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18 January 2006

“My mom takes me to church every Sunday; my dad gives me all the science books he can. Personally, I don’t know what to think.”

Fifteen-year-old Jeremy Hurst of Lebec, California, whose father is suing the board of his school for introducing a “philosophy of design” course, which casts doubt on Darwinian evolution (Los Angeles Times, 12 January)

“When she asks, I’ll tell her where she came from.”

Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who last year at 66 became the oldest woman to give birth, on the first birthday of her daughter Eliza. Both sperm and egg came from anonymous donors (The…

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