SARS: not all it's cracked up to be
I don't seem to be alone in thinking that the 'super bug' SARS is a bit of misnomer.
"Super-Pneumonia" or Super Scare?, by Michael Fumento
Life is a contact sport.
If you don't play, you can't win. Reining in experimentation carries the risk of not making life-enhancing breakthroughs.
This site is mostly a look at the dangers of the precautionary principle, and unfounded panics, through science and health news stories.
This site is maintained by Rob Lyons.
SARS: not all it's cracked up to be
One good panic deserves another
Shoot the messenger
Genes and society
Honduras wants its moon rock back
GM crop trials: the PR offensive
More on SARS
Uncertainty creates risk avoidance
I hope it's a town...
Smallpox vaccinations: complications
Image from Iraq
Southern Africa and GM technology
Queen and country
Depleted uranium: no cause for alarm
The strange case of the resentful soldier
Military language
It's the dose that makes the poison
Brazilian farmers demand end to GM ban
GM research spending falls in Europe
Epidemiology: what is it good for?
Latest on the killer bug
What's so bad about big?