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Adam and Steve to tie the knot in Canada

Paul Waters | 02 July 2005 |

Canada is about to become the fourth country in the world to make same-sex marriage the law of the land. Here’s how it happened.



Bomb scare

Carolyn Moynihan | 02 July 2005 |

Infertility is a time bomb threatening the very existence of Europe, experts in the field said this week. Is anyone taking them seriously?



Why should we bother to read old books?

Christopher Martin | 01 July 2005 |

Are you just a mouldy fuddy-duddy if your taste in reading runs to Plato and other hoary authors?



The hidden side of Ireland’s success

Seamus Grimes | 01 July 2005 |

Ireland has become one of the richest countries in Europe, with multinational flocking to take advantage of its generous tax rates and educated workforce. But there is a downside.



Where did he come from?

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.



Cuomo cuts through ethical knot with a committee

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.



Calibrating happiness

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?



Uncomfortable truths about Terri Schiavo

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?



G-rated for gold mine?

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?



Making better people

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.



Truth or consequences

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.



The crowded house of evolution

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?



The thorny issue of politicians and conscience

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?



The real success of Anne Bancroft

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.



Tolerance and her children

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.



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