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Why science and tech writing is not up to this moment: a note from the editor

Staying Human

Advancing science and medicine for, not on, human beings

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End of Life •
Eugenics •
Reproductive Technology •
Enhancement •
Beginning of Life •
Human Dignity •
Medicine •
Transhumanism •
All

Essay | Winter 2026

Winter 2026

  • Roy Heidelberg

You Can’t Work the Robo-Ref

Baseball’s new automated ump means there’s no one left to blame for bad calls.

Roy Heidelberg

Essay | Winter 2026

Winter 2026

  • Nic Rowan

Doctor Death’s Messiah

Broke, raving, and living out of his van, for years Jack Kevorkian turned away from his first love — experiments with death — to a side quest: bringing Jesus Christ to the big screen.

Nic Rowan

Essay | Winter 2026

Winter 2026

  • Clare Coffey

Where’s the Thrill in the Enhanced Games?

The new doped Olympics are not about what we can do but what tech titans can do to us.

Clare Coffey

Essay | Winter 2026

Winter 2026

  • Leah Libresco Sargeant

Who Decides on Emergency Abortions After Roe?

Hospitals have to interpret new laws. Some are refusing to.

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Essay | Fall 2025

Fall 2025

  • Hannah Rowan

An Ozempic in Every Lunch Box

Big Pharma and MAHA are fighting over how to treat childhood obesity. In the meantime, what do we tell our kids?

Hannah Rowan

Essay | Fall 2025

Fall 2025

  • Jennifer Block

What Comes After Gender Affirmation?

Making transition the first-line treatment for children was a mistake, many health agencies now say. A growing group of psychologists wants to restore the therapeutic relationship.

Jennifer Block

Essay | Summer 2025

Summer 2025

  • Ronald W. Dworkin

The Doctor as Priest

Why anesthesiologists need more than reason to talk patients out of the fear of going under

Ronald W. Dworkin

Essay | Summer 2025

Summer 2025

  • Charles T. Rubin

The Real City of the Future

From megastructures in the Arabian Desert to urban decay close to home, we are pulled between utopian and dystopian visions of the modern city. Sci-fi novelist William Gibson offers a more likely scenario.

Charles T. Rubin

Essay | Summer 2025

Summer 2025

  • David Polansky

What’s the Difference Between Hearing Aids and Puberty Blockers?

“We aren’t defective, just different” was the 1990s rallying cry of deaf activists who rejected medical fixes. Why have transgender activists argued that only medical tech can make them who they really are?

David Polansky

Essay | Spring 2025

Spring 2025

  • Brian J. A. Boyd

We Must Steward, Not Subjugate Nor Worship AI

How to act rightly in response

Brian J. A. Boyd

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