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Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI
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Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›
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Image: The Fountain of Youth (1546), by Lucas Cranach, via Wikimedia Commons.

China Jumps on the Transhumanism Train

It is said to be is devoting much energy and many resources to the life-extension project. Read More ›
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Products from polyurethane on the exhibition stand. Industry
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Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

What is polyurethane and where is it used? It’s a type of plastic and it is pretty much everywhere: shoes, clothes, yoga mats, mattresses, couch cushions. Read More ›
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Happy businessman, walking and city to work for travel on street or pedestrian crossing outdoors. Black man on cross road, walk or traveling to business with suit and smile on asphalt in urban town
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Living in 3-D: Not a Big Deal? New Video Explains Why It’s a VERY Big Deal

Living in three dimensions is crucial not only for athletes, who excel at exploiting the body’s abilities, but for any one of us walking down the street. Read More ›
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Snowboarder jumping
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Engineering on Steroids: The Incredible Design of the Human Body

Every day your body must solve hundreds of hard engineering problems simultaneously, or else you’ll die. Read More ›
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Dimly lit laboratory with chemicals and equipment in a vintage, cluttered room
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Wesley J. Smith: Frightening Abuses of Science

Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. Read More ›
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Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›
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Illustration multiplication of cells in blue
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Researchers Find Memory Outside the Brain

It it is very difficult to look at the natural world seriously and not see a mind in there somewhere. Read More ›
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AI-generated illustration of a human fetus curled up in the womb
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Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Read More ›
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Cry Us a River: AI Chatbots May Be Killing Wikipedia

It’s not clear how this will impact a commonly heard criticism of Wikipedia — bias, very much including the subject of intelligent design. Read More ›

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