Science in the News
DISCERNING TODAY'S SCIENCE HEADLINES
Conference Recap, Canada and Assisted Suicide
This week on Mornings with Carmen, we talked about The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity's summer conference and a doctor in Canada who has helped more than 400 people die by assisted suicide. Conference Recap The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s...
Exploding Stars, Southern Baptists and IVF, and the West Coast Heat Dome
This week's on Mornings with Carmen, we discussed an exploding star that will be visible this summer, the Southern Baptist Convention's position on IVF, and the heat dome that is sitting over California, Oregon, and Washington. We could see an exploding star As if...
When Helping Hurts: Medical Care, End-of-Life, and the News
In August, during my Science in the News spot on Mornings with Carmen, we talked about medical care for the frail elderly and The New Yorker article by Sunita Puri, author and palliative care and hospice physician, on the moral distress physicians experience...
How to Practice Discernment When Reading About Climate Change
This summer's heat wave across the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, parts of Europe, and China would have been virtually impossible without "human-driven climate change," according to a study published by researchers at World Weather Attribution. The study was released without...
June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff
Big Projects I took some time off from my regular writing at Mind Matters News on China and technology so I could finish a couple of long-term projects. The first was a special report on the ethics of fetal tissue research, published on The Center for Bioethics &...