Staying Human

Acorns and Embryos

On bad metaphors in debates about the beginning of life

From: The Embryo Question

Human Growth Hormone and the Measure of Man

The Tragedy of Equality

The uses of reason, the absurdity of disease, and the quest for justice

From: The Embryo Question

Gray Matter in the Courtroom

Neuroscience as Legal Evidence

The Human Face of Alzheimer’s

The medical, ethical, and personal aspects of living with dementia

Stem Cells and the Reagan Legacy

The Stem Cell Race

John Kerry and the Democrats Search for an Issue

The Big Change

The End of Menopause and Its Meaning

Our Asterisked Heroes

Doping for Seconds

The Shadow of Drugs on American Athletics