Posts tagged with ‘enhancement’
There are lots of righteous rationales for being against doping, but only one stands up to real scrutiny: the rules say it is not allowed.
The line between legal and illegal performance enhancement is unclear, and our ability to detect illegal enhancement is even shakier.
The opening of the Beijing Olympics this Friday has provided another occasion for much public reflection on the ethics of sports doping. It is not hard to imagine that betting pools will be created not only on the number of medals won in this Olympiad, but also on the number of medals withdrawn due to doping rules violations.
From an online survey of Nature readers comes data suggesting that a significant number of scientists and engineers use drugs for the non-medical purpose of increasing productivity and brain power.
Jonathan Moreno tells
Nature podcast host Kerri Smith about what happens when neuroscience meets warfare. Be prepared for soldiers who don’t need sleep and detainees who can be chemically induced to trust their captors.
