SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT:
Taking Science Out of the Box--Foresight Recast
David A. King1 and Sandy M. Thomas2*
The latest form of the U.K. Foresight program demonstrates that the ability to make decisions based on scientific evidence is something no government should be without.
1David A. King is Chief Scientific Adviser to Her Majesty's Government and Head of the Office of Science and Innovation, United Kingdom.
2Sandy M. Thomas is Director of Foresight, Office of Science and Innovation.
*Author for correspondence, E-mail: sandy.thomas{at}dti.gsi.gov.uk