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  Over the past decade, the new field of social genomics has investigated how genomic differences among people are linked to differences in their behaviors and social outcomes, including educational attainment and socioeconomic success. But the findings can be interpreted differently by progressives and conservatives, writes Hastings Center senior research scholar Erik Parens in an essay… Read more

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  Progressives, Conservatives, and Social Genomics

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  Hastings Center postdoctoral researcher Lucas J. Matthews is undertaking the first-ever study to examine the potential harms of telling students about their genetic propensity for educational attainment.

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  Could Genetic Testing for Educational Attainment Cause Harm? Hastings Researcher Begins First-Ever Study to Find Out

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  Gretchen Greene, an internationally recognized expert on artificial intelligence policy and ethics, including face and emotion recognition, has been named a senior advisor to The Hastings Center.  Greene has worked with governments around the world on developing best practices for AI and ethics.  “We are thrilled to welcome Gretchen Greene to our team,” said Hastings… Read more

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  Expert in Artificial Intelligence Named Hastings Center Senior Advisor

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  In an age of new biotechnologies, from gene editing to neural enhancement, is there a tension in the idea that humans have special value because they’re somehow different or exceptional in nature? Dwelling on the idea that there’s something extraordinary about being human – and ignoring our kinship with life on our planet – is becoming a problem, says Melanie Challenger, an award-winning British writer and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics who has been a visiting scholar at The Hastings Center in November.

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  Yes, We’re Animals: Why We Should Face Up to This Reality Now

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  On December 3, The Hastings Center will present the first in a series of public events in New York City that will explore how people with disabilities are using—or resisting—technologies to promote their own flourishing. The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The event, "Belonging: On Disability, Technology, and Community," will… Read more

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  December 3–Belonging: On Disability, Technology, and Community

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  Scientists have high hopes for using “polygenic risk scores” to better understand social and behavioral characteristics such as intelligence and obesity. But much behavioral genetics research has an ugly history and contemporary research risks exacerbating health inequities. A new Hastings Center project is exploring how this research can be done responsibly, in ways that minimize… Read more

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  New Hastings Project: How Can We Responsibly Study the Genetics of Behavioral Traits?

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  Lucas J. Matthews has been named a postdoctoral researcher at The Hastings Center and the Columbia Center for Research on Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics. In this two-year position, he will take on conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues that underpin recent developments in genetic technologies, such as polygenic risk… Read more

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  New Hastings Researcher Tackles Questions About Genetic Research on Human Behavior

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  New book edited by Hastings Center scholars explores fundamental questions about the nature and well-being of human beings at a time when a revolutionary new biotechnology could permanently change the human species.

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  New Book: Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing

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  The Hastings Center is a collaborator on a major new federally funded center – the Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis -- that will fill a void in genetics research by collecting and sharing information about its ethical, legal, and social (ELSI) implications. This resource hub, the first of its kind, will enable people grappling… Read more

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  Hastings Partners on Unprecedented Genetics Resource Hub

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  For the last quarter century, researchers have been asking whether genetic information might have negative psychosocial effects. Anxiety, depression, disrupted relationships, and heightened stigmatization have all been posited as possible outcomes—but not consistently found. What accounts for the discrepancy? A new special report published by The Hastings Center reveals some harms, but too many variables… Read more

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  Does Genetic Testing Pose Psychosocial Risks?

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