Tag: science

• Don’t change your DNA at home, says America’s first CRISPR law

  August 10, 2019

  It’s going to be illegal in California to sell consumers “gene therapy kits” unless they carry a warning that says not to use them on yourself. Just one wrinkle: we’re… more ›

• Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

  August 4, 2019

  The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›

• Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? – Air Mail

  August 4, 2019

  Biology is the new tech. https://airmail.news/issues/2019-7-27/should-the-rich-be-allowed-to-buy-the-best-genes more ›

• Phenological Mismatch

  July 29, 2019

  “Attention,” a voice began to call, and it was as though an oboe had suddenly become articulate. “Attention,” it repeated in the same high, nasal monotone. “Attention. https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/becoming-digital/273079/phenological-mismatch/ more ›

• The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking

  July 28, 2019

  Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-hidden-costs-of-automated-thinking more ›

• Branding a movement: Extinction Rebellion

  June 20, 2019

  Campaigners have issued three core demands to the government: to “tell the truth about climate change”; to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025; and to create a citizens’ assembly… more ›

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

  June 8, 2019

  This site makes use of third-party cookies for analytics. By continuing to use the site, you accept the use of cookies. Read more The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the… more ›

• Data Ethics is important

  June 2, 2019

  The May issue of Admap puts the spotlight on data ethics. According to the Open Data Institute, data ethics is “a branch of ethics that evaluates data practices with the… more ›

• Our changing climate and the road ahead

  June 2, 2019

  Following a recent members-only briefing with inventor Bill Gross on how our sustainable future will be powered by renewable energy and innovations in energy storage, I was curious to delve… more ›

• It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning

  May 28, 2019

  DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems. Editors’ note: This is the first installment in a new series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists… more ›