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EPPC Bioethics Expert Appointed as U.S. Permanent Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
EPPC Fellow Carter Snead was appointed to serve as U.S. Permanent Observer for the Council of Europe's Bioethics Steering Committee (CDBI).   [Read More]
Carter Snead, Expert on Law and Bioethics, Joins EPPC
Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2006
The Ethics and Public Policy Center is delighted to announce that Carter Snead, an internationally recognized expert in the field of law and bioethics, has affiliated with EPPC as a Fellow.  His specific areas of expertise include stem-cell research, human cloning, assisted reproduction, neuroscience, abortion, end-of-life matters, and research involving human subjects.  [Read More]
The New Atlantis, Winter 2006
With articles on man and machine, scientific corruption, guerrilla media, and much more...
By Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et al.
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2006
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major essays on Man, Mind and Machines and the challenge to define "human"; a search for the connection between domestic tranquility and our domestic technology; how the blogger "Davids" are slaying the mainstream media "Goliath"; the scientific corruption at the heart of the Korean stem cell scandal and much more.  [Read More]
The New Atlantis, Fall 2005
With articles on modern medicine, missile defense, Einstein's Annus Mirabilis, and much more...
By Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et.al.
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major essays on the future of modern medicine, the moral education of our doctors, buggy software and missle defense, our perception of reality in the age of Photoshop, Einstein's Annus Mirabilis, and much more. Visit www.TheNewAtlantis.com today!  [Read More]
Plugging In, Dropping Out
An Interview with Technoculture Critic Christine Rosen
By Christine Rosen
Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Christine Rosen, in an interview with the online magazine Godspy discusses how technologies such as cell phones, iPods, portable DVD players, and the like have allowed us to create little digital cocoons for ourselves. Coming to terms with the negative side-effects of these devices doesn't mean we have to stop using these technologies, she points out, rather it means becoming more self-conscious about their effects on others, and on ourselves.  [Read More]
Space shuttle Discovery
Where Is America's Space Program Headed?
As the space shuttle returns to flight, what are our long-term goals in space?
Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005
The world is watching this week as America's fleet of space shuttles, grounded since the Columbia accident in 2003, prepares for a return to flight. To learn more, check out EPPC's archive of articles about the Columbia shuttle accident, President Bush's new Vision for Space Exploration, and the future course of America's civilian space program.  [Read More]
The New Atlantis, Summer 2005
The New Atlantis, Summer 2005
With articles on video games, genetics, Star Trek, Hiroshima, and much more...
Edited by Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et. al.
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on video games, modern genetics, computers in education, and technology and private property. It also includes a pair of essays on the significance for bioethics of the writings of John Paul II, and a special tribute to the best science and technology articles from the four decades of The Public Interest [Read More]
The New Atlantis, Spring 2005
The New Atlantis, Spring 2005
With articles on caregiving, space exploration, blogging, and much more...
Edited by Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et. al.
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on caregiving in the age of ownership, space exploration, science education, and more. It also includes shorter articles on DNA dragnets, the darker side of blogging, the Larry Summers controversy, and more.  [Read More]
The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005
The New Atlantis, Fall 2004 / Winter 2005
With articles on embryo research, TiVo & iPod, science and Congress, Wikipedia, and much more...
By Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen
Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on science and Congress, TiVo and iPod, and human growth hormone. It also includes a special forty-page section on "The Embryo Question," exploring the large human questions that lie behind the current embryo research debate.  [Read More]
New Atlantis Cover 2004 Summer
The New Atlantis, Summer 2004
With articles on stem cells, space, cell phones, Segway, and more...
By Eric Brown, Colleen Carroll Campbell, Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen
Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major new articles on Alzheimer's disease, stem cell politics, and commercial human spaceflight. This issue also features an exchange on Internet pornography, and articles on performance-enhancing drugs, China's military revolution, and nanotechnology news.  [Read More]
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Technology and Society
The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005
TiVo, iPod, and the Age of Egocasting

EPPC fellow Christine Rosen was interviewed on National Public Radio about her article New Atlantis article analyzing the rise of personalized entertainment and asking whether TiVo, iPod, and other "egocasting" devices really improve the quality of American culture. 

What They Say
Leon Kass
Leon R. Kass
American Enterprise Institute

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Robert Park and Robert Zubrin
Major Debate on Space Policy
Zubrin and Park square off

Two leading commentators on space policy discussed President Bush's new vision for NASA at EPPC in February 2004. Sparks flew as Robert Zubrin, a leading advocate of manned space exploration, and Robert Park, a leading critic, debated face to face for the first time. 

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