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Issues in Science and Technology

  • Closing the Remote Access Loop
    by Issues
    Remote access to US cloud computing infrastructure—particularly for frontier artificial intelligence applications—could present a national security problem. The post Closing the Remote Access Loop appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.
  • When Sixth Graders Study Neuroscience
    by Jay Lloyd
    Baylor College of Medicine is partnering with Texas school districts to create K–12 health science programs that prepare students for careers, meet workforce needs, and increase health literacy. The post When Sixth Graders Study Neuroscience appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.

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New Humanist

  • Book review: I Told You So!
    I Told You So! Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right (St Martin’s Press) by Matt Kaplan We like to think that science is guided by a noble ideal: evidence rules. When new data emerges, scientists revise their theories, abandon cherished ideas and move on. Except, of course, that this is largely […]
  • A tourist in Libya
    Last summer, I finally visited Libya. Having worked as a freelance journalist throughout African countries for half a decade, I had wanted to visit Libya for years – not for the beaches or cuisine, but because I have long been drawn to the rough intrigues of North African politics, and the stories surrounding Muammar Gaddafi […]

Inside The New Space Race, with Nicholas Schmidle – With Reason

As mainstream space tourism grows ever more likely, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells Niki Seth-Smith about life inside the new space race, as explored in his new book 'Test Gods'.  What motivates men like Bezos, Branson and Musk? How does the approach to risk in private business compare with that at NASA? And should we be looking to space at all, with so much unresolved here on planet earth? Plus, Nicholas reflects on fatherhood and masculinity, including the life of his father: a fighter pilot and Top Gun grad. Podcast listeners get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50 by using the offer code WITHREASON. Subscribe now.**Recorded in August 2021**Further reading: 'Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race' (2021), Nicholas Schmidle'The Right Stuff' (1979), Tom Wolfe'In Praise of Astronauts' (2013) Paul Sims for New Humanist magazine
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Undark Magazine

  • The MAHA Movement’s Worrisome Embrace of Ibogaine
    by Zoe Adams
    The MAHA movement has been promoting the plant-based substance ibogaine as a remedy for opioid addiction, despite the lack of clinical trials on its safety and efficacy. One physician who practices addiction medicine discusses the risks of ibogaine and argues for the need to support proven treatments.
  • Advocacy Groups Express Mixed Views on Embryo Editing
    by Ashley Smart
    At least two new start-up companies, Preventive and Origin Genomics, say they are developing strategies that combine gene editing with in vitro fertilization to correct disease-causing mutations. Advocacy groups for people living with these genetic disorders have been quiet on the developments.
  • Interview: California Lawmaker Calls for a Peptide Working Group
    by Sara Talpos
    Amid a national push to ease restrictions on certain peptides, California legislator Joe Patterson has introduced a state-level bill that would to establish a working group tasked with making recommendations to allow physicians and hospitals, among others, to prescribe and study promising peptides.