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ELISS: programa de liderazgo para estudiantes graduados

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Are you looking for opportunities to give back to your community and collaborate across disciplines to address real-world problems? If so, we invite you to apply to the Emerging Leaders in Science & Society (ELISS) - a leadership program hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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2014-2015 Associate in Research Fellowship Program at Duke University

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Duke Science & Society Associate in Research Program
 
Duke University Science & Society invites applications for the 2014-2015 Associate in Research
 
Fellowship Program. This paid post-baccalaureate program aims to prepare motivated applicants
 
for interdisciplinary scholarship in emerging ethical, social, policy and/or legal issues raised by research
 

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When technology goes too far

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

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In this article, part of our collaboration with El Nuevo Día, Wilson González Espada explains what happens when technology jumps ahead of science and launches products that have not been tested for safety. Some examples include X-rays, the pigment green of Paris, radioactive materials sold as energy boosters and recently, some pain medications that ended up having adverse cardiovascular effects.

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