Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science.

Win for conscientious objection in Norway

Michael Cook | 21 Oct 2018 |

tags: conscientious objection, norway

Doctor who refused to insert IUDs vindicated

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Stephen Hawking, transhumanist

Michael Cook | 21 Oct 2018 |

tags: stephen hawking, transhumanism

Posthumous essays reveal his fear of genetic ‘improvements’

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Queensland decriminalises abortion

Michael Cook | 21 Oct 2018 |

tags: abortion, australia, conscientious objection, queensland

Bill passes easily, 51 to 41.

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Controversy surrounds Canadian Medical Association’s withdrawal from world body

Michael Cook | 20 Oct 2018 |

tags: canada, euthanasia, world medical association

Was it really over a few copied sentences?

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Will the male of the species go the way of the dodo?

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2018 |

tags: reproduction, reproductive revolution

Chinese researchers create healthy mice from same-sex mothers

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Genetic privacy eroding fast with growth of ancestry databases

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2018 |

tags: genetic privacy, privacy

'Forensic geneology' is of great interest to police

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Walmart wants to know your heart rate and temperature

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2018 |

tags: privacy, walmart

A patent for a biometric trolley raises questions

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New journal to explore what comes after Humanity 1.0

Michael Cook | 13 Oct 2018 |

tags: posthumanism, transhumanism

The Journal of Posthuman Studies examines trans and post-humanism

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Dutch man may have fathered 1000 children

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: reproductive revolution, sperm donation

Could be the world’s most prolific father

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Should HIV+ people be allowed to donate organs?

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: hiv, organ donation, south africa

A South African mother has donated a liver to her infant son

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Canadians and Dutch fail to shift World Medical Association opposition to euthanasia

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: euthanasia, world medical association

A number of other nations have opposed change

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If you cannot remember a crime, should you be executed for it?

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: capital punishment, death penalty

A prisoner on death row in Alabama may not remember a murder he committed in 1985

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UK govt bodies clash over transgender fertility treatment

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: transgender fertility, uk

Human rights versus bottom line

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Documentary makes powerful plea for open access publishing

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2018 |

tags: academic publishing, ethics of publishing, open access publishing

Many academics do not understand how the system works

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What are the ethical complications of a womb transplant?

Michael Cook | 30 Sep 2018 |

tags: uterus transplant

Have you ever considered a black market in uteruses?

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