The greatest show on earth
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad have just started in Rio de Janeiro. A few thousand young men and women will be sweating in their competitions;...
NIH close to new policy on chimera research
Ban on funding may be lifted by JanuaryMouse, mouse-rat chimera, rat-mouse chimera and rat The National Institutes of Health announced this week that...
19 intellectually disabled murdered in Japan
Killer wanted to reduce the burden on societyPrayers at the care centre Japan’s biggest mass murder since World War II has provoked a debate...
Doping and Rio#1: artificial enhancement?
The Brazil Olympics has stimulated spirited discussion about human enhancement and the ethics of doping. The advent of the Brazil Olympics has stimulated spirited discussion...
Doping and Rio#2: game theory
Does game theory provide us with a justification for banning doping? Some argue for a ban on doping on the basis of an appeal to...
IVF doctors issue new ethical guidelines for errors
After lots of bad publicity, the peak body reactsSome IVF clinics are run like "like a 19th-century grocery", says Art Caplan Cases of mix-ups,...
X-Men: fine in the movies but not in real life
Americans are sceptical of human enhancement Don't say we didn't warn you: the latest instalment has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 48% Despite the popularity...
Australian doctors dispute IVF regulations after 63-year-old gives birth
Is it "selfish"?The parents of the baby girl The birth of an IVF daughter to a 63-year-old Tasmanian woman in Melbourne has exposed a rift...
New documentary on organ harvesting
A new American documentary claims to provide damning evidence of China's force harvesting of organs. A new American documentary claims to provide damning evidence...