Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Three cheers for gene therapy!
The perseverance of gene-therapy researchers in the face of adversity is to be applauded.
Robin Walsh,
spiked, 17 January 2014
Neuro-backlash? What backlash?
We don’t see any neuroscience backlash threatening to toss out the neuroscientific baby with the brain-water. And we’re glad about that. What we do see, however, is value in examining the language people use when talking about the relationship between the brain and the mind.
Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld,
Rationally Speaking, 16 September 2013
A braindead view of free will
As Wired for Culture demonstrates, the greatest intellectual threats posed to freedom and autonomy today are those put up by evolutionary biologists and psychologists
Angus Kennedy,
spiked, 27 December 2012
Climate change: EU rebrands green energy campaign
"The UK has enjoyed massive growth in the green economy with 110,000 green jobs. Climate change policies also help us reduce our imports of fossil fuels and help to give us the lead in smart technologies as resources become more scarce."
Roger Harrabin, BBC News, 8 October 2012
Cultural Education in England
An independent review by Darren Henley for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education
Darren Henley, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2012
The Paradox of Gay Genes
One of the commonest questions I get is this: If being gay is genetic, and gay sex doesn't produce children, why don't those genes die out?
Simon LeVay,
Huffington Post, 1 October 2012
Water: An Issue That Requires Collaboration
The world faces a projected 40 percent shortfall in freshwater by 2030, according to a study by the 2030 Water Resources Group. Seventy percent of the water humans use now goes toward agriculture. So it's no surprise that the central theme of the annual World Water Week conference held last week in Stockholm is how to produce more food while using less water in the process.
Andy Wales,
Huffington Post, 20 September 2012
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