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threats against,
238

obesity,
56

O’Brochta, David,
137

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
162
,
163

Oculus Rift,
30

Ohme, Chloe,
259

oil resources,
111
,
113
,
148

Oncos Therapeutics,
225

optic nerve, in near-death experiences,
41

42

organized crime,
235

36

Ortiz, Deborah,
212

Osmond, Humphry,
169

Ossur,
15

out-of-body experiences.
See
extreme states

Pacala, Stephen,
114

Page, Larry,
145

paranormal,
36
.
See also
extreme states

Parke, David and Company,
168

Parkinson’s disease,
206

parthenogenesis,
208

Pasteur, Louis,
204

Patient Alpha.
See
vision
: artificial implants for

pectus excavatum,
164

Pedersen, Roger,
211

penetration testing,
243

44

Penfield, Wilder,
43
,
46

Persinger, Michael,
47

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine,
27

peyote,
168

P gene,
136

pheromone bombs,
241

phone phreakers,
235

phosphenes,
64

65

phosphorus,
150

phosphorus pollution,
90

91

pilots, out-of-body experiences in,
40

42
,
46

47

Planetary Resources Inc. (PRI),
145

platinum-group metals,
150

Pliny the Elder,
133

Pohl, Frederik,
27

polio genome,
233

pollution,
81
,
83
,
89
,
90

91

from burning coal,
112

climate change and,
113

14

flying cars and,
101

from nuclear energy,
114

16

Ponce de León,
185

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

after brushes with death,
43

45

psychedelic drugs for treatment of,
162
,
163

64
,
176

77

Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Power
(Cravens),
112

Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues,
232

33

president of the United States,
219

46

biosensing technologies and,
242

43

ease of acquiring DNA from,
239

40

efforts to protect DNA of,
222

open-sourcing DNA of,
243

46

threats to,
238

40

President’s Council on Bioethics,
214
,
217

“Preventing a Brave New World or Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now” (Kass),
214

