Ethics in the News: Difference between revisions

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Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low Robin McKie The Guardian 2007-10-21

Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data, Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08

Identifiability in Genomic Research, William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins Science 2007-08

Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World, Cornelia Dean NY Times 2007-07-17

Professors in Colorado Receive Death Threats for Teaching Evolution, Kristen Philipkoski Wired Science 2007-07-17

A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech, Denise Caruso NY Times 2007-07-01

Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally, Nicolas Wade New York Times, June 26, 2007 reviews and/or discussion

Genes, genomes and genealogies: the return of scientific racism ?, Robert Carter Ethnic and racial Studies 2007-07-04 reviews and/or discussion

Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research, Richard Tutton Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007-07-04

Break a Confidence ? Never. Well, Hardly Ever., Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. NY Times 2007-05-29

Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science, Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg Science 2007-05-18

As Ethics Panels Expand, No Research Field Is Exempt, Patricia Cohen NY Times 2007-02-28

Pillow Angel - parents keep child small Time Magazine 2007-01-07 and parents blog

Studies of published research indicate that many results arefound to be false: Dirty Little Secret Seed Magazine 2007-05 and Why Most Published Research Findings Are False PLOS

Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects NY Times 2006-12-05

National Center for Science Education Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools

DefendingScience.org "The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."

Emory-Tibet Science Initiative ... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.

Hypotheses, Facts, and the Nature of Science Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology, 3rd ed., Sinauer Associates, 1998, pp. 9-12.

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 See also: [http://www2.ucsc.edu/scienceandjustice/ Science and Justice] at UCSC.
+* ''Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low'' Robin McKie [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,2196657,00.html The Guardian 2007-10-21]
+* ''The Ethics of Erasing a Bad memory'' Scott Haig [http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1671492,00.html Time 2007-10-15]
+* ''Wombs for Rent'' [http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200710/tows_past_20071009.jhtml Oprah Show  2007-10-09]
+* ''Indigenous rights outlined by UN'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6993776.stm BBC News 2007-09-13]
 * ''Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data'', Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp [http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v8/n8/abs/nrg2124.html Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08]