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This Is Bioethics

This Is Bioethics

Examine the complicated ethics of messing with nature

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From genetic engineering to human experimentation, these Blinks delve into the ethical quandaries of messing with nature, for better or worse. From the social ramifications that new biohacking technologies might effect on society in the future, to how we approach end-of-life issues—this collection looks at the consequences we're creating for ourselves.

This Is Bioethics

Examine the complicated ethics of messing with nature

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
How one woman's cells changed scientific thinking forever.
25 min4.3
Hacking Darwin
Hacking Darwin
Jamie Metzl
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
28 min4.4
A Crack in Creation
A Crack in Creation
Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
22 min4.6
Being Mortal
Being Mortal
Atul Gawande
Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
19 min4.5
Patient H.M.
Patient H.M.
Luke Dittrich
A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
23 min4.4
Falter
Falter
Bill McKibben
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
27 min4.2
To Be A Machine
To Be A Machine
Mark O’Connell
Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
21 min4.4

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