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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

"The Pope and Science" by Richard Gallagher and Ivan Oransky at The Scientist. The stuff regarding ethics makes sense to me, but what exactly does "as much as possible" re the church's exhortation that scientific research be kept "free from the slavery of political and economic interests" signify, exactly? An apology in advance?

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