Death penalty losing support in US
As the US Supreme Court prepares to hear evidence on botched executions in Oklahoma, the Pew Research Centre has released revealing new statistics on opinions...
Naturalism, but not as you know it
A new environmentalist movement believes in protecting all life -- "right down to the cellular level". It’s surprising when you encounter an ethical framework radically...
Life imitates art in Hollywood once again
The saga of Sophia Vergara and Nick Loeb. The technical term for Hollywood’s latest bioethical brain-teaser is anti-mimesis, the theory that life imitates art. Sophia...
Germline tinkering sparks more controversy
Francis S. Collins and Julian Savulescu take diametrically opposed sides. Chinese attempts to modify the human genome using new gene editing technology are still stirring...
Keystroke: the world of the medical thriller
"If my books stop selling, I can always fall back on brain surgery," jokes one author-physician. It could be that the public gleans most of...
Anzac Day special
Now for something completely different because April 25 is Anzac Day, “the one day of the year” , a solemn commemoration of the 1915 Gallipoli...
China ignites debate over genetic engineering
Scientists have been editing the genome of human embryos, a world first. Chinese scientists have been editing the genome of human embryos, a world first...
Keeping ahead of the game
A 30-year-old Russian IT worker could become the first person to get a body transplant. A 30-year-old Russian IT worker with a crippling muscle-wasting disease...
Donor dad not the genius he said he was
A lesbian couple was misled about the superior qualifications of their sperm donor. A lesbian couple is suing one of America’s leading sperm banks for...
Colombia close to legal euthanasia
The Health Ministry has finally drawn up guidelines for voluntary euthanasia Colombia’s Health Ministry has finally drawn up guidelines for voluntary euthanasia, 18 years after...
Non-human rights battle continues
A New York State judge has ordered Stony Brook University to justify its detention of two chimpanzees. A New York State Supreme Court judge has...
Primed for resignation
The scandal-ridden field of social priming research has taken yet another blow. The scandal-ridden field of social priming research has taken yet another blow. Leading...