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The modern make-over

Scientists and philosophers gathered in Helsinki last week for TransVision, a conference about 'enhancing' humans. Kerri Smith talks to Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, UK, about what's on the table.

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Smith, K. The modern make-over. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060821-7

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