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A gloomy view of modern society based on the assumption that those in charge form a “cognitive élite” which is likely to be dynastic mischievously begs too many questions.
Is milk produced using recombinant bovine growth hormone hazardous to animal health? Despite wide publicity, the controversy remains unresolved. Rapid publication of all available data is essential if progress is to be made.
The use of Bayes' theorem to pin down the mass limits of the few neutron stars found in binary systems is both a splendid illustration of the explicit use of a priori knowledge and a means to a useful result.
Recent product launches include an immunoprobe that combines fluorescence and gold into a single immunoprobe, a selection of software programs and a real-time, 3-D microscope.