

Deep Brain StimulationAugust 14, 2019 |
DBS is an incredibly promising intervention for intractable neurological and psychiatric illness. What are the risks?
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Deep Brain StimulationAugust 14, 2019 |
DBS is an incredibly promising intervention for intractable neurological and psychiatric illness. What are the risks?
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Elon Musk’s Next Wild PromiseJuly 23, 2019 |
If someone is going to revolutionize what it means to be human, do we want it to be a tech titan?
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A Philosopher on Brain RestJune 25, 2019 |
In January 2018, while chaperoning my daughter’s school ice-skating trip, a sturdy third-grade boy lost control and came sliding into me from behind on his knees. He was just the right-size projectile to undercut my skates and send me flying backward on the ice, where I landed on my head
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Why Is Congress Afraid of Consciousness?February 19, 2019 |
Jonathan Moreno writes, “Over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed an apparent reluctance among the U.S. government agencies that fund neuroscience to be associated with projects that explicitly describe work on the nature of consciousness…”
Quick Read“The issue in the medical community is that by calling it ‘adoption,’ we give too much personhood to the embryo,” said Kimberly Tyson, the marketing and program director at Snowflake Embryo Adoption in Loveland, Colo
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An Elephant’s Personhood on TrialJanuary 2, 2019 |
A legal case involving a famous solitary elephant poses a fundamental question about animals’ rights
Quick ReadThe US Department of Health and Human Services is vigorously contesting a report, published by The Washington Post, that it has decided to cancel a $2-million-a-year contract that funds work using human fetal tissue to develop mice with humanlike immune systems for testing drugs against HIV
Quick ReadHumans aren’t the only people in society – at least according to the law. In the U.S., corporations have been given rights of free speech and religion. Some natural features also have person-like rights. But both of those required changes to the legal system
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