The experimental papers from the special issue of Homeopathy on the memory of water.
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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Pink is Girly and Blue is Butch, or Perhaps Not
Ben Goldacre leafs through the Ladies Home Journal.
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Open Letter from Peter Irons to Stuart Pivar
Professor Myers’ characterization was protected opinion, not a false statement of fact.
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Kevin Sutcliffe Dismisses ‘Islamophobia’ Charge
Maryam Namazie notes that Islamism conflates criticism of Islam with racism against Muslims.
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Dan Hines on the ‘Real’ Enemies of Reason
Why doesn’t Dawkins go after corporations instead? Because he likes to feel superior. QED.
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Sam Harris Rebukes Nature
Nature‘s coverage of religion has been unfailingly tactful — to the point of obscurantism.
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Interview With Ayaan Hirsi Ali
‘Islam closes the mind. Western civilization opened the minds of their own people to science.’
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Mina Ahadi on a New Wave of Atrocities in Iran
The Islamic Republic regime has launched a new wave of torture and executions in Iran’s prisons.
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Iran Closes ‘Western’ Barber Shops
Authorities say the barbers were encouraging un-Islamic behaviour by offering Western hairstyles.
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Debating the Future of the Bamiyan Buddhas
Should they be rebuilt, or left as a monument to destruction.
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Ex-Klansman Convicted in 1964 Murders
Charges dropped in 1964 because local police were colluding with the Klan, federal prosecutors have said.
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Italy Will Grant Asylum to Pegah Emambakhsh
So she won’t be deported to Iran to be flogged or executed. Good.
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Dreger’s Report on the Bailey Controversy [pdf]
‘A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age’
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Alice Dreger on Writing in Fear
Intimidation impedes free inquiry.
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What on Earth are West Midlands Police up to?
The Ofcom referral caters to the sense of ‘victim culture’ peddled by the MCB and others.
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Pentagon Nearly Sent ‘Left Behind’ to Troops
Apparently Pentagon wonks thought what the Iraq war lacked was a dose of end-times theology.
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Jesus Smoked
Malaysian newspaper published an image of Jesus holding a cigarette. But is that really Jesus?
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Is Stealing Wireless Wrong?
Philosophers Nick Bostrom and Julian Baggini comment.
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Yet Another Complaint About ‘Aggressive’ Atheism
First put words in its mouth, then say it can best be called aggressive.
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Atheists Respond
They vilify atheists and distort their views, then complain of how divisive they are.