In Defence of Sex Machines: Why Trying to Ban Sex Robots is Wrong
A recent campaign argues that a ban should be placed on the development of sex robots. While well-intentioned, it’s a shortsighted idea that fails to recognize the ways in which these technologies will help us explore new ideas of inclusivity, legality, and social change. “Ban sex robots!” scream the tech headlines, as if they’re heralding…
Can Scientists Create a One-Click Shop For Cancer Treatments?
What if there were a vast library of crowd-sourced samples of rare cancers, and scientists could order them simply using ‘one-click shopping’? At the end of the 1990s, none of the world’s pharmaceutical companies were working on therapies to treat brain tumours in children. It wasn’t a profitable market; brain tumours are rare in comparison…
Smog Causes More Than 3 Million Premature Deaths a Year Worldwide
Air pollution is rarely a major concern for most people in Western Europe. You seldom notice it except when sitting in heavy traffic or when it obscures the far horizon at a scenic spot. However until the middle of last century it was a different story, with heavy industry and domestic heating filling city air…