August 15, 2016
Getting Over ‘Apolloism’
The 1960s missions to the Moon are a bad template for today’s space program.
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August 15, 2016
European and American Views on Genetically Modified Foods
Orsolya Ujj on the cultural and philosophical differences that explain contrasting beliefs and policies on GMOs
August 15, 2016
Is There an ‘Unmet Need’ for Family Planning?
The flawed concept behind efforts to increase global contraceptive use
August 15, 2016
Scientist, Scholar, Soul
Marc D. Guerra on Margaret Edson’s play ‘Wit’ and the temptation to hide from matters of ultimate meaning.
August 15, 2016
Fiction in the Age of Screens
Erik P. Hoel on how today’s novelists cope with their HBO anxiety
April 18, 2016
Gene Editing: New Technology, Old Moral Questions
Brendan P. Foht on using CRISPR to help patients and design our descendants
April 18, 2016
The Myth of the Placebo Effect
Nick Barrowman on the shaky science underlying a popular idea
April 18, 2016
Biomedicine and Its Cultural Authority
The origins of our “health society” and why holistic medicine doesn’t catch on
April 18, 2016
Hard to Believe
Robert Herritt on how we know what we know, and what to do when experts disagree
April 18, 2016
The Enduring Legacy of The Twilight Zone
Brian Murray on Rod Serling’s struggle to turn TV into an art form