Queen of Mean shows a posthumous streak of kindness — for dogs
Trust will have billions to spend on dog welfare New York real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley’s best friend was her dog, a fluffy white Maltese...
Life is good, says woman who asked for euthanasia
Indian woman more positive after surgery An woman who once petitioned the President of India to grant her request for euthanasia has recovered enough to...
ICSI soars in Europe
Have doctors discovered a tidy little money-spinner? New figures on assisted reproduction technology in Europe show that there has been an explosion in the use...
Minister against “death tourism”
Dignitas meets opposition Switzerland’s Justice Minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, says she wants to end the "death tourism" business by Dignitas, an agency which helps foreigners to...
Colorado to vote on personhood of embryo
Move not favoured by major pro-life organisationsOne of the most contentious issues in modern philosophy is “what is a person”? Are all humans persons? Are...
Beauty and the brain scan
Wellcome Trust bankrolls neuroaesthetics There is an intriguing job vacancy at University College London for a PhD interested in neuroaesthetics. The successful candidate will be...
Utilitarian to head UK ethics institute
John Harris teams up with John Sulston And while we’re grumbling about UK research grants, here’s more news about research grants doled out to radical...
COMMENT: Apes get rights in Spain
O for the glory days of Spanish radicalism. Ah for the glory days of the Left in the Spanish Civil War! There was something mad...
Oregon “guy” gives birth to girl
The Thomas Beatie draws to a close An Oregon man has given birth to a girl. Or at least a woman masquerading as a man...
Fear of a lonely end drives healthy German woman to suicide
Older Germans terrified of nursing homes A healthy 79-year-old German woman has committed suicide with the assistance of a former Hamburg government official who advertises...
Will males become extinct?
Brazilian scientists produce artificial sperm Somewhat tongue in cheek, an Australian bioethicist has suggested that men, like pandas and polar bears, are the new endangered...
How well-adjusted are IVF babies?
Their mums think they are fine; teachers are not so sure The emotional well-being of children conceived through artificial reproductive technology and their families, has...