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- Documentary Series Premiere on Genetic Medicine Features Hastings Scholars
Posted on April 3, 2018
Hastings Center president Mildred Z. Solomon and director of research Josephine Johnston were featured speakers at the premiere screening of The Code, a series of three documentaries on the origins... - Should We Pursue Genetic Cognitive Enhancement?
Posted on April 3, 2018
That was one of the many questions explored at a public event at the New York Academy of Sciences on May 21, cosponsored by The Hastings Center, the Aspen Brain... - New “Hastings Conversations” Podcast: What’s Actually Wrong with Sport Doping?
Posted on March 15, 2018
If all athletes had access to the same performance-enhancing drugs, wouldn’t that make competitions fair? If the purpose of sport is to maximize performance, shouldn’t we welcome technologies that do... - Looking for the Psychosocial Effects of Genomic Test Results
Posted on February 27, 2018
For the last quarter century, researchers have been asking whether genetic test results might have negative psychosocial effects. Anxiety, depression, disrupted relationships, and heightened stigmatization have all been posited as... - National Academies Workshop on Aid-in-Dying Features Hastings Scholars
Posted on February 13, 2018
Hastings Center research scholar Nancy Berlinger and cofounder and President Emeritus Daniel Callahan participated in a major public workshop on February 12 and 13. “Physician-Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape and... - Hastings Scholar on Public Radio’s “Science Friday”: “Frankenstein” at 200
Posted on February 2, 2018
Frankenstein, published 200 years ago this month, asked what it means to be human. In the age of CRISPR and artificial intelligence, that question endures. On Public Radio International’s “Science...
