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Fred Friendly Seminar: Our Genes, Our Choices
Find out more about the history of genetics, the ethical dilemmas involved with genetic screening, cloning and transplanting, and real-life scenarios in which difficult choices have to be made. (2003)
NOVA — Science Now: Little People of Flores
The remains of three-foot-tall humans are discovered on a remote Indonesian island. (April 2005)
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: The Ethics of Genetic Testing
As a result of the Human Genome Project, we are now able to locate genetic mutations and know much more about a person's medical future than ever before. And this new knowledge has given rise to many medical, legal, and ethical questions. (August 31, 2001)
Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang
Learn more about Darwin an about the earliest humans. Participate in a poll by weighing in on the question, "Should we create babies by design?" (2001)
Faith and Reason
Find out more about genetic screening, evolution and ethics at this older PBS website. (1995)
Race: The Power of an Illusion
An interview with Pilar Ossorio, a legal scholar, microbiologist and bioethicist who teaches at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is a leading expert on the ethical implications of genetic research. (2003)
NOVA - Cracking the Code of Life: Manipulating Genes: How Much is Too Much?
In this interview, Dr. Philip Kitcher, professor of philosophy at Columbia University and the author of The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities (Simon & Schuster, 1996) speaks his mind on some of the controversial issues now under discussionwith regard to genetic testing, therapy and enhancement. (Updated April 2003)
NPR Stories
Hearing Voices: A Homeless Romanian Dwarf
Writer and anthropologist Alyssa Goodman reports on an encounter with a homeless dwarf in Romania. The piece was produced by Larry Massett of Hearing Voices radio project. (April 20, 2005)
Morning Edition: Research News
News broke last October that archeologist had discovered a hobbit-like creature on an Indonesian island. Now neurologists have examined the creature's brain and believe it to be a lost relative of modern humans, just a bit smaller. But the debate is far from over. (March 4, 2005)
All Things Considered: 'Elf Season' and the Annual Degradation of a Minority
When commentator John Moe's daughter was diagnosed with dwarfism, he began to look at the portrayal of elves at holiday time in a new way.
Day to Day: Actor Peter Dinklage
NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks with Peter Dinklage, star of the film The Station Agent, about his character's struggle to overcome the social isolation of being a dwarf. (October 17, 2003)
Weekend Edition: Genetic Ethics: 'Against Perfection'
An article in this April's Atlantic Monthly makes the argument that the quest for genetic perfection through bioengineering may degrade the human will and the appreciation of life itself. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with the article's author, Michael Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University. (March 28, 2004)
Tavis Smiley: Eugenics and the 'War Against the Weak'
Have you ever wondered where Adolf Hitler got the idea for eugenics? In his new book, War Against the Weak, author Edwin Black asserts that it came from the United States. Black talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about the hidden history of American eugenics. (September 18, 2003)
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