Queen’s birthday
After the brutal killing of black man George Floyd in Minneapolis by police on May 25, demonstrations with tens of thousands of people have erupted...
The twin pandemics: Covid-19 and racism
Is protesting racism a legitimate excuse for ignoring lockdowns? After the brutal killing of black man George Floyd in Minneapolis by police on May 25,...
Leading journals forced to retract hydroxychloroquine studies
The retractions have caused shockwaves in the global scientific community. Two of the world’s leading medical journals have been forced to retract studies on the...
Trump pulls the plug on the WHO
Questions remain about whether this is possible this year The United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump has declared after months...
Francis Collins awarded Templeton Prize for reconciling faith and reason
Belief in God can be an entirely rational choice, he contendsGeneticist and physician Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, who led the...
Does ‘believe scientists!’ include ‘believe the epidemiologists!’?
How do we choose between lives and livelihoods? Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash “Believe the science!” has been the desperate rallying cry of people opposing the “denialism”...
The world market for sex reassignment surgery is growing
At least US$1.5 billion by 2026The global market for sex reassignment surgery will be worth at least US$1.5 billion by 2026, according to MarketWatch. With...
Inquiry needed into link between Asperger’s and gender dysphoria: Australian expert
Many transgender and non-binary individuals appear to be autisticIncreasingly, anecdotal reports and research are linking gender dysphoria with Asperger’s syndrome. The Australian recently featured a...
Police blotter
Surrogacy. Sperm donation. Adoption. Surrogacy. A 40-year-old woman and her 37-year-old husband have been convicted in Iowa after smuggling a Guatemalan girl across the Mexican...