Unethical medical experiments in Israeli Army alleged
In violation of the Helsinki Accords The Israeli Defence Force conducted unethical medical experiments on more than 700 of its troops in the late 1990s,...
Another pregnant man, this time in Spain
Interrupts sex change treatment to have child Another thrilling chapter in the annals of artificial reproductive technology is being written in Spain. A 25-year-old transsexual...
Stem cells may help hearing loss
British researchers on track to create inner ear cells Stem cells may help deaf people hear again, according to early stage research by British scientists...
Dignitas to expand suicide service from the ill to the well
Remarkable BBC interview In the first broadcast interview he has given in five years, the Swiss founder of the controversial assisted suicide service Dignitas has...
Hospital employees fired for peeking at OctoMom’s records
Bellflower Hospital in Los Angeles Curiosity is an addiction, it seems. Despite warnings and refresher courses in patient privacy laws, nearly two dozen employees of...
Peter Singer likes human beings
In interview with Forbes, bioethicist explains hopes for future. The world’s best-known bioethicist, Peter Singer, of Princeton University, has confirmed that human beings are amongst...
The story behind Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14
Hunter-gatherers cared for their young. There is a wonderful Australian poem by A.D. Hope about a thousand-year-old bone found in 1901 in Norway which had...