Californians pass Proposition 71, a $3 billion bond measure to raise money for stem cell research.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Ban Homophobic Singer
Gay rights campaigners want police to ban a controversial Jamaican reggae artist from appearing in Britain.
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The Myth of Infant Determinism
The idea that the first three years of our lives make us who we are is scientifically unsound, argues Helene Guldberg.
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Dutch ‘Anti-Islam’ Film Maker Murdered
Theo van Gogh made film that criticised Islam’s treatment of women.
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Gene Screening Controversy
Not really a surprise.
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Probe into ‘Murder Music’
Police have launched an investigation into anti-gay reggae lyrics after the homophobic killing of a man in London.
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The Arctic is Melting
But no consensus as to appropriate response.
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Scientists to Screen Embryos for Cancer
A team at UCL has been granted permission to screen embryos for a gene which causes rectal or colon cancer.
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Darwin’s Greatest Challenge Tackled
Researchers provide concrete evidence about how the human eye evolved.
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Anti-vaccine Madness
Opponents of MMR believe in homoeopathy, the Force, ESP and all sorts of other rubbish.
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Paterson Attacks Harold Pinter
Let’s tell it how it is. Pinter’s anti-war poems are dreadful.
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Hobbit Species to Rewrite Textbooks
The discovery of Homo floresiensis shows how much we still have to learn about human evolution.
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Eton or the Zoo?
Desmond Morris wonders how we would treat members of Homo floresiensis if they were still around.
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Aborted Foetus Cures Blindness
But, as usual, there are critics.
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We Were Not Alone
Homo sapiens shared the planet with a hobbit species.
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Forced Marriage Law Considered
It could become illegal in the UK to compel two people to marry.
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NHS Nonsense
Whatever affliction it is that Prince Charles is suffering – it’s catching.
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Stems Cells and Paralysis Hope
Just in case anybody is in any doubt about the importance of embryonic stem cell research.
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Honour Killing Law Tightened in Pakistan
But some women’s groups say it doesn’t go far enough.
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School Science Should be Promoted
All young people should learn about scientific reasoning up to the age of nineteen.