UK scientists call for debate on designer babies
Novel techniques of editing the genome have inspired some British scientists to call for a public debate on designer babies. Novel techniques of editing the...
The ethics of skin colour stereotypes
In many countries, especially South Asia, a preference for lighter skin predates European colonialism. At the intersection of marketing and bioethics is the issue of...
Physician assisted death versus palliative care
Why wait for the perfect public health system? Arguments against physician assisted suicide and euthanasia often turn on a claim about the need prioritize the...
Creation: a product for the masses?
One San Francisco geek is set on 'democratising creation'. What if we could democratise creation? This may sound like a pretentious thought from a sci-fi...
US Supreme Court to debate the use of new three-drug execution method
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case on the constitutionality of a new execution method being used in Oklahoma...
China’s gender imbalance “most serious and prolonged in the world”
China's government has made its strongest statement yet about gender imbalance. China has by far the greatest gender imbalance of any nation in the world,...
Dutch euthanasia clinic has knuckles rapped over tinnitus death
Third time in a year for the Levenseindekliniek in The Hague. A Dutch end-of-life clinic has been reprimanded for the third time in a year...
French parliament begins debate on euthanasia
President Francois Hollande and the prime minister, Manuel Valls, both support liberalising the law. The French parliament opened a long-awaited debate on euthanasia this week....
What about #JeSuisBaga?
Hi there, Like most of you, I suspect, I have been mesmerised by the drama in France. Seventeen people dead at the hands of jihadists...
Thailand to have ‘third gender’ in new constitution
Thailand is likely to recognize a third gender in its new constitution. Thailand is poised to recognise a third gender in its new constitution, with...
Don’t shoot the messenger
Should we always blame the journalist for poor science reporting? Perhaps not, according to a new BMJ study. Should we always blame the journalist for...
Near enough is not good enough
Doctors in a hospital in Bremen had already made an incision when they discovered that a deceased donor was still alive The phrase “not completely...