Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet.


    Red, blue and grey matter

    Michael Cook | 20 Sep 2007
    American neuroscientists claim that liberalism and conservatism are located in the brain, in the anterior cingulate cortex, to be precise.


    A new challenge for human dignity

    Michael Cook | 8 Sep 2007
    Britain's fertility regulator has just approved the creation of human-animal embryos for research. What's next?


    The crimes of Michael Vick

    Michael Cook | 31 Aug 2007
    When dogs die in Virginia, there's a media frenzy. When patients die in New Orleans, there's silence.


    Australia's Outback shame

    Michael Cook | 30 Jun 2007
    Sexual abuse is so rampant amongst Aborigines in remote communities that the Army has been sent in to clean up the mess. Whose fault is it?


    Is therapeutic cloning obsolete?

    Michael Cook | 16 Jun 2007
    After years of urging the public and governments to support the destruction of embryos, scientists may have led them up a blind alley.


    Death for sale is a step into the dark

    Michael Cook | 9 May 2007
    Suicide and the internet make a potent brew, as the work of one of the world's most prominent euthanasia campaigners shows.


    A decade of debate over Dolly

    Michael Cook | 27 Feb 2007
    Despite ten years of palaver, scientists use a primitive ethical system for evaluating the science and technology of cloning.

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