Arri Eisen

Arri Eisen is a Senior Lecturer in Biology for Emory University's Center for Ethics and co-editor of Science, Religion, and Society: History, Cultures, and Controversies (M. E. Sharpe, 2007). His Science in Your Life radio spots, which aired on Atlanta's NPR affiliate, can be found here.

Science & TechnologyApril 16, 2009

Double Helix: Who Are We?

By Arri Eisen

Biochemist and Geneticist Arri Eisen introduces a new column on the intersection of science and belief.

Science & TechnologyApril 16, 2009

Double Helix: Improving U.S. Science with Ethics

By Arri Eisen

Science education suffers when we rip it from its ethical, real-life context and attempt to shape it into a collection of value-free information.

Science & TechnologyApril 16, 2009

Double Helix: The Roger Clemens Question

By Arri Eisen

Baseball’s steroid “scandal” points to a larger ethical question about what it means to be human…

Politics/Law, Science & TechnologyMarch 11, 2009

Double Helix: Stress, Religion and Your “Real” Age

By Arri Eisen

Can religion help you stay young? Can staying young win you the White House?

Archive, Science & TechnologyFebruary 24, 2009

RDBook: Darwin and Slavery

By Arri Eisen

Darwin’s abhorrence for slavery, and his determination to counter the wrongs being done in the name of science, was a spur to his research on evolution. He was committed to proving that humanity had a common ancestor.

Science & TechnologyFebruary 2, 2009

Double Helix: Obama, Race, Science, and Religion

By Arri Eisen

In the race to define race, the issue for modern science is bound up in a paradoxical reality: while most scientists believe race is a social construct, over 10,000 articles have been published in the past 5 years on the role of race in disease. What can Obama do?