Science is a Part of Culture
by Culture is a broad term that encompasses the entire spectrum of beliefs, behavior, values, and knowledge within a society or group of people. Culture is …
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Lessons about Science and Technology to Learn from Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was way ahead of its time regarding the boundaries and crises in the scientific world it addresses. Although the book was published …
Transformation of Society from the Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution, a period from the late 16th century to early 18th century, marked a breakthrough in the approach to science, which led to …
Innovation in Science & Technology: Is Society the Limiting Factor?
by Technology is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “scientific knowledge used in practical ways in industry, for example in designing new machines.” While this definition …
Society Shaping the Next Big Tech Advancement
In David Nye’s “Technology Matters,” he discusses technology’s fundamental importance for humanity and social and cultural evolution. Nye makes the point that technologies are “inseparable” …
The Hidden Depths of a Long Shadow
by Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight? ~Al Boliska Hundreds of years ago, the world was shaped by …
Imagination Coming to Life
“Science does not know its debt to imagination” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In a time where the world is tech-saturated and filled with advanced …
The Two Faces of Technology
by Technology… is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ~C.P. Snow, …
Is Technological Advancement Synonymous to Societal Advancement?
by Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. ~Aldous Huxley