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Science News for November 25, 1996


Scientists Discover Smallest Frog

A team of biologists has discovered a new species of tiny frog in Cuba's Monte Iberia rainforest. The frog, Eleutherodactylus iberia, measures just one centimeter long and is the smallest known tetrapod, a group that includes all animals with backbones except fishes.

Nuremberg Medical Ethics Reexamined

A Cornell University scholar reexamines the Nuremberg Medical Trial, highlighting the use of a fictional report to justify medical research on US prisoners. The paper also critiques Andrew Ivy's testimony at the trial and its implications for the field of medical ethics.