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Transhumanists

English scientist studies implications of adding senses to human repertoire

Environment

We’re intimately familiar with the five basic senses: sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. But what if there were a sixth, or seventh? An English scientist is trying to research how technology can give us additional senses.

Author argues U.S. must lead way on bioengineering

Arts, Culture & Media

Technology will enable us to live forever says futurist

Environment

Paying students to drop out of college

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

The Posthuman Future

Global Politics
The World

Greg Stock: Redesigning Humans

Global Politics

Nearly a decade after the human genome was decoded, scientists are only now beginning to understand its implications. One of the leading thinkers in this field is the biotech entrepreneur Gregory Stock.

The World

The Posthuman Future

Health & Medicine

Everything we’re able to do today to enhance humans – from genetic engineering to artificial limbs – simply improves on the base model we were born with. But for some people, that doesn’t go far enough.

Manipulating the Climate

Geoengineering has gone from a fringe concept to the subject of congressional hearings, but many are still concerned about the unintended consequences of large-scale manipulation of the environment to mitigate climate change.