Ethics in the News

See also: Science and Justice at UCSC.

• 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

• 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

• 6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me ! Amy Harmon NY Times 2007-06-03

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

• Search engine aims to Google your genes Rhys Blakely London Times 2007-05-24

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

• Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: NY Times 2007-05-09

• Irish teen wins abortion battle BBC News 2007-05-09

• Dangerous New Age of the Genome Financial Times 2007-05-09

• 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

External References

• 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."