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Scientists Advise, Ministers Decide

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Thu 15 Feb 2007 21:00 BBC Radio 4 FM only

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 15 February 2007

Climate change, medicine, the food we eat, the way we give birth, the way we die. Science governs every aspect of our lives. But can we trust politicians to make the right decisions for us about those vital issues? Former government chief scientist and president of the Royal Society, Lord May, examines the crucial but uneasy relationship between politics and science.

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