Here's a photostream of photos I took at the IEET 's recent Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights conference. You can che...

I got back from Stanford late yesterday. I attended the IEET's HETHR conference , which was a spectacular success. By the end of the 3-d...

Recent voluntary euthanasia hullabaloos such as the Terry Schiavo case have revealed a public that’s largely divided and somewhat confused...

[via Giulio Prisco] Official opening of uvvy island in Second Life: Wednesday June 7, 2006, 2 pm EST (8 pm in most European countries, this ...

If the giant telecoms weren't shaking in their boots about Skype prior to today, they certainly are now: Skype launches free call promo...

Thankfully, for those of us who were unable to attend the Singularity Summit at Stanford this past Saturday, several bloggers chronicled th...

I've completed the first draft of the talk I'm going to give at the IEET 's Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights con...

The latest Sentient Developments audiocast is now available; it is the audio broadcast of Mark Walker's talk on superlongevity held at...

There's been a bunch of transhumanist and futurist related items in the news lately: Smarter than thou? : Stanford conference ponders a ...

If you're looking to significantly augment your memory skills, but don't have the patience to wait for a cybernetic memory implant, ...

"The genetic genie is out of the bottle. There is not much anyone can do to put it back nor, once we understand its potential for good,...

During the past several years I've paid increasing attention to my food choices in an effort to eat more healthily. Guided mostly by the...

The latest Sentient Developments audiocast is now available. Tags: animal rights , animal welfare , speciesism , personhood , human rights ...

[Warning: this review contains lots of spoilers, but please, don't let that stop you.] Back in 2001, Japanese anime director Mamoru Oshi...

Whoa, Betterhumans got hacked last night! Aside from a few panicked moments, no harm was done. Here's a screenshot of what the site loo...

I recently interviewed Simon Smith, the editor-in-chief of Betterhumans . Topics discussed include Betterhumans, transhumanist culture, cryo...

Holy, toldeo, now this is interesting and welcome news: Spanish socialists want to give apes human rights. The blurbage from the Spain Her...

I'm still stewing about Spiked Online and their misguided mission to malign the animal rights movement . In particular, I'm upset a...

It's ok to drink lots of coffee cuz it's probably not hurting you. Gamma ray bursters are unlikely in the 'hood. Our new Conserv...