Nazi scientists did cutting-edge science by following funding trail
A large part of the worst criminal activity was not pseudo-science A deeper look at the role of scientists in Nazi Germany is overturning the...
England moves one step closer to euthanasia
England and Wales have moved a step closer to legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide with the publication of a House of Lords select committee report...
Researchers fret over California’s golden egg
Despite their delight at California's commitment of US$3 billion to stem cell research after November's referendum, some prominent US scientists are worried. They fear that...
Religious clouds gather over Enlightenment, says editor
In an editorial which expresses the exasperation of many scientists, the editor-in-chief of the leading US journal Science, Donald Kennedy, has complained that religious faith...
Now for something completely different
Doctors at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have used adult stem cells to cure a golden retriever suffering from a lymphoma, a...
IN BRIEF: restless scientists; Korea; confidentiality
Restless scientists: Breaking with a tradition of siding with the Administration, several scientists at the US National Institutes of health have made public their dislike...
US pharmacy forced to sell contraceptives
The governor of the US state of Illinois has used emergency powers to force a pharmacy to sell contraceptives. The state government will also charge...
Wrongful life” suit succeeds in the Netherlands
In the first successful "wrongful life" suit in the Netherlands, a severely disabled Dutch child has been awarded damages for having been born. Before Kelly...
Chinese prisoners donating organs — whether they like it or not
Chinese hospitals obtain organs from executed prisoners, according to a recent report from Radio Free Asia. This is another confirmation of persistent rumours of a...
Schiavo debate continues to smoulder
The controversy over the death of Terri Schiavo continues to smoulder in the media. Journalists and bioethicists have been reflecting on the consequences of her...
British scientists back hybrid embryos
In the wake of uproar over the news that a British parliamentary committee had backed the creation of mixed-species embryos, two leading scientists have lent...
Force people to participate in experiments, says ethicist
British bioethicist John Harris has again plunged into controversy by arguing that medical research is so important that people should sometimes be forced to participate....