Bioethics Forum EssayNature Isn’t What It Used To BeIs the end in sight for wilderness? A recent opinion piece in the New York Times, by the science journalist Christopher Solomon, says it is. “There’s a heresy echoing through America’s woods and...Read Nature Isn’t What It Used To BeBioethics Forum EssaySynthetic ChromosomesA team of scientists announced this week that it had successfully created one of the sixteen chromosomes found in yeast cells, marking a meaningful step forward in that part of...Read Synthetic ChromosomesBioethics Forum EssayWhat’s at Stake with Genetically Modified OrganismsA remarkable set of essays appeared recently in Grist, a nonprofit dedicated to “dishing out environmental news and commentary,” about the warring claims over genetically modified organisms. In the inaugural piece last...Read What’s at Stake with Genetically Modified OrganismsBioethics Forum EssayDe-Extinction: Could Technology Save Nature?This past November, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature declared the western black rhinoceros of Africa, last seen in 2006, officially extinct. It also concluded that most other...Read De-Extinction: Could Technology Save Nature?Bioethics Forum EssayX Marks Evolution: The Benefits of the “Indeterminate Sex” Passport DesignatorAustralia passed legislation in September giving transgender and intersex passport holders the option to identify themselves with an X for “indeterminate sex.” Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s high commissioner for...Read X Marks Evolution: The Benefits of the “Indeterminate Sex” Passport DesignatorBioethics Forum EssayAustralia’s Passport to Gender ConfusionKudos to Australia for recognizing that some people might not be well served by a passport system that marks you only as either “M” or “F” and does so on...Read Australia’s Passport to Gender ConfusionBioethics Forum EssayDr. Oz Can’t Afford MeThe first time the Dr. Oz show called me, I was simply too tired to deal. The story of Caster Semenya — the track athlete whose sex had been called...Read Dr. Oz Can’t Afford Me