Michael Cook
MercatorNet's pick of 2005Michael Cook | 31 Dec 2005Since our launch last May, MercatorNet has published an amazing range of reading. Here are a dozen of our readers' favourites in 2005.What happens to kids who do drugs when they?re old codgers?Michael Cook | 28 Dec 2005New Year celebrations are often a time for recreation drug use. It’s not a good idea, says Britain’s foremost expert on the medical effects of illegal drugs, Professor John Henry.Drunken Santas in a stem cell sleighMichael Cook | 22 Dec 2005Australia could have the world’s most liberal regulation of embryo research if the recommendations of a government committee are adopted.It�s a Wiki world out thereMichael Cook | 18 Dec 2005A defamatory entry in the on-line encyclopaedia Wikipedia has put one of the internet’s great success stories under the spotlight.Hark, the age-old carols singMichael Cook | 16 Dec 2005Singing Christmas carols is an indispensable part of our heritage.The $100 laptopMichael Cook | 3 Dec 2005The IT world is abuzz with excitement about a project to hook up millions of children in poor countries to the internet. Have all the bases been covered?Cloning pioneer hits the wallMichael Cook | 30 Nov 2005A Korean national hero has confessed that he told lies about his research about cloning human embryos. Will his colleagues 'fess up, too?Is intelligent design really science?Michael Cook | 23 Nov 2005Is intelligent design really science? Or is it a kind of disguised creationism? MercatorNet interviews a philosopher who has been tracking the debate.Jurassic theoriesMichael Cook | 21 Oct 2005An expert on dinosaurs claims to have delivered a killer blow to the credentials of religion by examining international health statistics. It's not very convincing.Don?t get stuck on stupid, mediaMichael Cook | 15 Oct 2005Why did a credulous American media believe the grim fairy tales of murder, rape and pillage in New Orleans even though there was precious little evidence for them?free updates   
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