Daniel Groll, "Conceiving People: Genetic Kno...

How do scientists reason when they posit unobservables to explain their observed results? For example, how did Watson and Crick reason that DNA had a double-helix structure when they observed Franklin’s image 51, or how did Hodgkin and Huxley reason that sodium ions carried the c ...  Show more

How can habits of racialization be affected by art, in its reception and its creation? How can a carnal aesthetics help us understand Latinx life? What if we listen to photographs? How might they undo us? Can we be undone? In Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad (Duke UP, ...  Show more

For many people around the world, donation of sperm or an egg can be the difference between becoming parents and not. But while this donation can make their dream of parenthood come true, what are the considerations for the end result, the child themselves? Donation and IVF can h ...  Show more

RETURNING guest Vlad Chituc joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about donating his kidney to a stranger, the effective altruism movement, and his sexuality. Was EA's turn to 'long-termist' goals like preventing evil AI inevitable?  Have they strayed too far from their Peter ...

Si aujourd’hui la PMA est un sujet relativement abordé, celui du don de gamètes reste silencié, encore plus lorsque l'on est une femme. On fait parler ceux qui reçoivent des ovocytes, mais entend-on parler de ceux et celles qui décident de donner ? Et connaît-on vraiment le parco ...  Show more

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Saint Augustine said, "to fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him the ...