The idea that the first three years of our lives make us who we are is scientifically unsound, argues Helene Guldberg.… Read the rest
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Ban Homophobic Singer 
Nov 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Gay rights campaigners want police to ban a controversial Jamaican reggae artist from appearing in Britain.… Read the rest
Californians Approve Stem Cell Funding
Nov 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Californians pass Proposition 71, a $3 billion bond measure to raise money for stem cell research.… Read the rest
Dutch ‘Anti-Islam’ Film Maker Murdered
Nov 3rd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Theo van Gogh made film that criticised Islam’s treatment of women. … Read the rest
Inhouse
Nov 3rd, 2004 3:43 am | By Ophelia BensonYo, I’m back! Out of the outhouse, into the inhouse, back at the desk, back to work. I’ve left the bright lights and whirling crowds of Bedford Square for the quiet backwater of Seattle. I came in, dropped all my cases and bags and excess sweatshirts in the middle of the living room, grabbed a water bottle, and rushed out to vote. Saw a friend on the way in; did not have to stand in line; saw another friend on the way out. You see what a quiet backwater it is. That wouldn’t happen in Bedford Square.
Ohio. Pennsylvania. Michigan. Florida. Well, we’ll see. I don’t dare let myself think about how I long to be rid of Bush.
More … Read the rest
The Arctic is Melting
Nov 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But no consensus as to appropriate response.… Read the rest
Probe into ‘Murder Music’
Nov 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police have launched an investigation into anti-gay reggae lyrics after the homophobic killing of a man in London.… Read the rest
Gene Screening Controversy
Nov 2nd, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not really a surprise.… Read the rest
Darwin’s Greatest Challenge Tackled
Nov 1st, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Researchers provide concrete evidence about how the human eye evolved.… Read the rest
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
