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Carolyn Moynihan | 25 June 2005 |

In the ultimate feel-good finish, Michael Campbell, an unheralded New Zealander, picked off Tiger Woods in the US Open.

Michael Cook | 24 June 2005 |

Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has proposed that an expert committee guide Congress in deciding whether human embryos are human beings. We asked former researcher and medical ethicist Dianne Irving for her comments.

Carolyn Moynihan | 24 June 2005 |

By 2020 depression will be the second-largest cause of disability in the world for both men and women of all ages. So researchers are beavering away on what makes us happy. Have they got it right?

Harry Moody | 24 June 2005 |

An autopsy has confirmed that Terri Shiavo did have massive brain damage. She was probably blind and unaware and could not eat or drink. But what does this prove?

Michael Cook | 24 June 2005 |

G-rated films are 11 times as profitable as R-rated films, but Hollywood makes 12 times as many R-rated films. What's going on?

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 June 2005 |

Want a smarter baby? A faster baby? A blonder baby? Prepared to pay for it? You might be able to some day if transhumanists have their way.

Michael Cook | 18 June 2005 |

What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.

Philip Elias | 17 June 2005 |

What did Richard Dawkins, the world's foremost champion of Darwinism, mean by saying that he believed in evolution but could not prove it?

John A. Gueguen, Jr | 10 June 2005 |

Last year's presidential campaign saw many Catholic politicians tiptoeing through a minefield of moral issues. Could it happen again?

Michael Cook | 10 June 2005 |

What we should remember Anne Bancroft for is her visceral performance in The Miracle Worker, not her role as a seductress in that ultimate 60s film, The Graduate.

Carolyn Moynihan | 10 June 2005 |

Young Germans are using shock tactics to rattle the liberalism of their parents, and sending a message about tolerance to the West.

Christopher Martin | 10 June 2005 |

All those unspellable names and unpronounceable cities in Dostoy what's-his-name -- why should we bother if he couldn't write in the King's English?

Carolyn Moynihan | 03 June 2005 |

The mediaevals didn’t believe in a flat earth; the Galileo affair was a beat-up; and missionaries were great scientists. Any other questions about the conflict between religion and science?

Eugene Ohu | 03 June 2005 |

Our Nigerian correspondent reflects on the meaning of the Nobel Peace prize awarded to environmental activist Wangari Maathai.

Michael Cook | 03 June 2005 |

Was John Paul II responsible for the deaths of millions of African AIDS victims because he refused to sanction the use of condoms?

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