Tag: science
Better Babies Through Evolution? Richard Weikart on the Siren Song of Transhumanism
The fact that all this is so far technological fantasy may be its lone saving grace.
On Prebiotic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Urges an Admission of Ignorance
Taking aim at biologists who assume the matter of life from nonlife is well in hand, Tour sets out this way.
Fetal Stem Cells — Another Case Study in Media Hype
This is a warning about investor trawling, media hype, and the realities attendant to regenerative medicine.
The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy
Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins.
In Reversing Stroke Damage, a Stunning Success for “Anti-Science”?
Once again the damned-with-faint-praise field of adult stem cell research seems headed toward significant treatment breakthroughs.