Archive for July, 2012
• July 16, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Science and humanities
Tags: 19th Century, 21st century, brain plasticity, cognitive science, Danny Penman, emotional health, generosity, Genetic determinism, happiness, Mark Williams, mental health, mindfulness, pathologization, Psychology, richard powers, Studies in the History of the Renaissance, Walter Pater
• July 13, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science
Tags: biotechnology, biovalue, Capitalism, Catherine Waldby, Dr. Golde, ecology, John Moore, Melinda Cooper, Moore v. Regents of the University of California, neoliberalism, reanimation, Robert Mitchell, speculation, Terrence Rafferty, tissue, tissue economies, waste, zombies
• July 6, 2012 •
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Posted in Chimeras, Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Stem cell research
Tags: blood transfusions, Chimeras, early modern science, Ethics of science, historical/ cultural study, history of science, Stem cell research
• July 5, 2012 •
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Posted in Oryx and Crake
Tags: contagion, contagious, disease emergence, epidemiology, erotics, future, future of education, future of the university, humanities, Killian Quigley, libido, Margaret Atwood, myth, Oedipal complex, Oryx and Crake, outbreak, past, Priscilla Wald, psychoanalysis, Sander L. Gilman, Sharon Marcus, Sigmund Freud, utopia, world creation
• July 3, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Genetic engineering, Oryx and Crake
Tags: Atwood, brainwashing, ethical dilemma, Ethics of science, future for humanity, Genetic Disease, Genetic engineering, plague, post-apocalyptic
• July 2, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science
Tags: academia, consensus, history of science, Martin Robbins, popular science, science journalism, sociology of science, Steven Shapin, technoscience, the diet industry, The Gu, The Guardian, the MMR scare
• July 2, 2012 •
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Posted in Chimeras, Genetic engineering
Tags: butchery, butchery; Donna Haraway; technoscience; test-tube burger; Ian Sample; The Guardian; nature; the natural; food science; Mark Post; message board; the future of food; natural purity; posthumanism; narra, Donna Haraway, food science, Ian Sample, Mark Post, message board, narrative, natural purity, nature, pastoralism, posthumanism, technoscience, test-tube burger, the future of food, The Guardian, the natural, Tim Hayward, trans
