Rocket Lab's Electron will likely fly missions again before the year is out, the company said in a new statement Wednesday.
A NASA mission to explore a metallic asteroid is set to launch in October after software issues caused an initial delay that prevented the spacecraft from lifting off in 2022.
A NASA mission to explore a metallic asteroid is set to launch in October after software issues caused an initial delay that prevented the spacecraft from lifting off in 2022.
By Joachim Skanderby Johansen Last year, Kathryn Paige Harden published The Genetic Lottery where she argues that we should pay attention to genetics’ powerful influence upon our lives when trying to build a just society. As part of this argument, Harden proposes that we are only personally responsible for the behaviour that cannot be explained by genetics or social factors. While Harden states that her take on personal responsibility attempts to avoid murky metaphysical discussions, her argument leads straight into the jaws of a classical will-free paradox – showing that those who do not engage with the history of philosophy are bound to repeat its follies. Harden's arguments in “The Genetic Lottery” can be summarised in two central claims; in the first half of the book, Harden argues that genes are causes of important life outcomes such as level of education and financial success. In the second half of the book, which is the subject of this post, Harden asks what political implicatio