In category: Science and Data

By Kirsten Bell and Judith Green One novel outcome of the current pandemic has been the proliferation of accessible published research. Many academic journal editors have noted increased numbers of submissions: but also concern that these have come from those with the resources, space and cultural capital needed to turn research into ‘outputs’. A new editorial […]

By Angela Cassidy There are many parallels between the UK’s response to the arrival of COVID-19 in recent months and its much longer policy history of grappling with bovine tuberculosis. In particular, both situations expose a critical problem underlying many controversies drawing in science, policy and wider publics—the idea of “The Big Book of Science.” […]

By Angela Cassidy The past decade has seen an explosion in the availability and uptake of new technologies enabling the rapid testing, diagnosis and detection of organisms in and beyond the laboratory. At times taking the form of relatively cheap, easily operated and highly transportable devices, these technologies draw on wider developments across the biomedical […]