A new study supports a burgeoning challenge to the assumption that pain requires a brain anything like ours.
- Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
There are two ways to understand sexual harassment in the workplace, but one of them is more scientific than the other.
Genetic apps claim to reveal fundamental insights about your health, well-being, and even intellect. But it’s not just spurious science - believing these traits are genetic can have harmful consequences.
Yes emerging technologies can pose risks - but regulation must focus on outcomes of the technology, not the technology itself.
Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn’t make educational intervention pointless.
Many people are surprised to find that insects, jellyfish and sea urchins are animals. Animals are generally thought of as medium-sized four-legged creatures with two sets of eyes and ears — those with…
Schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and autism have all had recent attention for being “genetically caused”. In scientific research being genetically caused usually corresponds to having a high…
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