Can science settle controversial policy questions? (Angela Cassidy)

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.” […]

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Can science settle controversial policy questions? (Angela Cassidy)