How would the ability to genetically customize children change society? Sci-fi author Eugene Clark explores the future on our horizon in Volume I of the “Genetic Pressure” series.
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Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.
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New research pinpoints the neurons responsible for your choices.
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