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The Ethics of Consciousness Hunting

How fMRI has become an ethical obligation.

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.

On Going On and On and On

The fantasy of living forever is just a fig leaf for the fear of death – and comes at great personal cost.

I Survived the Warsaw Ghetto.

Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on.

Thar’ Be Bandits

Mark your calendars.

What Makes Some Species More Likely to Go Extinct?

It’s a question scientists want to answer quickly, if we’re to have any chance of conserving future biodiversity.