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Winter 2022

The New Anti-Eugenics

Dan Cloer

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.

Winter 2022

Luck of the (Genetic) Draw

Dan Cloer

If we’re all 99.9 percent the same genetically, does DNA have any impact on our chances of success in life?

Summer 2021

Out of the Blue

Dan Cloer

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?

Fall 2020

Plastics: The Other Pandemic

Dan Cloer

The global scourge of discarded plastic—from macro- to microscopic—is finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

Spring 2020

Living in a Materialist World

Dan Cloer

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.

Winter 2020

The Baby Business

Dan Cloer

Millions of people now use assisted reproductive technologies to have children. How will IVF and embryo screening affect the future of family and society?

Fall 2019

The ART of Having Children

Dan Cloer

Medical doctor Robert Klitzman talks about our increasing ability to design babies to our personal specifications.

Fall 2019

Making a Better Baby

Dan Cloer

Researchers and policy makers around the world struggle to lead human germ-line editing into the future.

Summer 2019

From IVF to Gene Surgery

Dan Cloer Ramesh Patel

In vitro fertilization has opened the path to a new era of reproductive interventions. How did we arrive at a point where we could soon be creating designer babies?

Summer 2019

Genetically Modified Babies: An Insider’s View

Dan Cloer

Stanford neuroscientist William B. Hurlbut talks about his dealings with the Chinese researcher who created the world’s first gene-edited babies, and about the implications of that experiment.

Summer 2019

The New Techno-Eugenics

Dan Cloer

In the face of new technology allowing scientists to manipulate genes in human embryos, how will we move forward?

Winter 2019

Is This the Way the World Ends?

Dan Cloer

Historian Lisa Vox argues for finding a way to address the threats that face us all. It starts, she says, with not condemning others for holding a different worldview.

Fall 2018

Escape Velocity

Dan Cloer

Technology gives us access to the universe while at the same time creating risks to our continued existence. Does humankind’s best hope for long-term survival come down to leaving Earth behind?

Fall 2018

Destination: Mars

Dan Cloer

The chief engineer for NASA’s robotic Mars Exploration Program talks about what it would take to put people on the Red Planet. Will Mars be humanity’s lifeboat?

Summer 2018

How Not to Build a City

Ramesh Patel Dan Cloer

Mexico City is one of the world’s biggest population centers, yet the city’s infrastructure is extremely unstable. The resulting challenges serve as a warning—and a lesson—to the rest of our urbanizing world.

Mexico: A City on a Lake

A brief look at Mexico City’s history helps explain the modern city’s water troubles.

Summer 2018

Reengineering Our World: A Cautionary Tale

Dan Cloer

From genes to geophysics, our world is increasingly what we make it. But environmental philosopher Christopher Preston urges restraint.

Summer 2018

Can We Fix Climate Change?

Dan Cloer

If our reliance on technology has accelerated climate change, maybe technology can fix the problem too. Would it work? Should we try it?

Spring 2018

Is Science Getting in God’s Way?

Dan Cloer

Why does America’s Christian Right take such an active interest in how we view and use scientific findings—to the point of creating its own version of science?

Fall 2017

Your Cells Are Killing You

Dan Cloer

Immortality may not be an option, but can degeneration and the terrors of aging be lessened or even eliminated? These authors think so.

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