is known …
Mars Won’t Save Us: Why Putting A Million People on Mars Won’t Save Humanity
Elon Musk, in a recent interview with Aeon Magazine, announced his goal to put one million people on Mars in …
What the Frack?! Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing Technology
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has recently become a fairly controversial technological innovation. While the innovation itself is not particularly recent, its …
Neil deGrass Tyson: Context and Contention
There has been a lot of discussion about Neil deGrass Tyson’s recent statement opposed to philosophical lines of questioning. Laura …
Weeding Out Engineering Culture from Engineering Education
Engineering education is largely not about teaching students how to do engineering. Most of the work of engineering is learned …
Elon Musk and the Great Competition Caper
On April 25, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced it was filing a formal protest in the U.S. Court of Federal …
TechnoScience as if People Mattered 