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How anti-vivisectionists reacted to Mike Robbins at a debate on the proposed animal research centre in Oxford, UK, when he tried to explain how animal research had helped treatments for his Parkinson鈥檚 disease (The Observer, London, 15 May)
鈥淭o be scooped by prostitutes is humbling.鈥�
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Roger Short of the Royal Women鈥檚 Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, on finding that prostitutes in Nigeria are using 鈥渃itric douches鈥�. Short is launching an international fund to finance trials to test his theory that lemon and lime juice douches may protect women from HIV infection (The Age, Melbourne, 13 May)
鈥淭he United States cannot preach temperance from a barstool.鈥�
Representative Edward Markey, arguing that the Bush administration cannot effectively fight nuclear proliferation while pursuing research into new nuclear weapons (Global Security Newswire, 13 May)
鈥淟inking blood type and personality is not only unscientific, it鈥檚 wrong.鈥�
Psychologist Tatsuya Sato at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, criticises the widespread belief in blood stereotypes in Japan, where it leads to marriage break-ups and school and office bullying (Associated Press, 11 May)
鈥淢ost bad people think they鈥檙e good people.鈥�
Star Wars creator George Lucas, explains at the Cannes Film Festival how the 鈥済ood鈥� Jedi Anakin Skywalker turns into the 鈥渧ery bad鈥� Darth Vader (Agence France Presse, 16 May)