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Michael Cook | 10 December 2004

All over the world governments are staking the future of their economies on biotechnology, especially stem cell research. Have they been sold a pig in a poke?

Andrew Mullins | 03 December 2004

The Roman Forum never bustled with Fathers' Day shoppers since dies patrum had not yet been invented. But, make no mistake, fatherhood was appreciated two thousand years ago. If Greek and Roman literature is any indication, many ancient writers regarded it as a great privilege to raise children, and they were not short on parenting know-how.

Michael Cook | 03 December 2004

It was hard to miss World AIDS Day this week. If you weren't approached to buy a red ribbon on the sidewalk, the plight of AIDS sufferers around the globe leapt out of television screens and newspapers.

Louise Stebbins | 03 December 2004 | 1

Something is going on in the United States world of fashion. From Seattle to the Big Apple and down to Florida, a rebellion is brewing.

Social Action | 03 December 2004

Why do couples live together (cohabitation), instead of marrying? There seems to be a variety of reasons. For some, it is a rebellious choice against rules and traditional family forms, a statement in favour of freedom and independence. For others, seeing the ruins of other marriages, perhaps including those of their parents, there is an element of resignation: long term commitments seem to be just too difficult. But for many, now that the taboos against cohabitation have been lifted, living together is just something that you drift into. It seems the best choice available at the time, although the couple may concede it is far from ideal.

Christopher Martin | 03 December 2004

"Lots of things", is the answer. They don't necessarily make us better - quite often they make us worse, or at least give us the possibility of being worse than other animals. I think it was the great Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein who said: "My dog never cheats at cards. Does that mean he's too honest?"

Miguel Castellvi | 03 December 2004

One of the most famous novelists of the 20th Century, Graham Greene (1904-91), has lost a great deal of the popularity he enjoyed during his life. However, one hundred years after his birth a large part of his work still remains relevant, in particular the novels where his narrative vigour joins forces with some profound ideas.

Michael Cook | 26 November 2004

In an impressive display of its growing political clout, the animal rights movement helped bring about significant legal changes across the English-speaking world in the last two weeks.

Christopher Martin | 26 November 2004 | 1

Some people would say that it can't be that the point of a person's life is having a good time because it would be selfish, or unsatisfying. I think both those answers are correct, but I want to give another, or a set of others. Having a good time, having pleasant experiences, can't be the point of your life because it wouldn't be a life, because it would be pointless, because it would be self-contradictory.

Jaime Nubiola | 26 November 2004 | 1

The only pornography that everyone frowns on is "child pornography". But "deluxe pornography", masquerading as eroticism, is making great strides in the media, advertising and fashion. Philosopher Jaime Nubiola sets out to define the difference.

Diego Contreras | 26 November 2004

Competing notions of human dignity are often at the root of headline stories around the world, as witness debates over issues ranging from stem cells to the war in Iraq. Since the end of the 19th century, the Catholic Church has tried to set down guidelines on social, economic and political issues in an increasingly complex world. A number of documents have been published on these teachings and these have now been compiled by the Holy See as a "Compendium of the social doctrine of the Church", a 520-page manual with a 200-page index.

Martin Clynes | 26 November 2004

This is a very exciting time for biotechnology, the science of using living organisms and their products to make useful products and to cure human diseases. In the past few years, all the genes that make up the human DNA have been sequenced (ie completely described chemically). There is great hope that we will, as a result, discover many new gene products that can act as targets in the body for new pharmaceuticals to help cure disease.

Carlos Marmelada | 26 November 2004

An Australian research team, led by paleoanthropologists Peter Brown and Mike Morwood, recently announced the discovery of a new human species, different from us, but co-existing with our species, Homo sapiens (1). The specimen found on the Indonesian island of Flores measures a bit over a meter tall, and has a cranial volume of 380 cm3, similar to that of a chimpanzee. However, it appears to be an intelligent species based on the stone instruments associated with it. If this information is confirmed, we have here an extraordinary discovery.

Bob Moniot | 26 November 2004

Bev Harris is on the warpath. What has gotten this fifty-something grandmother riled, turning her into a headline-grabbing activist and investigative journalist?

Greg Morgan | 26 November 2004

CENTRAL AUSTRALIA: 850km northwest of the town of Alice Springs, 12 bumpy, hot and dusty hours away, is an Aboriginal community called Balgo. About 450 of the Kutajanka people live there. Most do not work and rely on government benefits, though some have jobs at a local mine.

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