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Future Human

·Apr 1, 2021

The Military Is Funding Ethicists to Keep Its Brain Enhancement Experiments in Check

Efforts involving brain-computer interfaces pose myriad risks to would-be supersoldiers — The military has long been interested in what medical ethicist Jonathan Moreno calls “the whole supersoldier business” — using technology to produce bionically or pharmaceutically superior warfighters. Moreno, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is interested too. Specifically, in one question that keeps gnawing at him: How much can…

Us Military

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The Military Is Funding Ethicists to Keep Its Brain Enhancement Experiments in Check
The Military Is Funding Ethicists to Keep Its Brain Enhancement Experiments in Check
Us Military

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Future Human

·Aug 5, 2020

How Do We Know If a Virus Is Bioengineered?

Detecting bioengineering is a fraught task for any organism — Almost as soon as the coronavirus appeared in the news, so too did speculation that it was purposefully engineered, the result of experimentation at one of several Wuhan laboratories. The idea that the virus, whether natural or engineered, came from a scientific facility was pushed by some politicians. …

Coronavirus

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How Do We Know If a Virus Is Bioengineered?
How Do We Know If a Virus Is Bioengineered?
Coronavirus

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OneZero

·Feb 21, 2020

The Tech Entrepreneur Who Thinks He Can Reverse Climate Change With Nuclear Power

Bret Kugelmass believes nuclear energy can regain popularity if we can make it profitable — “We have to convince the rest of the world,” Bret Kugelmass tells an audience of engineers at the University of Michigan, “that nuclear isn’t as bad as they once thought.” Speaking in slow, carefully enunciated sentences, he paces the stage, his hair slicked back in a swoop. We not only…

Energy

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The Tech Entrepreneur Who Thinks He Can Reverse Climate Change With Nuclear Power
The Tech Entrepreneur Who Thinks He Can Reverse Climate Change With Nuclear Power
Energy

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Sarah Scoles

Sarah Scoles

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Freelance science writer; short-fiction lover; trail runner; dog embracer. Views here are my own.

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