New Atlantis
Dystopian future? Should the wealthy be able to use AI to hardwire physical or cognitive advantages into their genomes
It is quite possible that the most immediate threat AI poses to humanity is not that its superhuman intelligence will ...
Genetics, irrigation and fertilization: What needs to evolve to increase global food production without destroying our planet
Almost one out of ten people still do not get enough to eat. But hunger today is generally due to low ...
Viewpoint: ‘Real IVF industry regulation is long overdue. But consumer protection is not enough’
For the first time since the Bush-era stem cell debates, reproductive technology has taken center stage in American politics. An ...
Viewpoint: ‘We can’t trust the biotechnology industry to act responsibly’ — Why mixing human and primate cells for research purposes needs strict government oversight
Researchers from the United States and China announced in April that they had created the first ever human–primate chimeras. Mixing ...
‘We must have a plan’: Why we need an exit strategy for the coronavirus shutdown
How long is this going to last? As terrible as a pandemic would be, is averting it really worth a ...
Would ‘designer babies’ herald a new era of eugenics?
September [2018] saw the announcement from scientists of the first manufacture of human egg cells in the lab. … Despite the apparent ...
Looking back on how science has progressed in sexuality and gender
For complex, complicated questions concerning the nature of human sexuality, there exists at best provisional scientific consensus; much remains unknown, ...
Understanding how to define and view gender identity
Another emerging and related view is that gender identity...is also fixed at birth or at a very early age and ...
How sexuality connects to mental health
[T]here is general agreement on the observation at the heart of Part Two: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) subpopulations ...
What role can science play in sexual orientation choice vs innate debate?
While some claim that sexual orientation is a choice, others say that sexual orientation is a fixed feature of one’s ...
Free market view of California Prop 37
When Californians go to the polls this November, one of the ballot initiatives they will vote on will be the ...