The risks of muzzling sciencePhil Carrick AFR Everyone loses when science is muzzled or politicised, says scientist Doug Edmeades. As the science reforms progressed I could see that the gap between our science and the farmer was getting wider and wider. Their net effect in contemporary society has been to reduce the voice of science to a whimpering whisper. We need to remind ourselves of that simple principle – science best serves society when it is free to speak. My first exposure to the difficulties of getting science out to the public arose in the early 1980s.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2016 00:56 UTC