The rich variety of biological forms and behaviours results from one evolutionary history on
Earth, via frozen accidents and selection in specific environments. This ubiquitous baggage …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

Intelligence is a central feature of human beings' primary and interpersonal experience.
Understanding how intelligence originated and scaled during evolution is a key challenge …

This entry aims to clarify how systems and synthetic biology contribute to and extend
discussions within philosophy of science. Unlike fields such as developmental biology or …

Many studies on memory emphasize the material substrate and mechanisms by which data
can be stored and reliably read out. Here, I focus on complementary aspects: the need for …

Abstract Crump et al.(2022) offer a well-argued example of an essential development: a
rigorous framework for assessing sentience from the perspective of moral concern over an …

When Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the
United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) imposed sanctions on Russia …

Objectives This paper identifies approaches to the responsible development of emerging
technologies to secure worker safety and health. Methods A retrospective analysis was used …

AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity’s Future Michael Levin1,2,* 1 Allen
Discovery Center at Tufts Universit Page 1 AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and …

Chimerism, a fascinating biological occurrence, occurs when an organism possesses cells
from two or more individuals, often stemming from the death of a fraternal twin. This …