15

Price-Anderson Act,
110

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer
(Lilly),
172

prosthetics,
3

21

aesthetics of,
13

ankle,
16

21

arm,
18

bionic,
13

15

with embodied intelligence,
14

exoskeleton,
20

functionality of,
13

15

health care costs and,
19

20

history of,
11

knee,
14

15
,
20

pain from,
16

research funding for,
11

12

retinal,
74

76

psilocybin,
162
,
175

psychedelic drugs,
155

82

in addiction treatment,
169

in alcoholism treatment,
169

animal use of,
167

current research on,
171

74
,
176

77
,
180

early research into,
168

70

empathodelics and,
160

in end-of-life care,
157

61
,
164

67
,
170

71
,
180

82

legislation against,
169

70
,
173

MDMA,
160

61

mind-body medicine and,
164

65

mushrooms,
167

68
,
169

research on,
161

64

risks of,
160

61

in spiritual traditions,
167

68

punctuated equilibrium,
49
,
54
,
56

PUREX (Plutonium Uranium Extraction),
115

16

Raelians,
217

Raikhel, Alexander,
139

rate-of-living theory,
191

Reagan, Ronald,
12
,
116
,
210
,
240

Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research
(Grof),
172

Red Bull Stratos Project,
127

29

red team exercises,
243

44

Registry of Standard Biological Parts,
234

Reiss, Spencer,
111

Rejuven,
193

religion

epilepsy associated with,
43

44

ethics of space travel and,
143

44

fear of death and,
29

psychedelic drugs in,
167

68
,
173

on sperm banks and incest,
259

60

stem cell research and,
207
,
208

10
,
217

on vision as proof of God,
74

REM sleep, near-death experiences and,
44

45

renewable energy,
112

13
,
114

Retinal Prosthesis Lab,
76

Rheo Knee,
15

Riccio, Jim,
113
,
122

Rig Veda,
168

Riverwoods Field Laboratory,
86

Roe v. Wade,
208

Rosenau, William,
233

34

Ross, Ronald,
134

Ross, Stephen,
169

Rossin, Dave,
118

Rothenberg, Ron,
185

87
,
192
,
197

98

Rothman, Cappy,
247
,
249

63

Rothman, Norman “Roughneck,”
249

Rozelle, David,
5
–7,
10

12
,
15

19
,
20

21

Rubin, Gerald,
136

37

Rutan, Burt,
151

Salk, Jonas,
55

Sandoz Pharmaceuticals,
168

Saskatchewan Study,
169

Satava, Richard,
15

Schmidt, Eric,
145

Schwartz, Peter,
11

science fiction

on asteroid mining,
145
,
147

48

on mind uploading,
27

28

terraforming in,
87

Sears, Derek,
150

Seattle Study,
39

40

self, boundaries of,
46

47

Selfridge, Tom,
66

67

Senate Bill
212
,
215

serotonin,
42

Shaw, George Bernard,
3

Shell,
148

Siegel, Ronald,
167

Simak, Paul,
145

Single Mothers by Choice,
253

The Singularity Is Near
(Kurzweil),
28

The Six Million Dollar Man
(TV show),
11

ski-BASE,
130

Skycar,
100

skydiving,
35

36
,
125

30

Skygrabber,
235

slavery, financial profitability of,
51

53

smallpox,
236

37

Small Scale Nuclear Reactors,
119
,
121

Socolow, Robert,
114

Solazyme,
231

32

Sorenson, Kirk,
120

Soul Catcher,
25

27
,
28
,
30

31

sound barrier,
xii
,
101

Southern Baptist Church,
260

Space Adventures Ltd.,
145

SpaceShipOne,
129

SpaceShipTwo,
xiii
,
129

space travel,
129

30

asteroid mining and,
141

52

ethics of,
143

47

off-world colonies and,
150

51

XPRIZE competition for,
xi

xiii
,
129

Special Theory of Relativity,
109

SPECT (single positron emission computed topography),
45

46

Spenser, Jack,
111

sperm banks,
247

63

donor anonymity in,
253

57
,
260

62

donor screening for,
252

53
,
261

62

donor tracking by,
256

57
,
262

economics of,
250

51

incest among offspring from,
257

60

regulation of,
251
,
258

59
,
260

63

Spirit of America
(car),
xii

spiritual traditions,
xiv

xvi

fear of death and,
29

mystical experiences and,
33

48

near-death experiences and,
42

45

psychedelic drugs in,
167

68

spoonbills,
93

94

sports

extreme,
125

30

out-of-body experiences in,
36

37

as play,
125

prosthetics and,
12

13
,
15
,
17
,
19

20

skydiving,
35

36
,
125

30

steroid use in,
183
,
187

90
,
193

95

weightlifting,
189

90

Spradling, Allan,
136
,
137

stabilization wedges,
114

Stanford, George,
106
,
119

120

Stanford University,
216

17

Stapledon, Olaf,
85

Stardust
(space vehicle),
146

starry-night effect,
64

65

stars, creation of,
xvii

State Children’s Health Insurance Program,
210

Steindl-Rast, David,
173

stem cells,
201

18

anti-abortion war and,
208

10

in anti-aging medicine,
199

availability of for research,
211

13

bioweapons and,
240

cancer and,
205

conflated with cloning,
214

15

defining life and,
209

efforts to change federal law on,
213

15

from embryos,
209

fetal,
208

10

hematopoietic,
205

6

hybridization of,
200

loss of research and researchers on in the US,
212

13

methods for obtaining,
207

8
,
214

15

organ transplants and,
204

5

parthenogenesis of,
208

politicization of,
206

17

potential of,
206

state legislation on,
211

13

StemCells Inc.,
216

Sterling, Bruce,
247

Steroid Control Act,
189

90
,
198

steroids,
183

200

for AIDS treatment,
196

97

anabolic and androgenic,
192

for cosmetic purposes,
190

DHEA,
186
,
198

early research on,
192

93

human growth hormone,
198

metabolic effects of,
190

92

misinformation about,
183

84
,
188

90
,
193

95

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