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Let Us Not Forget the Amateurs

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

What is the purpose of maintaining a website like this? To most, it may seem trivial. At best, it may seem like a collection of thoughts that are (hopefully) interesting but may nonetheless have no impact on mainstream discourses and actual policies. After all, a website like this is the work of an amateur. But [...]

An Open Letter to Deans and Directors of Undergraduate Life Sciences Programs

Monday, August 24, 2009

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To the Representatives of Undergraduate Life Sciences Programs across the World, Within the life sciences curriculum of colleges around the world exists an exigent academic gap.

Biological Weapons Convention, science ethics

A New Scientific Ethos: Atomic Bomb Guilt and the End of Reductionist Self-Identity

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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A New Scientific Ethos: Atomic Bomb Guilt and the End of Reductionist Self-Identity

In the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, the popular ethos practiced by the U.S. science community confronted an overwhelming impetus for self-evaluation. The sheer magnitude of physical power generated by the atomic bomb, particularly in the context of its use against a segment of humanity, prompted scientists across [...]

biological weapons, biotechnology, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer, science ethics