Science and technology committee report on scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Ben Catches a Boo-boo
Free energy! More comes out than goes in! If your meters aren’t working, that is.
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Danish Satirical Website Upset Catholics
Says John Paul was not faultless.
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MCB Head Speaks Up
Stoning is a metaphor for disapproval. Who knew?
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Scientists Are Cold Reductionist Killjoys
‘People are attracted to people who are attracted to them.’ Ow, that’s cold.
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Report on Cold Reductionist Killjoy Research
But science journalists are notorious for oversimplifying the science…
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Delaram Ali Faces Prison and a Flogging
She joined a protest last year calling for greater legal rights for Iranian women.
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What Happens When Females are Worthless
People resort to medical technology to do away with the girl child at the foetal stage.
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Lancet Study Finds Chiropractice Has no Effect
Results showed no difference in recovery times and in all cases symptoms lasted for about nine days.
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Over 700 PP Members Arrested Overnight
Five people in Karachi charged with sedition for protesting the emergency.
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Four Charged With ‘Treason’ in Pakistan
So it’s ‘treason’ to oppose a military coup. Funny.
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Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought
Spanish-speakers with Tourette’s blurt out ‘hostia’ – communion wafer.
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Bush Maneuver Packed Civil Rights Panel
Appointed two Republicans who then registered as Independents.
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Priests Fret at Lower Alcohol Limit for Drivers
It’s the Mass you see. The wine isn’t wine, it’s blood, but it still makes you drunk.
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Noah Feldman on Cosmopolitanism [pdf]
Can we make legal demands on people with whom we are not joined in a political association?
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Richard Norman on the Complications of Faith
A mistaken argument is still an argument, still an appeal to reason and evidence.
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Catholic School Drops Terrence Higgins Trust
‘London Oratory school will always want to work with organisations whose practices support Christian values.’
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HRCP on the Emergency in Pakistan
Asma Jahangir and others in Human Rights Commission send messages.
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Women: Either too Girly or too Butch
Yale researcher found that angry men gain stature, but angry women are seen as being out of control.
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Afghanistan Mourns Bomb Victims
MPs, children and teachers were among those killed.