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>Science retracts another
>There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the scientific review process does work. Science is retracting (all of these Science and Nature articles are behind a paywall) an article that has been proven to include forged photographs, due to the questions about these photographs from other researchers. Although the actual research … Continue reading
>Hwang "blew it"
>From Fowler’s Health and Science Update comes another lesson in hubris and the old saying about tangled webs and deception: Disgraced Korean Cloner Blew It: He Did Make HistoryA new report by a team of US researchers says the human embryonic stem cells generated in a now-discredited experiment in South Korea, actually were a first. … Continue reading
>Doctors, faith and helping the poor
>The Chicago Tribune published an article on a study concerning doctors who help the poor. I haven’t read the actual article, yet, but I wonder how the “poor” are defined and question the definition of “religiosity” vs. spiritual. For one thing, I’m not sure how, as a Family Physician, I would separate my patients into … Continue reading
Bioethics is biopolitics
Kathryn Hinsch, founder of the Women’s Bioethics Project and the Women’s Bioethics Blog recommended the questions and answers from an article by Joshua Perry published in the Journal of Legal Medicine. (It cost $32 to access – perhaps we ought to talk about open access in publishing.) Perry notes that others have noted that bioethics … Continue reading
>Ethics, embryos, and e-rants
>Kevin T Keith (His often profane blog, Sufficient Scruples, focusing on why it’s wrong to be religious, pro-life or pro-abstinence is here) wonders (in 1700+ words) how scientists ever began to speak in terms of “ethical” and “unethical” about sources of stem cells at the Women’s Bioethics Blog: To emphasize that: the search for “ethical” … Continue reading
Sam Harris at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Sam Harris, author of the books, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason and Letter to a Christian Nation, was given a forum at the Aspen Ideas Festival. I’m not sure how I ended up finding the video, “Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World,” … Continue reading
Saletan stirs up bioethics blog
Wesley Smith’s “Secondhand Smoke” and Science Blog’s “Denialism Blog” both comment on William Saletan’s latest Slate column, “Rights and Wrongs: Liberals, progressives, and biotechnology.” I have to admit, that while I find Saletan slightly disorganized at times, he manages to make quite a few people disagree with him, and does it so well. You need … Continue reading
>"Exaggerated resistance" (Or how not to report science)
>Scientific American gives us several reasons to “resist” the information in its pages this month, the August, 2007 issue. Unfortunately, only the Table of Contents is free, but the problem is in the titles given “news” stories themselves. Under the title, “Roots of Science Hatred,” on page 29 we learn that people learn to trust … Continue reading
>Fashion, style, modern love and abortion
>The New York Times editorial staff has once again descended to a new low. Perhaps their intent is to demean “modern love,” pregnancy, and the “choice” of whether or not to abort a child. Today’s “Fashion and Style – Modern Love” section presents us with “Would Our Two New Lives Include a Third?,” the story … Continue reading
>"Real-life male pregnancy would be revolutionary
>Or, “gender in a blender.” Can someone give me a “duh”?? Jen Graves, of the (adults only) Seattle Stranger, has written a very long and informative essay on pregnancy, women, and men – especially the possibility of men becoming pregnant. Trust me, we have the technology. As a matter of fact, Ms. Graves tells us … Continue reading
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