Carolyn Moynihan
Bomb scareCarolyn Moynihan | 2 Jul 2005Infertility is a time bomb threatening the very existence of Europe, experts in the field said this week. Is anyone taking them seriously?Where did he come from?Carolyn Moynihan | 24 Jun 2005In the ultimate feel-good finish, Michael Campbell, an unheralded New Zealander, picked off Tiger Woods in the US Open.Calibrating happinessCarolyn Moynihan | 24 Jun 2005By 2020 depression will be the second-largest cause of disability in the world for both men and women of all ages. So researchers are beavering away on what makes us happy. Have they got it right?Making better peopleCarolyn Moynihan | 18 Jun 2005Want a smarter baby? A faster baby? A blonder baby? Prepared to pay for it? You might be able to some day if transhumanists have their way.Tolerance and her childrenCarolyn Moynihan | 10 Jun 2005Young Germans are using shock tactics to rattle the liberalism of their parents, and sending a message about tolerance to the West.Debunking the flat earth theoryCarolyn Moynihan | 3 Jun 2005The mediaevals didn’t believe in a flat earth; the Galileo affair was a beat-up; and missionaries were great scientists. Any other questions about the conflict between religion and science?Mother knows bestCarolyn Moynihan | 27 May 2005Science is revealing the brain-enhancing changes that come with motherhood. An interview with the author of The Mommy Brain.A life's a life for all thatCarolyn Moynihan | 10 Dec 2004In May this year a New Zealand man smothered his five-month-old daughter after she was diagnosed with lissencephalus, meaning her brain was profoundly under-developed and she would never walk or talk. Recently it took a jury only 47 minutes to find the father not guilty of any crime - a verdict that has made the position of disabled infants suddenly more precarious. Carolyn Moynihan spoke with a woman who deplores this turn of events and appeals for more understanding of disabled people and their families. |
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