Boost for Nato & non-Proliferation Treaty

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, has, in the last few days, announced a carefully calculated re-balance on the issue of French nuclear weapons and warheads. Mr. Sarzoky announced a cut in airborne nuclear warheads while pledging, at the same time, a “sufficient deterrent” against the possibility of “far-flung powers” becoming armed or by using nuclear [...]

The embryo predicament & dilemma

… The key in the ethical stand-off is by having an informed debateTHE possibility of mixing together genetic material from human beings with animals sends deep shockwaves of unease. Such an unease, that appears universal, should make people question rigorously the proposals laid within the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which contains controversial measures that [...]

Ethical choices and opportunities in combating climate change

SINCE October 2007, Bournemouth residents have been able to shop in a new kind of supermarket store – an “eco” – where features include fridges with technology that reduces their greenhouse gas emissions and bicycle racks that encourage customers and staff to cycle to the store. For Marks & Spencer, which runs the store, the [...]

Guardian ‘Open Letter’ – ‘A threat to our freedoms’

Note:
Click on ‘title enclosure link’ for original article published by the Guardian Newspaper on behalf of the petitioners.
The article appeared on the website of the Guardian Newspaper, dated 15 March 2008.
… Respondant as “BritishAirman”
I have to agree with the petitioners, in repudiating any further steps to increase the time in detaining terror suspects.
English law is [...]

Biotechnology

INTRODUCTION

BIOTECHNOLOGY is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. The ‘United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’ defines biotechnology as:… “”Biotechnology” means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.”
Biotechnology is often used to refer [...]

The life and work of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 at The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He died on April 19, 1882 at Down House, Downe, Kent. His full name is Charles Robert Darwin.
Darwin was an English naturalist renowned for his documentation of evolution and for his theory of its operation, known as Darwinism. His evolutionary [...]

Israel, Palestine & Gaza

RECENTLY, Israel used the term “shoah” – a Hebrew word for Holocaust. For apparently obvious reasons, Israel rarely uses it other than in discussions of the Nazi genocide during the Second World War. A spokesman for Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister, Matan Vilnai, was quick to explain that the term was in the context of meaning [...]

‘Market Regulation’ and ‘Principles of Probity’

Of late, industry regulators have started to flex their muscles. The officials, who police imperfect markets with innumerable rules and regulations, and the dispensing of licences, have started demonstrating their powers of punishment and discipline. In the last 7-days, three different regulators have issued fines and penalties totalling more than three-quarters of a billion pounds [...]