Is Suppressing Scientific Research Sinful?
Or are biotech researchers risking their immortal souls?
Science
Neither Gods Nor Goo
Avoiding both utopian and apocalyptic forecasts for nanotechnology
Are Farmers Stupid, or Deluded, or Both?
Friends of the Earth misinforms on crop biotech again
Decrying the "Pursuit of Unnecessary Things"
Are we overconsuming our way to doomsday?
Now Playing at Reason.tv: Evolutionary Economics and the Google Theory of Peace
Mind of the Market author Michael Shermer on Darwin, capitalism, and the future of politics
Michael Shermer: Evolutionary Economics and the Google Theory of Peace
The author of the new book The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics talks about Darwin, free markets, his "Google theory of peace"--and why it's tough to covince conservatives about evolution and left-wingers about capitalism.
Greenpeace: Let Them Eat Cake
Third dispatch from the U.N. climate change conference in Bali
The Theory of Moral Neuroscience
Modern brain science is confirming an 18th century philosopher's moral theories
Cheap Dirty Fuels Versus Costly Clean Fuels
Which will win the race to fuel the future?
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Gene Screens!
Will quickie genetic tests for suicide genes make us healthier and happier?
Will Super Smart Artificial Intelligences Keep Humans Around As Pets?
And other questions from the Singularity Summit
Peace and Prosperity Through Productivity
Can economic growth solve all the problems in the world?
"It's Hard To Make Predictions, Especially About the Future"
Lust, Longevity, and FDA reform at the World Future Society Conference
Would you give up your immortality to ensure the success of a posthuman world?
Answering hard questions at the World Transhumanist conference
