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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

Read the Editors’ Introduction
End of Life •
Eugenics •
Reproductive Technology •
Enhancement •
Beginning of Life •
Human Dignity •
Medicine •
Transhumanism •
All

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Brewer Eberly

Mending the Healers

Young doctors are suffering from a crisis of meaning. Can med school still offer moral formation?

Brewer Eberly

Special Report | Winter 2012

Winter 2012

The Stem Cell Debates

Lessons for Science and Politics
Preface
The Stem Cell Debates
The Science of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The Promise of Stem Cell Therapies
Ethical Considerations Regarding Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research Funding: Policy and Law
Overview of International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Laws

Special Series

The Coronavirus Pandemic

The Case for a Pandemic Moonshot
Danger: Caution Ahead
Is This Still an Emergency?
Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy
‘Life is too short to be miserable’
What Is the CDC?
Dance Till We Die
The Cop-Out of “Follow the Science”
The Danger of Fact-ist Politics
A Victory for Scientific Pragmatism
Visiting Grandparents Is Essential
The New Strain: How Bad Is It?
Little Data, Big Headlines
Disarming Frontline Doctors
How We Reason About Covid Tradeoffs
Science as Scorekeeping
Covid Denialists and the Fight over Liberalism
Radiation Politics in a Pandemic
Abortion and the Coronavirus Vaccine
Tribalism Comes for Pandemic Science
Squandering America’s Strength
Not as Deadly as We Thought?
Just a New York Problem?
Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like…
Prudence in a Storm
The Impossible Ethics of Pandemic Triage
I’m Young and Healthy. If I Get Coronavirus, Will I Be Fine?
Save Lives, Ready Shovels
America’s Pandemic Data Gap
What’s the Plan?
Battlefield Promotions
“A Coronavirus Winter”: Michael T. Osterholm on the Road Ahead

Symposium | Fall 2006

Fall 2006

Commerce of the Body

The Case for Kidney Markets
Is the Body Property?

Essay | Fall 2019

Fall 2019

  • Alan Rubenstein

Custodians of the Body

Our organ donation regime strikes the right balance between generosity to the living and respect for the dead.

Alan Rubenstein

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Heather Zeiger

Our Uneasy Tranquility

American use of anti-anxiety pills has skyrocketed. Should we be worried?

Heather Zeiger

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Algis Valiunas

Jonas Salk, the People’s Scientist

How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers

Algis Valiunas

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Essay | Spring 2018

Spring 2018

  • Jonathan Mosedale

Encounter in the Vale

A story of hiking, frailty, and glimpsing the divine

From: Stories of Faith & Science

Jonathan Mosedale

Online Exclusive | July 28, 2017

July 28, 2017

  • Brendan Foht

Human Gene Editing Arrives in America

Reflections on the Instrumentalization of Human Life

Brendan Foht

Online Exclusive | June 20, 2017

June 20, 2017

  • The Editors of The New Atlantis

Frequently Asked Questions

On “Growing Pains: Problems with Puberty Suppression in Treating Gender Dysphoria”

The Editors of The New Atlantis

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