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Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

History attests that when a culture does not draw a firm line protecting human life, it inevitably progresses to ending lives for all manner of reasons. Read More ›
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists

Can you see it? Putin calling the Hastings Center and asking for a bioethics consultation before invading Ukraine. Read More ›
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Weikart: The Dark History of Medicalized Killing

"Richard Weikart’s superb new book is a vitally important reply to the organized disposal of unwanted people." Read More ›
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›
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Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›
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Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

Dr. Weikart's book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from ancient Greece to today.  Read More ›
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Photo: Cancer cells, by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.

Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›
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Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›
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Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism 

At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›
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Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Read More ›

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