Via wealth creation and common ground rules, science can promote peace.… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
GM High-protein Corn 
May 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Could supplement protein-deficient diets in Africa and South America. … Read the rest
Scott McLemee Reviews Susan Jacoby
May 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The importance of secularism in US history.… Read the rest
More on the Invisible Adjunct
May 17th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No health insurance, bad pay, no office, no respect – what’s not to like?… Read the rest
Does Faked ‘Evidence’ Matter?
May 16th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If you really really believe the story is it okay to fake the evidence? Er, no.… Read the rest
Daily Mirror Editor Sacked Over Faked Pictures
May 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
So the difference between truth and fakery does matter then?… Read the rest
Funny or ‘Funny’?
May 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It has long been compulsory to say you adore Carry On films, just to show you’re not stuffy or priggish or politically correct.’… Read the rest
No War-Crimes Cornettos, Thanks
May 15th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Julian Baggini reviews books on Greed, Lust, Envy and Gluttony – and wants more.… Read the rest
Sad End For Famous Gender Experiment
May 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
David (Brian/Brenda) Reimer commits suicide.… Read the rest
Psychologists on Abu Ghraib
May 14th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In all organisations…people will replicate in some way the personality of the number one person in charge’… Read the rest
All Psychology is Speculative
May 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Evolutionary psychology may be less so since it incorporates evolutionary constraints.… Read the rest
BJP Out!
May 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Secularism returns in Indian election upset.… Read the rest
Congress Party Defeats BJP
May 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Congress won 12 out of 26 seats in Gujarat.… Read the rest
Congress Party Returns in Huge Upset
May 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A stunning upset of the Hindu nationalist BJP… Read the rest
Dembski’s Mathematical Achievements
May 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sparse output for a research mathematician, few citations; ‘written in jello.’… Read the rest
Science Is Not a Democracy
May 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Journalists report ‘both sides’ but when the sides are not equal, that can distort.… Read the rest
Monsanto abandons GM project
May 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Activists celebrate. Starving millions not so pleased.… Read the rest
Zimbardo and Milgram
May 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sadistic urges are not as inaccessible as we would like. … Read the rest
They Tidy Up, Your Mum and Dad
May 10th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
John Fowles’ diary reveals a bad case of Holden Caulfield syndrome.… Read the rest
