More “alternative” treatments should be available on the NHS.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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The Hubble Telescope is Doomed
Bush administration has redirected NASA resources to Mars and moon trips.
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US Trade Embargo Extended to Research
Treasury Department warns against publishing scientific research from Iran, Libya, Sudan, Cuba.
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Beagle found?
Not some random lost dog, but Darwin’s ship.
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Simple-minded but Nonetheless Bigoted
Christopher Hitchens detests Gibson’s movie with a passion.
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Solidarity Can Conflict With Diversity
The left’s love affair with diversity may come at the expense of the values it once championed.
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The Future of Multiculturalism
Guardian readers react to David Goodhart’s essay on diversity versus solidarity.
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Julian Baggini ‘Not Extreme Enough’
Race and culture are not inseparable, and simplification doesn’t help.
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MMR Parents Denied Legal Aid
No evidence to justify a legal case against MMR manufacturers.
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Muslims in Nigeria Boycott Immunisation
Polio vaccination is suspected as American plot to make Muslims infertile.
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It’s Time for GM Britain
It’s time for the British government to give the go ahead for GM foods.
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First UK Citizenship Ceremony
Including singing, pledging and respecting.
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What is the Connection Between Religion and War?
‘In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God.’
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A Counter-cultural Antiques Roadshow
Review of Curtis White’s The Middle Mind deplores ‘torn-jeans prose.’
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Fifty Years of Dissent
A magazine devoted to slaying orthodoxies.
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Philip Stott Rewrites a Guardian Leader
What it should have said about GM maize.
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Opposition to GM Was Overestimated
‘GM Nation?’ conveyed an overestimate of anti-GM feeling in UK, researchers say.
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Frederick Crews on Trauma and Memory
What damage can be done when mistaken ideas about the mind get infused with ideological zeal.
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Interview With Christopher Browning
Historian of the Holocaust examines events as they unfolded, not via hindsight.