Better HumansAugust 6, 2018 |
Human as a process: What awaits us in the coming age of bio-enhancement?
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“That constellation of features raises questions about what would happen and what could be done about it,” says Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
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How Do Athletes’ Brains Control Their Movements?April 16, 2018 |
A pair of neuroscientists are working with Major League Baseball to help measure the mental aspects of a batter’s swing
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Bodyhackers: Bold, Inspiring, TerrifyingFebruary 8, 2018 |
Stelarc, a 72-year-old Australian, has an ear on his arm. Soon he hopes to attach a small microphone to it so people can, via the internet, listen to whatever it hears
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Bionic Devices Turn Humans Into Superstrong WorkersNovember 22, 2017 |
Iron Man suits might not yet be commonplace, but companies from Ford to Lowe’s are testing new mechanical exoskeletons to enhance — and extend — human strength
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Biohackers Are Using CRISPR on their DNA and We Can’t Stop ItNovember 16, 2017 |
People are starting to alter their own DNA with cheap, easy gene-editing technology. Is it time to regulate CRISPR?
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Bioethicist: History Tells Us CRISPR Fears Are OverblownNovember 7, 2017 |
History tells us that fears about designer babies are exaggerated when it comes to the alteration, deletion, or swapping of genes in human embryos, renowned bioethicist Alta Charo, PhD, said during a TEDMED 2017 talk in Palm Springs, California
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Do We Have a Moral Obligation to Genetically Enhance our Children?October 31, 2017 |
Ronald Green, “The Oxford philosopher Julian Savulescu, among others, has argued that prospective parents engaging in embryo selection using preimplantation genetic diagnosis not only may seek to have genetically enhanced children but are morally obligated do so. I argue that Savulescu is wrong.”
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