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Men have bigger brains and higher IQs than women, making them better suited to high-complexity tasks and more likely to win academic distinctions such as the Nobel Prize, according to research conducted by Paul Irwing, senior lecturer in psychology at Manchester University, and Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University. The research, which is to be published in the 'British Journal of Psychology' contends that the IQ of men is, on average, about five points higher than that of women and that this difference may explain why more men go on to achieve distinctions than women.
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Richard Yuill, a researcher who, as a result of his PhD thesis which describes positive experiences of sex between adults and children, has been accused of "playing into the hands" of paedophiles, was struck of the teachers' register by the General Teaching Council for Scotland in June 1999 for professional misconduct. The action was taken as a result of charges that he allowed two boys aged 13 and 14 to use his flat after they had consumed drugs or alcohol. There was no suggestion that any misconduct of a sexual nature had taken place.
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An analysis of the ethical implications of academics putting their names to research papers on drug trials when they have not had full access to the research data. The analysis focuses on the work done by a Sheffield University research group led by Richard Eastell into Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals' treatment for osteoporosis, Actonel.
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