science issues Fraud threatens the integrity of social psychologyMichael Cook | 04 May 2013 |tags: scientific method, social psychologyScientific studies are used to support controversial social policies like same-sex marriage. But can we rely on them?  Human evolution: science’s golden child or spoilt brat?Darren Curnoe | 12 April 2013 |tags: evolution, science journalsWhy are science journals so fascinated by fossils of ancient man? Don't other discoveries merit even more attention?  Brain explosion: big neuroscience teams up with ObamaDenyse O'Leary | 08 March 2013 |tags: economics, love, neuroscienceThe US President is backing a brain activity map project that would cost billions and may be fatally flawed.
 The New EugenicsMichael Cook | 14 December 2012 |tags: eugenics, evolution, geneticsSome scientists are haunted by the idea of genetic degeneracy.  How education hijacked brain researchMax Coltheart | 11 December 2012 |tags: education, neuroscienceSome governments and schools are considering high-cost brain training programs despite a lack of evidence of any educational benefits.  AIDS and medical ethics: a great betrayalMatthew Hanley | 25 September 2012 |tags: HIVAIDS, medical ethics, philosophyThe risk reduction ethic only aims to sanitise and thereby perpetuate hazardous behaviour.  Reverend Moon versus the scientistsCarolyn Moynihan | 04 September 2012 |tags: cults, human enhancement, scienceThe Moonie founder was not the only one with a messiah complex.  Higgs - the musicalArchil Kobakhidze | 20 July 2012 |tags: Higgs boson, scienceIf you find the "God particle" baffling, perhaps listening to it would help.  The battle to reclaim free willAndrew Mullins | 06 July 2012 |tags: free will, neuroscienceMost neuroscientists today are materialists who believe that everything we do is determined. But this ignores our rationality and free will. There must be a better way.  How is “unintended pregnancy” a federal health issue?James M. Thunder | 06 July 2012 |tags: HHS mandate, Institute of Medicine, unintended pregnancyObama’s contraceptive mandate is based on a sociological concept and cost-saving, not medical science.  What can a brain scan tell us about ourselves?Denyse O'Leary | 28 June 2012 |tags: politics, scienceCan brain scans detect whether we lean politically to the left or to the right?  Nunsense about the pillAlex Perrottet | 09 December 2011 |tags: breast cancer, Catholic Church, contraceptionWhy the hazards of nulliparity in the cloister have nothing to do with the Vatican.  Abortion and mental health: science vs politicsPriscilla K. Coleman | 23 November 2011 |tags: abortion-mental health link, scientific researchPublication in a leading psychiatry journal did not prevent a barrage of criticism for the author of a study showing the mental health risks of abortion.  And yet, it movesGeorge Pell | 01 November 2011 |tags: climate change, consensusA Catholic prelate finds himself in the party of Galileo and against the consensus of true believers on climate change.  The science of eggsploitationRichard Egan | 11 October 2011 |tags: human cloning, hyperovulation, stem cell researchHuman cloning researchers pay women to risk death so they can pursue their doomed experiments.  Broken PromisesDale O'Leary | 22 July 2011 |tags: AIDSA key player in the prevention controversy documents how the AIDS establishment has betrayed the developing world.  If only Mozart had lived in GreeceCarolyn Moynihan | 07 July 2011 |tags: health, Mozart, sunDid the musical genius die from a deficit of sunlight?  A mean age for youthful sexCarolyn Moynihan | 24 June 2011 |tags: adolescence, HIVAIDS, sex education, sexual behaviourWhat exactly do the studies mean when they report an average age for sexual initiation?  “Criminal brains” and what to do about themDenyse O'Leary | 09 June 2011 |tags: capital punishment, crime, neuroscienceThe budding science of neurolaw could make the life or death of a prisoner dependent on a brain scan.  Does death end all?Denyse O'Leary | 26 May 2011 |tags: atheism, immortality, scienceSome thoughts on Stephen Hawking’s recent declaration  Has science buried God?William West | 05 May 2011 |tags: atheism, religion, scienceNo, far from it, an Oxford professor insists.  Same-sex attraction: a therapist’s viewPhilip Sutton | 18 April 2011 |tags: homosexuality, therapyNot everyone attracted to the same sex is happy about it. What help is there for those who want to change? Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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