The epic journey of the KATRIN main spectrometer. [via Neatorama ]

That Must Be Bob. I Hear His New Hip Squeaking. (New York Times) The first time John L. Johnson's artificial hip squeaked, he was bend...

I recently had 50% of my RSS subscribers suddenly disappear (I use FeedBurner ). If for some reason you were knocked off my syndication list...

Is in vitro meat the future? (Times Online) Chicken, beef and pork that has never been a living animal could be better for people and the p...

It was about a year ago around this time that scientists observed a star that went nova 238 million years ago. It turned out to be a hyperno...

This book looks interesting: The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Scie...

Where Is My Uterine Replicator (AKA Artificial Womb)? (io9) Given the risk - and many months of what can charitably be termed "inconve...

I've made substantial changes to the Toronto Transhumanist Association website . Contact me if you'd like to learn more about the T...

Expelled Beats Sicko (Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias) Metacritic (a review aggregator) gives Michael Moore's latest movie Sicko a 74 ou...

I've resurrected my other blog, Moment Slice . It's where I post anything that doesn't really belong on Sentient Developments -...

Here are the results to the question "Are you in favor of a male birth-control pill?" (based on 98 responses): Yes, it will be a ...

Not Black and White (William Saletan - Slate Magazine) Rethinking race and genes. The Vision for Space Exploration and the retirement of th...

Two years I go wrote a review of Mamoru Oshii's sci-fi flick, Avalon . _____ [Warning: this review contains lots of spoilers, but please...

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A Non-Half-Assed Response to "One Half a Manifesto" (Accelerating Future - Michael Anissimov ) Well, it has been seven and a half...

The latest episode of the Sentient Developments Podcast is now available. Alternative audio formats are also available. This episode: An ...

There's been considerable media attention surrounding a recent breakthrough in the development of a male birth-control pill (MBCP). ...

Transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom desperately hopes that we never find signs of extraterrestrial life -- advanced or otherwise. Why? B...

Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats (New York Times) When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists a...

It was a year ago around this time that disabled sprinter Oscar Pistorius was fighting for his chance to compete at the 2008 Olympics. It wa...