Science, like any knowledge, can be put to good or bad use, depending on the user. Given below are some of the applications of science. Formulate your views on whether the particular application is good, bad or something that cannot be so clearly categorised :
Mass vaccination against small pox to curb and finally eradicate this disease from the population. (This has already been successfully done in India).
(b) Television for eradication of illiteracy and for mass communication of news and ideas.
(c ) Prenatal sex determination
(d) Computers for increase in work efficiency
(e) Putting artificial satellites into orbits around the Earth
(f) Development of nuclear weapons
(g) Development of new and powerful techniques of chemical and biological warfare).
(h) Purification of water for drinking
(i) Plastic surgery
(f) Cloning

Explanation

(a) Mass vaccination is good
(b) Television for eradication of illiteracy and for mass communciation of news and ides is really good. (c ) Prenaltal sex determination is not bad. But people are misuing it. They must be educated to avoid its
misuse in creating imbalance between the male and female population.
(d) Computers for increases in work efficiency are good,
(e ) Putting artificial satellites in work orbits around the earth is a good development.
(f) Development fo nuclear weapons is bad as they are the weapons of mass destruction.
(g) Development of new and powerful techniques of chemical and biological warface is real bad us these
weapons are for destructio of makind.
(h) Purification of water for drinking is good, (i) Plastic surgery is good, (j) Cloning is also good.