Who cares about third world mothers?

Robert Walley | 16 December 2008 | comment 1

The hidden scandal of unsafe childbirth and the hope that a new professional initiative is bringing to mothers.

Explaining religion away, for the 100th time, part 1

Denyse O’Leary | 14 November 2008 | comment 8

The world's leading science journal has recruited a social scientist to write the thinking man's Religulous.

Same-sex attraction in adolescents

10 November 2008

Encouraging adolescents with same-sex attractions to identify as gay has no scientific or ethical justification.

“Coming out” puts adolescents at risk

Dale O'Leary | 10 November 2008 | comment 11

Encouraging adolescents with same-sex attractions to identify as gay has no scientific or ethical justification.

‘Darwin? That’s just the party line’

Wayne Eyre | 02 November 2008 | comment 35

Many scientists don't believe that science is the only religion in town.

Advances in stem cell research

Derek Miedema | 28 October 2008 | comment 2

Is choosing between good science and good ethics a thing of the past?

Political science: the messy room

Denyse O’Leary | 24 October 2008 | comment 4

Junk science about voting is floating around and you might bump into some this election.

Unlocking the secrets of the universe with the humble Higgs boson

Mark Wyman | 10 October 2008 | comment 4

With price tag of more than US$10 billion, the biggest toy in science has to deliver a big bang for its buck. Scientists are confident that it will succeed.

China loses face - and babies

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 September 2008 | comment 4

By covering up a baby-milk scandal, China and a New Zealand partner lose what they hoped to save.

Not spilling the beans is a healthy choice

Mark Seery | 10 June 2008 | comment 5

It’s your trauma and you can keep it to yourself if you want to, no harm done, says a psychologist.

Oracles of Science

Michael Cook | 13 March 2008 | comment 10

Some scientists are out of their depth when they wade into philosophy and theology.

Overweight and over-hyped

Michael Cook | 29 February 2008 | comment 4

Panicking over the obesity epidemic won't help anyone.

A realistic strategy for fighting African AIDS

Matthew Hanley | 29 February 2008 | comment 39

Discussion of the African AIDS crisis is riddled with ideology. The evidence shows that utilitarian HIV prevention guidelines are failing. 

Mind and soul

Aaron Kheriaty | 29 November 2007 | comment 13

Psychiatry has typically shunned religion, but a unique forum at one university has them talking to each other - for the sake of the patient.

Protecting the pill

Carolyn Moynihan | 16 November 2007 | comment 18

Why does the medical establishment keep playing down the risks of oral contraceptives?

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