Alex Pearlman

Alex Pearlman is a bioethicist and journalist who writes about the intersection of human rights and emerging technologies.

An illustration of small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand

The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?

Commentary: The world’s first genome edited babies were inevitable and even predictable, despite an apparent disregard for all global scientific and ethical norms.

The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?
A look at DNA

4 things you wanted to know about gene editing

4 things you wanted to know about gene editing
ICANN slow to leave US grip

America slow to cede Internet control

America slow to cede Internet control
International Space Station

NASA prioritizing global health research on the International Space Station

NASA prioritizing global health research on the International Space Station

The future of the internet is up in the air

The future of the internet is up in the air

How the Department of Defense is using big data to combat sex trafficking

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) shows its humanitarian side.

How the Department of Defense is using big data to combat sex trafficking

Women’s safety a key issue at this year’s Trust Women conference

The conversation around keeping women safe in public needs to focus on changing perspectives, panelists say.

Women’s safety a key issue at this year’s Trust Women conference

US just starting down the path toward net neutrality

Analysis: President Obama's statement supporting a free internet is the start of a larger, global process.

US just starting down the path toward net neutrality

England, Northern Ireland brace for more health worker strikes

Demonstrations continue as the government refuses to budge on protesters’ demand for 1 percent wage hike.

England, Northern Ireland brace for more health worker strikes

David Cameron heading the wrong direction on human rights, experts say

Breaking with the European Convention could set the UK back 50 years in human rights progress and have negative global impact.

David Cameron heading the wrong direction on human rights, experts say

Why Hong Kong’s demand for democracy is not just another Occupy

Amid tear gas fired by riot gear-clad police, demonstrators have stayed calm, collected and focused.

Why Hong Kong’s demand for democracy is not just another Occupy

World Water Day: UN urges cooperation in clean water efforts

On the 20th anniversary of the annual World Water Day, the United Nations is asking countries, international organizations and NGOs to work together.

World Water Day: UN urges cooperation in clean water efforts

Iraq, 10 years later: Human rights abuses continue

From an epidemic of birth defects to torture, rape and executions, the US legacy in Iraq is a human rights disaster.

Iraq, 10 years later: Human rights abuses continue

Opinion: Hacking vs. rape: Which is a crime more deserving of jail time?

Two widely reported jail sentences were given today, one for a hacker, one for two rapists. Guess who's going away for longer?

Opinion: Hacking vs. rape: Which is a crime more deserving of jail time?

Monks and villagers protest against Aung San Suu Kyi

Burmese activists say the opposition leader is selling them out to a Chinese mining company with a history of pollution and land grabs.

Monks and villagers protest against Aung San Suu Kyi