Sensory Deprivation

New war emerges, as seen on your television

9 Feb 2012

Ten years on from the premiere of 24, the American television series that made torture seem like a normal response to the problem of terrorism, we have Homeland, about a freed American POW, who may or may not have been "turned" by his al-Qaeda captors.

A new war emerges

9 Feb 2012

How one of Barack Obama's favourite television shows reflects the US's attitude to terrorism.

US begins stem cell trial for hearing loss

8 Feb 2012

US researchers have begun a groundbreaking trial to test the potential of umbilical cord blood transplants, a kind of stem cell therapy, to treat and possibly reverse hearing loss in infants.