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Science on verge of an ethical revolution
SOME research areas are political minefields. Take geo-engineering. It's a field that is exploring whether to inject sulphate aerosols into the...
Gleick apology over Heartland leak stirs ethics debate among climate scientists
The outing of the researcher who exposed the Heartland Institute's efforts to discredit climate change has thrown the scientific community into...
Ethical Analysis of the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign
by Donald A. Brown, cross-posted from the Penn State Climate Ethics Blog Over the next few weeks, ClimateEthics will take a deeper look at what has...
Lies, damn lies, and statistics
When Mark Twain uttered his memorable phrase, the science of statistics was in its infancy, and he could not have anticipated that statistics and...
Turning-point: The human-genome project
Ten years after the reading of the human genome, humanity is about to confront its true nature. The oracle at Delphi had two maxims posted above the...
We must stop saying ‘The science demands ...’
Top climate-change expert Mike Hulme tells spiked it is a scandal that scientific claims are increasingly usurping politics and morality. ...
Abortion: the freedom to make tough choices
The anti-choice lobby’s claim that abortions always impact on women’s mental health is moralism masquerading as science. A recent...
Designing principles at birth of a new era
Advances in gene technology are creating a host of ethical dilemmas, writes Rachel Browne. Genetic screening of human embryos may eventually...
Hot air on climate change
The Government needs to reclaim the terms of the debate from the sceptics. Britain's new high commissioner, Baroness Valerie Amos, is somewhat...
Atheists are good humans, too
In his opinion piece titled "Celebrity atheists expose their hypocrisy", Dr Dvir Abramovich laments the attention that recent publications...
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