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ASU • Berkeley • Brown • Cambridge • CMU • Cornell • DartmouthGeorgetown • Harvard • JHU • LSE • Northwestern • NUS • Oxford • Penn • UChicagoUCL • UNC Chapel Hill • University of Melbourne • UCSD • YaleVol. 4 No. 2 | MelbourneThe International Journal of Science, Society, and Law
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China’s Economic andEnvironmental Footprints in Africa
How 21
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century colonialism is marring the African landscape
 Air-ConditionedEarthBrain Scans: Valid Legal Evidencefor Criminals?Bits, Bytes, andProperty Rights
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
13 20 35
Editorial
4 China in Africa: Analyzing the Footprints of the Beijing Olympics
 Manisha Bhattacharya , Cornell
Cover Article
6 China’s Economic and Environmental Footprints in Africa
Caroline Lee, Georgetown
University of Melbourne Articles
10 Cancer Immunotherapy: The Price of the Magic Bullet
Kenneth Chin, Melbourne
13 The Hottie and the Nottie: Science in Physical Beauty
Jade Lao, Melbourne
17 Admitting Ambiguity in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
Shaun Khoo, Melbourne
20 What Lies Beneath: Museums and the Repatriation of Ancient
 Mubing Duan, Melbourne
Human Remains22 Toxic Handlers: Sustaining the Emotional Workplace
Sook Jin Ong, Melbourne2
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All We Need Is Just a Little Patents: The Lack of Commerical
 Aaron Mentha, Melbourne
Protection for the CAM industry in Australia
 
International Features
32 Deep Brain Stimulation
 Jennifer Ong, UCSD
35 A Sustainable Way to Keep Hunger at Bay
Baird Langenbrunner, Brown
37 The Discrimination, Stigmatization, and Denial of Rural Indian
Kartavya Vyas, UCSD
Physicians towards Persons with HIV/AIDS39 Bits, Bytes, and Property Rights
Chris Milroy, Chicago
42 The Autistic Pride Movement
Pranai Tandon, Cornell
44 Air-Conditioned Earth
 Jenny Molloy, Cambridge
46 Brain Scans: Valid Legal Evidence for Criminals?
Christie Ciarlo, Brown
48 The Tendency Toward Being: Thermodynamics and the Origin
 John Szymanski, Brown
of Complexity
 
Cover design courtesy of Bradley French, Central Production
‘Sustainable’Agriculture?
Tackling the WorldFood Crisis
Who OwnesThose Bones?
Scientific Practice andCultural Heritage
Does BeautyReally Matter?
What Your Face SaysAbout You
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