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Genetic screening to enhance IQ should be embraced

There could be a way of predicting – and preventing – which children will go on to have low intelligence.

How will religious institutions cope with technological immortality?

If uploading one’s mind becomes an option, there will be denial and rejection. But eventually, religious institutions will have to come around.

Defeating Aging and Death is the Most Important and Urgent Goal for Humankind

Death and in particular the grotesque degradation due to aging is a tremendous and horrific limitation on the human spirit.

Taking over from evolution: how technology could enhance humanity

The 21st century and beyond promises an array of novel methods for enhancing human cognition.

Shaping Our Genes

Excerpt from Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Christian de Duve's book, "Genetics of Original Sin: The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity".

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Excerpt from Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel's book, "In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind".

Embryos, Cloning, Stem Cells, and the Promise of Reprogramming

Excerpt from Nobel Prize-winning cancer biologist Harold Varmus's book, "The Art and Politics of Science".

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