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• White-Collar Steroids

  Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:20 AM By William Saletan
  
  Are people in your office using performance-enhancing drugs? I'm not talking about steroids. I'm talking about brain enhancers, such as Ritalin for concentration and Provigil for sleep reduction. Two months ago, I wrote about a Nature survey in which Read More...
  Filed under: enhancement, neurotechnology, sleep, Provigil, performance-enhancing drugs, memory, Adderall, steroids, Ritalin

• Little Green Men

  Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:53 AM By William Saletan
  
  The genetically engineered humans are here! The genetically engineered humans are here! I didn't believe it when I heard the report was in the Sunday Times of London. This, after all, is the paper that butchered the gay sheep story and can't find any Read More...
  Filed under: enhancement, genetic engineering, human-animal hybrids, cloning, embryos, 14-day rule, eugenics, designer babies

• Grow Your Own Pacemaker

  Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:07 PM By William Saletan
  
  Another good story from this morning's batch : Ivan Oransky of the Wall Street Journal writes about the development of a " biological pacemaker ." He focuses on the work of researchers Ira Cohen and Michael Rosen: By inserting genes into rat heart cells Read More...
  Filed under: enhancement, biotechnology, glasses, flesh, stem cells, pacemakers, hacking, Medtronic

• Doping With Tylenol

  Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 9:09 AM By William Saletan
  
  In yesterday's piece on nerd doping , I mentioned that I'm a skeptic of anti-doping policies for at least three reasons. One, many of the complaints tend to be based on harm (e.g. from steroids), but that harm can be mitigated or avoided through improved Read More...
  Filed under: enhancement, doping, Advil, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, muscle, Tylenol

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