Casey Rae-Hunter is a guest blogger for Sentient Developments. Today's e-edition of the always thought-provoking Foreign Policy magazin...

From the four corners of the web: Practical Ethics: Will Down syndrome disappear? There are concerns about the impact of the improving accu...

From the four corners of the web: Books on Science - Rethinking What Leads the Way - Science, or New Technology? - NYTimes.com Can Drugs M...

Our relationship got off to a rather fiery start. Back in 2006 I discovered that a prominent UFOlogist had been linking to a number of arti...

Russell Blackford is a guest blogger for Sentient Developments. Over on his Rationally Speaking blog, Massimo Pigliucci has an interesting ...

Russell Blackford is a guest blogger for Sentient Developments. The Oklahoma legislature has passed a draconian statute that provides for pe...

From the four corners of the web: How to save yourself from chasing futuristic red herrings For many people, the often outlandish proposals...

Casey Rae-Hunter is guest blogging this month. I've certainly been having a wonderful time guest blogging here at SD. In fact, it's ...

This is another remarkable TED talk -- fascinating, incredibly informative and not without controversy. I'm overjoyed to hear an expert...

We've been having a great discussion here at Sentient Developments on cognitive liberty and neurodiversity thanks to our guest blogger,...

From the four corners of the web: Wolfram Alpha's Second Act Following a sharp drop in interest, the "computational knowledge engi...

Casey Rae-Hunter is guest blogging this month. I've taken some hits on my recent post about the possible differences (semantic and conc...

From the four corners of the web: Google Wave's Little Secret: It Already Works On The iPhone Ultimate List of Google Wave Tips and Tr...

I've often said that transhumanism is supported and strengthened by three basic impulses, namely the upholding of our reproductive, morp...

From the four corners of the web: The Calorie-Restriction Experiment - NYTimes.com A curious aspect of the Calerie project, though, is that...

Casey Rae-Hunter is guest blogging this month. Part of the great debate that has come to characterize current assignments within the autism ...