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Policywise

Why do people see ghosts?

October 26, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Feeling of Presence,  Ghost,  Kristin Kostick,  Motherhood,  New Mom

For Halloween, we explore ghost sightings – how to explain them, what research says and if there’s an ethical imperative to acknowledge them.

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Time perception and age: Longevity’s influence on ‘mind time’

September 15, 2017 Enhancing Life Project,  Kristin Kostick,  Life Expectancy,  Longevity,  Mind Time,  Procrastination,  Radical Life Extension,  Radical Longevity

Ever wonder why your childhood unfolded so unhurriedly, but your 30s passed on a light rail? Time perception is a construction of the brain. How

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Engineering Eden: The quest for eternal life

June 2, 2017 bio-enhancement,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  health policy,  Kristin Kostick,  Religion,  Transhumanism

Editor’s note: This post is related to The Enhancing Life Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The project is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of scholars who

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Of man and machine: The evolution of transhumanism

March 22, 2017 Biosynthetic Organs,  Biotechnology,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Future,  Kristin Kostick,  Technology,  Transhumanism

A tragedy of being human is that our organs often fail before our brains do. If you agree with this statement, you may agree with

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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