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Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion
Biomedical theories of autism can offer a plausible explanation of the supposed ‘autism epidemic’ and are increasingly accepted by parents and activists but do they work and are they safe?
Michael Fitzpatrick, Routledge,
20 October 2008
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A 'Green New Deal' can save the world's economy, says UN
Top economists and United Nations leaders are working on a "Green New Deal" to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster, as the financial markets plunge into their deepest crisis since the Great Depression.
Geoffrey Lean,
Independent, 12 October 2008
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A Global Commonwealth of Citizens. Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy
Arising after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the decisive affirmation of Western-style democracy, cosmopolitan democracy envisions a world politics in which democratic participation by citizens is not constrained by national borders, and where democracy spreads through dialogue and incentives, not coercion and war.
Daniele Archibugi, Princeton University Press,
9 October 2008
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Farmer in Chief
The impact of the American food system on the rest of the world will have implications for your foreign and trade policies as well. In the past several months more than 30 nations have experienced food riots, and so far one government has fallen. Should high grain prices persist and shortages develop, you can expect to see the pendulum shift decisively away from free trade, at least in food.
Michael Pollan,
New York Times, 9 October 2008
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Europe follows fusion twin track
An alternative fusion project has been kicked off in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser the size of a football stadium.
Jonathan Amos,
BBC News, 7 October 2008
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Space exploration at a crossroad
It is time to remember nearly fifty years of piloted spaceflight and re-evaluate the role of humans in space: are they worth the expense?
Claude Lafleur,
The Space Review, 6 October 2008
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What direction now for US space exploration?
In a time of economic crisis, the space programme presents an easy target for cutbacks. Yet for political and strategic reasons it is an area in which the US seeks to lead the world. With China and other countries leaping forward in space technology, this task will only become more challenging.
David Shiga,
New Scientist, 3 October 2008
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Moral Enhancement
Opponents of biomedical enhancement often claim that, even if such enhancement would benefit the enhanced, it would harm others. But this objection looks unpersuasive when the enhancement in question is a moral enhancement — an enhancement that will expectably leave the enhanced person with morally better motives than she had previously.
Thomas Douglas,
Journal of Applied Psychology , 30 September 2008
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Spit parties: Genetic testing becomes a social activity
A company is glamorising genetic testing by taking spit samples at high-society parties to give customers risk profiles for various diseases. But are consumers being given the full story about what genetic risk means?
Imran Khan,
Guardian Science Blog, 18 September 2008
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Creationism: why we need open debate
The Royal Society’s cowardly decision to force out its education director shows its inability to defend science.
David Perks,
spiked, 18 September 2008
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