Stephen Hawking, transhumanist
Posthumous essays reveal his fear of genetic ‘improvements’ Posthumous essays reveal that the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking believed in transhumanism. In Brief Answers to the...
Queensland decriminalises abortion
Bill passes easily, 51 to 41. Rally in Brisbane / Glenn Hunt AAP Queensland has become the latest Australian state to decriminalise abortion. On Wednesday...
Controversy surrounds Canadian Medical Association’s withdrawal from world body
Was it really over a few copied sentences? As we have already reported, the Canadian Medical Association resigned suddenly and dramatically from the World Medical...
Will the male of the species go the way of the dodo?
Chinese researchers create healthy mice from same-sex mothers Are men becoming obsolete? This dire news (or possibly good news in some circles) has been voiced...
Genetic privacy eroding fast with growth of ancestry databases
'Forensic geneology' is of great interest to police Back in April came the stunning news that a 30-year-old cold case may have been solved in...
Walmart wants to know your heart rate and temperature
A patent for a biometric trolley raises questions About 324 million people live in the United States. About 140 million of them visit Walmart in...
New journal to explore what comes after Humanity 1.0
The Journal of Posthuman Studies examines trans and post-humanism This has just come to our attention: a journal launched last year on trans and post-humanism....
The enormity of it all!
Being a good editor requires a certain personality type: someone persnickety, obsessive, hawk-eyed and meticulous. Not being that sort of person myself, I can still...
Which is more egregious: euthanasia or plagiarism?
About five minutes before I was about to entrust this newsletter to MailChimp, I heard that the Canadian Medical Association had just withdrawn from the...
Dutch man may have fathered 1000 children
Could be the world’s most prolific father Amsterdam street scene Ivo van Halen, a 34-year-old Dutch IT consultant, is compiling a very long Christmas card...
Should HIV+ people be allowed to donate organs?
A South African mother has donated a liver to her infant son A medical team at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa has...
Canadians and Dutch fail to shift World Medical Association opposition to euthanasia
A number of other nations have opposed change A view of Reykjavik The pro-euthanasia Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Dutch Medical Association(KNMG) have failed...