COVID19 Testing is Our Salvation
We are weeks into widespread social distancing in many parts of the world, though it feels like months. Cases of COVID19 continue to mount, as expected, and we
Raywat Deonandan
The Ethics of Surrogacy
There’s a photo I often show my audience before starting my lectures on “reproductive tourism.” It’s from a marketing brochure of the Akanksha infertili
The Man Who Would Not Eat
I am a scientist. I declare it so proudly. But I think many people have a distorted conception of what a scientist is, and, frankly, what science itself is. Sci
Advantage India
These are interesting times to be a university professor in North America, with both anecdotal and objective data suggesting a steady decline in student motivat
Man on the Moon
Forty years ago, my father took a walk to Central Park. He was a day away from his 37th birthday, and had just moved his young family from an impoverished rice-
Warriors and Terrorists
One of my favorite actors was the late Sir Peter Ustinov. Sir Peter was not just a thespian, but an outspoken intellectual, journalist, representative for the U
The Politicization of Science
Years ago, I interviewed for a job with a law firm that was looking for an epidemiologist with skills in science research design. Their intent was that I would
The False War Between Civilizations
About 20 years ago I was in my mid-teens and becoming vaguely aware of the way grown men are perceived and expected to act. One day, while riding the Toronto su
Poverty Caused the Tsunami
In the infancy of the 21st century, two sudden human tragedies have found dramatic attention in the global eye: the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the ts
The New Oil
There’s a quote from Tom Brokaw, during the opening moments of the U.S. inva-sion of Iraq, that I just can’t seem to get out of my head. “One of the key a
The Frontiers of Salman Rushdie
Within days of each other, Salman Rushdie and Leonard Nimoy both came to speak at the National Press Club in Washington. I attended both sessions, hoping to pla
Profile This!
Ann Coulter says a lot of outrageous things. In fact, the conservative pin-up girl has made her name being unforgivingly further to the Right than Ronald Reagan
