Ideology aside, one could make a basic ethical case for giving warnings in the sense that it’s the considerate thing to do.
Consider the Axolotl: Our Great Hope of Regeneration?
The salamander in which regeneration is most often studied is an odd and endearingly unattractive Mexican species known as the axolotl.
The salamander in which regeneration is most often studied is an odd and endearingly unattractive Mexican species known as the axolotl.
Is Virtue Signalling a Perversion of Morality?
Accusing someone of virtue signalling is to accuse them of a kind of hypocrisy.
Accusing someone of virtue signalling is to accuse them of a kind of hypocrisy.
Why Learning a New Language Is Like an Illicit Love Affair
Verbs after adverbs, nouns after pronouns, your relations deepen.
Verbs after adverbs, nouns after pronouns, your relations deepen.
Is There Anything Especially Expert About Being a Philosopher?
One of the most celebrated films of 2018 was Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a semi-autobiographical take on the director’s own upbringing in the Colonial Roma neighbourhood of Mexico City.
One of the most celebrated films of 2018 was Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a semi-autobiographical take on the director’s own upbringing in the Colonial Roma neighbourhood of Mexico City.
The Jokes Always Saved Us: Humour in the Time of Stalin
Soviet political jokes had become so widely enjoyed that even the US president Ronald Reagan loved to collect and retell them.
Soviet political jokes had become so widely enjoyed that even the US president Ronald Reagan loved to collect and retell them.
Is Artificial-Womb Technology a Tool for Women’s Liberation?
The feminist scholar Irina Aristarkhova presents an alternative view in which the plausibility of artificial-womb technology becomes less of a ‘workable concept’ – or at least more complicated.
The feminist scholar Irina Aristarkhova presents an alternative view in which the plausibility of artificial-womb technology becomes less of a ‘workable concept’ – or at least more complicated.
Do You Remember the Ancient History of HIV/AIDS?
On the first day of the semester, I toss out one of my icebreaker questions: How did you first hear about AIDS?
On the first day of the semester, I toss out one of my icebreaker questions: How did you first hear about AIDS?
Save the Soil to Save the Earth: A Q and A with Ronald Amundson
Aeon asked Amundson how we can address the current problems with our soil – or whether we should start looking at the desolate surface of Mars as our future.
Aeon asked Amundson how we can address the current problems with our soil – or whether we should start looking at the desolate surface of Mars as our future.
Book or Kindle, Any Kind of Reading Beats Coloring-in
I work with books, it’s a bitter and brutal battle between publishers on the one hand and Amazon on the other, redefining what it means to be profitably in the book business in the 21st century.
I work with books, it’s a bitter and brutal battle between publishers on the one hand and Amazon on the other, redefining what it means to be profitably in the book business in the 21st century.
If Governments Fail on Climate Change, Extremists Will Step in
Aall stripes of non-state actors, even murderous ones, have been filling the vacuum created by inadequate public preparedness following climate disasters for quite a while.
Aall stripes of non-state actors, even murderous ones, have been filling the vacuum created by inadequate public preparedness following climate disasters for quite a while.
It’s Time to Move Beyond Growth for Growth’s Sake
Aggregate economic growth does not translate into less poverty.
Aggregate economic growth does not translate into less poverty.
Cosmologists Should be More Skeptical of Dark Matter
Dark matter and dark energy are every bit as real as the stars and galaxies that we can see.
Dark matter and dark energy are every bit as real as the stars and galaxies that we can see.
We’re Closer to Alpha Centauri Than to Cryopreserving Humans
Despite the implication of a recent MIT Technology Review article, cryonics has not advanced significantly in the past 50 years.
Despite the implication of a recent MIT Technology Review article, cryonics has not advanced significantly in the past 50 years.
It’s time to give up on the ideal of perfect privacy online
Transaction costs impact behaviour, and this is as much the key to urban navigation as it is to preserving our privacy online.
Transaction costs impact behaviour, and this is as much the key to urban navigation as it is to preserving our privacy online.
Samurai, spy, commando: who were the real ninja?
Despite this semi-mythical status, ninja were real, and an integral part of the samurai war machine from the early Middle Ages through to the 17th century
Despite this semi-mythical status, ninja were real, and an integral part of the samurai war machine from the early Middle Ages through to the 17th century