science issues 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: same-sex attraction, therapyNot everyone attracted to the same sex is happy about it. What help is there for those who want to change?  Who is the sensible environmentalist?Patrick Moore | 02 April 2011 |tags: climate change, environment, GreenpeaceTwo founders of Greenpeace, now on opposite sides of the fence, conduct a fascinating debate over climate change.  Morality for neuronsDenyse O'Leary | 01 April 2011 |tags: materialism, morality, neuroscienceCan you build a system of moral behaviour on complete materialism? A famous neuroscientist gives it the old college try.  Was the tsunami the revenge of Gaia?Zac Alstin | 14 March 2011 |tags: Japan, natural disasters, tsunamiWhen scientists wonder whether global warming was responsible for the devastation in Japan, something is wrong.  Most medical research is wrong? Are you kidding?Michael Cook | 22 November 2010 |tags: science, stem cellsNo. In fact, the leading figure in medical statistics says plainly, “most claimed research findings are false”.
 The perils of dishonest scienceMargaret Somerville | 12 February 2010 |tags: autism, researchA controversial article linking autism with vaccinations continues to do immense damage.
 What science knows and how it knows itRichard Umbers | 17 December 2009 |tags: post-modernism, science, scientismA defence of rationality and common sense from an Australian mathematician is a must-read as an antidote to post-modernist scepticism.
 Climategate, who is really tilting at windmills?Brian Lilley | 05 December 2009 |tags: climate change, climategate, Copenhagen, United NationsResponsible citizen and responsible politicians should ask questions about climategate and whether the science was manipulated.
 The angels and demons of climate changeJavier Cuadros | 01 December 2009 |tags: climate change, global warmingAt the very least, the leaked emails in “Climategate” show that science is a very political affair.
 Ethical pitfalls in academic publishingMargaret Somerville | 10 September 2009 |tags: ethics, law, publishing, researchToday's ghost-writer might be simply yesterday's research assistant, argues an ethicist.  Religion and science: “isolation is not an option”Sheila Liaugminas | 27 April 2009 |tags:The Vatican recently invited friends and foes to an unprecedented
conference on evolution. Our correspondent captures the intellectual
drama of the week-long dialogue.
 Have we arrived at the end of philosophy?Richard Umbers | 14 April 2009 |tags:Has neuroscience really proved that morality is just a matter of feelings?
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