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George Annas, a professor of health law, bioethics and human rights at Boston University, comments on newly released CIA documents showing the intimate role of psychologists and doctors in 鈥渉arsh interrogations鈥� (The Washington Post, 18 April)
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Gisela Marrero explains why she is harvesting her dead lover鈥檚 sperm to have his baby. Soon after Johnny Quintana died, an ice bag was placed on his testicles while a judge decided whether the procedure could go ahead (Daily News, New York, 18 April)
鈥淭he arguments from those who deny the science look more and more like those who denied the association between HIV and AIDS or smoking and cancer.鈥�
Nicholas Stern, former chief economist to the World Bank, gives climate deniers short shrift in his new book (The Daily Telegraph, London, 20 April)
鈥淚f a soldier is shot in an ambush, what if he鈥檚 trying to call for help and two truckers are discussing soccer?鈥�
Amateur radio operator Adinei Brochi on the increasing problem of illegal hijacking of US military transponders in Brazil (Wired.com, 20 April)
鈥淚 named it Caloplaca obamae to show my appreciation for the president鈥檚 support of science and science education.鈥�
Even the field of mycology cannot avoid Obamamania. Kerry Knudsen of the University of California, Riverside, on why he named a lichen after Barack Obama (Mongabay.com, 15 April)