Future Human: Are we ready for Humanity 2.0?

BioCentre is pleased to announce details about its 2011–12 thought leader teleconference series.

Future Human: Are we ready for Humanity 2.0?

Thought leader conference call with Prof Steve Fuller – MP3 now available

The mp3 from BioCentre’s recent conference call with Prof Steve Fuller is now available to download here.

Thought leader conference call with Prof Steve Fuller – MP3 now available

Thought leader conference call with Justina Robson – MP3 now available

The mp3 from BioCentre’s second conference call with SF author Justina Robson is now available to listen online and download.

Thought leader conference call with Justina Robson – MP3 now available

Call for Papers – The 21st Century Body

This interdisciplinary symposium is convened in order to build capacity as well as consolidate existing scholarship on perspectives on the human body and identity in the face of new advances in emerging technologies.

Call for Papers – The 21st Century Body

DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data

The field of genomics is caught in a data deluge. DNA sequencing is becoming faster and cheaper at a pace far outstripping Moore’s law.

DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data

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Relatives over–rule organ donor wishes of loved ones

Relatives over–rule organ donor wishes of loved ones

One in ten families of dead patients on the organ donor register still refuse to allow the...

Call for Papers – The 21st Century Body

Call for Papers – The 21st Century Body

This interdisciplinary symposium is convened in order to build capacity as well as consoli...

 Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology

Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology

Google’s driverless car Google has been experimenting with driverless Toyota Prius c...




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Conscience – A Very Short Introduction

Conscience – A Very Short Introduction
Posted: 04/01/2012


Conscience is a very puzzling element of human consciousness, yet such an important one that etymologically, the two words – conscience and consciousness – were indivisible concepts in English up to the 17th Century. Yet only as recently as 2011, has OUP published its Very Short Introduction on the topic as the 273rd volume in this excellent and popular series.

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