Researchers provide concrete evidence about how the human eye evolved.… Read the rest
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Scientists to Screen Embryos for Cancer 
Nov 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A team at UCL has been granted permission to screen embryos for a gene which causes rectal or colon cancer.… Read the rest
Musings on Evolution and Christianity
Nov 1st, 2004 1:01 am | By Ophelia BensonOkay, so I have to post something so that November isn’t just a blank page (yes, I should have been cleverer when I programmed this thing). But unfortunately I have so little going on in my head that I’m really struggling here…
I did have a thought – a couple of weeks ago now, whilst running over a golf course – about Michael Ruse. In his book, The Evolution Wars, he claims:
I am arguing what history has shown: there is really no reason why a Christian should not be a Darwinian, and there is really no reason why a Darwinian should not be a Christian.
At first thought, this doesn’t seem an unreasonable claim. But it does raise … Read the rest
Paterson Attacks Harold Pinter
Oct 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Let’s tell it how it is. Pinter’s anti-war poems are dreadful.… Read the rest
Anti-vaccine Madness
Oct 31st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Opponents of MMR believe in homoeopathy, the Force, ESP and all sorts of other rubbish.… Read the rest
Eton or the Zoo?
Oct 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Desmond Morris wonders how we would treat members of Homo floresiensis if they were still around.… Read the rest
Hobbit Species to Rewrite Textbooks
Oct 29th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The discovery of Homo floresiensis shows how much we still have to learn about human evolution.… Read the rest
We Were Not Alone
Oct 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Homo sapiens shared the planet with a hobbit species.… Read the rest
Aborted Foetus Cures Blindness
Oct 28th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But, as usual, there are critics.… Read the rest
NHS Nonsense
Oct 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Whatever affliction it is that Prince Charles is suffering – it’s catching.… Read the rest
Forced Marriage Law Considered
Oct 27th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It could become illegal in the UK to compel two people to marry.… Read the rest
Honour Killing Law Tightened in Pakistan
Oct 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But some women’s groups say it doesn’t go far enough.… Read the rest
Stems Cells and Paralysis Hope
Oct 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Just in case anybody is in any doubt about the importance of embryonic stem cell research.… Read the rest
School Science Should be Promoted
Oct 26th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
All young people should learn about scientific reasoning up to the age of nineteen.… Read the rest
Human Tissue Controls Rejected
Oct 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Plans to limit the use of tissues taken from living patients have been defeated in the UK House of Lords. … Read the rest
Tobacco and Academic Medicine
Oct 25th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philip Morris exploited institional fears of losing research funding in order to preserve financial ties to academic medicine.… Read the rest
UN Debate on Cloning Draws to a Close
Oct 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Two different resolutions are on the table.… Read the rest
Reeve in Stem Cell Advert
Oct 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An appeal from beyond the grave.… Read the rest
Dark Ages Return in Pennsylvania
Oct 23rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Intelligent Design on the science curriculum.… Read the rest
Derrida and Psychoanalysis
Oct 21st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Derrida put the text on the couch.… Read the rest
