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The surreptitious way in which the British Government chose to reveal details of its science budget for 1984 suggests a desire to avoid awkward questions. But questions there must be.
The supposed objectivity of science has come into question. Recent historical studies reveal instances in which scientific knowledge has not been strictly controlled by observation statements in turn established beyond reasonable doubt by rigorous scientific method. The scientific method has not always proven adequate; scientific observations have, at times, reflected personal biases.
A group at Imperial College, London, has characterized a set of genes which promise to be important for the understanding of normal development and the process that leads to cancer.
