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September 2016 issue of Minding Nature is available

The September 2016 issue of the journal I edit, Minding Nature, is now on line. In this issue are essays on developing a moral conscience, the turn toward nationalism and isolationism in the world today, the new educational and environmental mission of zoos and aquariums, and much more. Art, interviews, and provocative reflections abound in…

Posted by on October 3, 2016 in Media, News, , ,


Biotechnology: Interpreting its meaning

This is a video of a 10 minute presentation I presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Genetics and Society. It discusses what is ethically and socially questionable in recent advances in biotechnology such as synthetic biology, and more recently gene editing and gene drives. It raises a series of questions for further…

Posted by on July 10, 2016 in Media, News