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The following article, by Swim board member Daniela Ovadia, has just come out in the newsletter of EUSJA. European science journalism was represented at WCSJ 2011 in Doha also by two panelists from Italy: Fabio Turone, who produced a panel on the communication of risk, and myself, in charge of a session on bioethics. Moderated by Wilson Da Silva, editor in chief of Cosmos, the most widely read scienceContinue Reading

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The following article by Swimmer Nicola Nosengo has just come out in the newsletter of EUSJA. According to “Nature”, the trial that began in the Italian city of L’Aquila on September 20 will be a “watershed case”, one that will force seismologists worldwide to rethink the way they do their job, and the way science is used by policy makers. In the trial, six Italian scientists and oneContinue Reading

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The video of the beautiful speech about risk held by David Ropeik at BergamoScienza (with a short presentation by Swim President Fabio Turone) is now available online in the Festival’s website.Continue Reading

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Sabato 1 ottobre, alle ore 17:30, il collega americano David Ropeik terrà uno speech sul tema del rischio nel corso della giornata di apertura della IX edizione del Festival BergamoScienza. La sede è il Teatro Sociale, in Via Colleoni nella città alta. È la prima collaborazione tra l’associazione Science Writers in Italy e BergamoScienza. La percezione del rischio in natura A volte siamo più spaventati da pericoli ingiustificatiContinue Reading

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This interview of SWIMmer Nicola Nosengo – who wrote about the issue for “Nature” magazine –  to the Canadian radio CBC helps frame the trial that has just begun in L’Aquila against seven members of the Risk Commission, who reassured the population  just a few days before the earthquake struck, killing 309 people.Continue Reading