A future where your brain is better

December 10, 2007

From the odd capsule of fish oil to major brain surgery, the options for boosting our mental capacity are expanding all the time. Do we need to worry about the advent of a brave new world, where everyone is too clever by half?

According to the British Medical Association, we must at least start thinking about the ethics of altering the organ which is so central to our being before there is no turning back. (BBC NEWS)