Some of our favorite modern conveniences trace their origins to a chemistry lab. While they may make life easier today, future generations will pay a high price.
As advances in artificial intelligence gain momentum, it’s clear it can be used both positively and negatively. Is there a moral code we can trust to guide our personal use of these technologies?
The fashion industry is riddled with ethical issues—everything from child labor, slavery, terrible working conditions and even violence. How can consumers dress themselves while remaining true to their values?
Environmental philosopher Christopher Preston offers an optimistic perspective on our relationship with nature in the face of profound damage and exploitation.
A number of endangered wild animals have been making a comeback, raising questions about how best to thrive alongside them. Vision reviews Tenacious Beasts by Christopher Preston.
Using the supposed objectivity of DNA to establish human hierarchy may be the dream of eugenicists, but for Kathryn Paige Harden, the goal of having and using genetic information is exactly the opposite.
Science and religion each have a range of explanations for how life came to exist on Earth. On the scientific side, can a theory called panspermia upstage its Darwinian counterpart?
The idea of matter as the basis of everything may seem beyond question. But a solely material view of the world doesn’t fill the enduring human need to understand why we’re here and what it all signifies.
Part 2: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about how agriculture will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.
Part 1: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about the effect of agriculture on our planet and how it will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.