The editors have kindly invited me to write an introduction to this special issue devoted to ‘‘hypercomputation’’ despite their perfect awareness of my belief that there is no such subject. In [5], I rather thoroughly debunked the claims of two of the leading proponents of this supposed branch of learning. In this brief introduction I will content myself with some general remarks. The analysis ...

Increasing interest in the potential of adult stem cells in regenerative medicine has led to numerous studies focused on the identification of endogenous renal stem cells within the mature mammalian kidney. A variety of approaches have been taken to identify such cells, including physical location, cell surface marker expression, and functional properties. Proof of clonogenicity or renal potent...

The idea of a 'good death' is one which has been central to the palliative care movement but which in fact predates it. A number of recent articles have grappled with the concept. It is a subject which is difficult to quantify scientifically and this article explores the territory using a number of philosophical, theological, historical and literary sources. The changing meaning of the concept ...

For a scientific discipline to be interdisciplinary, it must satisfy two conditions; it must consist of contributions from at least two existing disciplines, and it must be able to provide insights, through this interaction, that neither progenitor discipline could address. In this study, I examine the complete body of peer-reviewed literature self-identified as landscape genetics (LG) using th...

Viral bronchiolitis is the most common reason for infants to be admitted to hospital,1,2 yet we seem powerless to do much about it. Physicians who have been in practice for 30 years or more have ridden the rollercoaster of optimism following the publication of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on bronchiolitis showing the efficacy of bronchodilators, steroids, hypertonic saline and so on, onl...