Washington Post features symposium on transhumanism
Is the movement becoming mainstream?As a sign of growing interest in transhumanism, the Washington Post recently featured a symposium with several distinguished writers. It may...
Is transhumanism going mainstream?
Twelve years ago, political scientist Francis Fukuyama described transhumanism as “the world’s most dangerous idea”. In 2004, that sounded a bit daft -- almost no...
Bioethics commission sets out game plan for creating consensus
Rapid innovation in the wake of the development of the CRISPR gene editing technology has not caught the US Presidential Commission for the Study of...
Experimentation continues on chimera embryos
A group of scientists in the US are continuing to conduct research on human-animal hybrid embryos, despite a moratorium on funding from the National Institutes...
Time for a technoethics commission?
A US computational scientist has suggested the next US president should create a ‘technoethics commission’. As another presidential bioethics commission finishes up, A US computational...
Looking ahead to radical solutions for ALS and cancer
Head transplants may not work as plannedImprobable as it may seem, an Italian neurosurgeon plans to transplant a head within the near future. Sergio Canavero...
Scientists discuss synthetic human genome behind closed doors
Could lead to genetically-engineered humans According to an exclusive report in the New York Times, 150 scientists, lawyers and entrepreneurs gathered behind closed doors at...
Doctors call for government action as suicide increases
A US doctor has voiced grave concern about government inaction on increasing suicide rates in the country. A US doctor has voiced grave concern about...
Victorian parliamentary committee backs legalisation of assisted suicide
Victoria’s ‘Inquiry Into End of Life Choices’ has concluded with a report recommending the legalisation of assisted dying. After 10 months of submissions and consultation,...
Searching for meaning at the end of life
Researchers have called for greater attention to be paid to "spiritual care" in the treatment of elderly patients. Researchers from Australia and the UK have...