
What healthcare services can be better provided online? What are the pitfalls to avoid when transferring healthcare services to the internet? The Norwegian Board of Technology’s new project - Patient 2.0 – calls attention to opportunities and dilemmas following an increased use of the internet in the health sector.

On September 26, 2009, World Wide Views on Global Warming (WWViews) organized the first-ever, globe-encompassing democratic deliberation in world history. WWViews enabled roughly 4,400 citizens from 38 countries all over the world to define and communicate their positions on issues central to the UN Climate Change negotiations (COP15), which take place in Copenhagen from December 7 – 18, 2009.

Brain research opens new opportunities for interventions. Drugs that are claimed to improve your brain are here. Why not use them? Should we encourage cures for everything from unhappiness to poor performance?