Thieves have had amputations and several women sentenced to death in Zamfara.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Plath Studies, Hughes Studies
‘Baking With Sylvia’? Er – no thanks.
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Neurotechnology v. Cognitive Freedom
Drugs to erase or intensify memories, hypersonic sound that seems to be inside your head…
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Nearly One Million March In Favour of Abortion Rights
Pro-choice campaigners flock to Washington.
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The Chronicle on Invisible Adjunct
The end of a popular blog prompts questions about the adademic system.
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Dawkins on Good Science Writing
Having something important to write about.
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The Move From Heart to Brain
Carl Zimmer’s Soul Made Flesh locates the transition in mid-17th-century Oxford.
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Everything Difficult is Labelled ‘Edgy’
Nick Hornby likes music ‘packed with sunshine and hooks and harmonies and goodwill.’
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Who Has the Poster Stumps?
Why is the oppression of women so easy to ignore?
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No, Dogs Are Not People in Fur Suits
No, really. They’re not.
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Harvard Secular Society Lecture
Steven Pinker says religion is a by-product of evolution, not an adaptation.
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Explanation of Explanation
Can anyone explain red, or consciousness, or quantum theory, or superstrings?
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Drugs Companies Withhold Inconvenient Data
Drugs companies accused of failing to publish results which go the wrong way.
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Not Reason But What We Care About
Harry Frankfurt says we’re wrong to think moral values are determined by reason.
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John Maynard Smith
The Guardian obituary.
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Another Decision in Kennewick Man Case
Bones to remain above ground for study, Appeals Court rules.
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John Maynard Smith
The University of Sussex says good-bye and provides many links.
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John Maynard Smith
The Telegraph Obituary.
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Carl Zimmer on John Maynard Smith
He had the brilliant idea of applying game theory to evolution.
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Upside-Down Analogies
Darwinism is like Stalinism, Intelligent Design is like brave freedom fighters. Yeah right.