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REVERSED. 1999 ruling by KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION that eliminated the teaching of evolution as the central theory of human origin. By a 7-to-3 vote, the board restored evolution and the Big Bang to science-class curriculums...
...lamb, pork, poultry and fish, all of which have enjoyed increased sales since the latest outbreak of mad cow panic. For the truly health-conscious, however, there are potential problems with most of these alternatives. Sheep are susceptible to scrapie, a brain-destroying disease that may be the origin of bse. Mass-produced pork is bulked up with antibiotics and, illegally but not uncommonly, with hormones, while battery chickens are often similarly drugged. Though there is no indication that fish can harbor the bse prion, it is hardly reassuring to know that much of it is artificially farmed...
...former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the old Soviet Union into Western Europe and North America each year, most of them to work in brothels and nightclubs against their will, according to the International Organization for Migration (iom). The region is the fastest-growing point of origin for the trafficking in women for sexual purposes, a modern form of slavery dubbed "one of the most disgraceful faces" of contemporary society by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, an organization that has seen its share of disgraceful practices...
...problem's origin lies deep in Harvard's history...
...their desire to keep the embryo inviolable, opponents are missing the main moral issue. The real problem with research that manipulates early embryonic cells--whether derived from fetal tissue or from adult cells rejuvenated through cloning--is not the cells' origin but their destiny. What really ought to give us pause about research that harnesses the fantastic powers of primitive cells to develop into entire organs and even organisms is what monsters we will soon be capable of creating...