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Health Professionals And Cadavers: The Quest For An Ethical Approach

1 year ago

Health Professionals And Cadavers: The Quest For An Ethical Approach

Brendon Kurt Billings and Beverley Kramer

If Youâ€™ve Given Your DNA To A DNA Database, U.S. Police May Now Have Access To It

2 years ago

If Youâ€™ve Given Your DNA To A DNA Database, U.S. Police May Now Have Access To It

Jane Tiller

Abusing A Robot Wonâ€™t Hurt It, But It Could Make You A Crueller Person

2 years ago

Abusing A Robot Wonâ€™t Hurt It, But It Could Make You A Crueller Person

S. Coghlan, B. Barbosa Neves and J. Waycott

Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose A New Challenge For Bioethics

2 years ago

Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose A New Challenge For Bioethics

Young Justice: Outsiders Is Raising Fascinating Questions About Super Ethics

2 years ago

Young Justice: Outsiders Is Raising Fascinating Questions About Super Ethics

Charles Pulliam-Moore

Scientists Went To China To Create Controversial Human-Monkey Embryos

Science & Health

2 years ago

Scientists Went To China To Create Controversial Human-Monkey Embryos

George Dvorsky

Health Care Workers In The UK Turned Over An Undocumented Immigrant Trafficking Victim To Police, Case Report Says

Science & Health

2 years ago

Health Care Workers In The UK Turned Over An Undocumented Immigrant Trafficking Victim To Police, Case Report Says

Ed Cara

CRISPR Baby Mutation Linked To Higher Risk Of Early Death

Science & Health

2 years ago

CRISPR Baby Mutation Linked To Higher Risk Of Early Death

George Dvorsky

The First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient To Undergo Cryonic Preservation

2 years ago

The First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient To Undergo Cryonic Preservation

George Dvorsky

FDA Warns Virginia Lab For Illegally Marketing Unproven Genetic Tests

2 years ago

FDA Warns Virginia Lab For Illegally Marketing Unproven Genetic Tests

Study Says Over 400 Organ Transplant Studies Using Chinese Data Should Be Retracted Over Ethical Concerns

2 years ago

Study Says Over 400 Organ Transplant Studies Using Chinese Data Should Be Retracted Over Ethical Concerns

China’s Latest Cloned-Monkey Experiment Is An Ethical Mess

2 years ago

China’s Latest Cloned-Monkey Experiment Is An Ethical Mess

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

China Says Gene-Editing Scientist Broke Laws To Pursue ‘Personal Fame And Gain’

2 years ago

China Says Gene-Editing Scientist Broke Laws To Pursue ‘Personal Fame And Gain’

Bristol Meyers-Squibb And Others Can’t Dodge $1 Billion Lawsuit Over 1940s Syphilis Study, Judge Rules

2 years ago

Bristol Meyers-Squibb And Others Can’t Dodge $1 Billion Lawsuit Over 1940s Syphilis Study, Judge Rules

A Cancer Expert Who Hid Ties To The Drug Industry Resigns From Scientific Journal

2 years ago

A Cancer Expert Who Hid Ties To The Drug Industry Resigns From Scientific Journal

It’s Time To Plan For How Quantum Computing Could Go Wrong, Say Entrepreneurs And Physicists

2 years ago

It’s Time To Plan For How Quantum Computing Could Go Wrong, Say Entrepreneurs And Physicists

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

China’s Social Ranking System Will Now Target Rule-Breaking Scientists

2 years ago

China’s Social Ranking System Will Now Target Rule-Breaking Scientists

George Dvorsky

Genius Ryan Zinke Calls Congressman Who Will Likely Be Future Oversight Chair A Drunk

2 years ago

Genius Ryan Zinke Calls Congressman Who Will Likely Be Future Oversight Chair A Drunk

Tom McKay

Reports Of First Genetically Enhanced Babies Spark Outrage

2 years ago

Reports Of First Genetically Enhanced Babies Spark Outrage

George Dvorsky

UK Ethics Council Says It’s ‘Morally Permissible’ To Create Genetically Modified Babies

3 years ago

UK Ethics Council Says It’s ‘Morally Permissible’ To Create Genetically Modified Babies

George Dvorsky

Facebook, Google And Microsoft Use Design To Trick You Into Handing Over Your Data, New Report Warns

3 years ago

Facebook, Google And Microsoft Use Design To Trick You Into Handing Over Your Data, New Report Warns

Patrick Lucas Austin

New York Court Says Chimps Aren’t People, But It’s Not Happy About It

3 years ago

New York Court Says Chimps Aren’t People, But It’s Not Happy About It

George Dvorsky

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

3 years ago

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

George Dvorsky

Why ‘Mind Uploading’ Is Probably A Very Bad Idea

Science & Health

3 years ago

Why ‘Mind Uploading’ Is Probably A Very Bad Idea

UK Government Proposes Five Basic Principles To Keep Humans Safe From AI

3 years ago

UK Government Proposes Five Basic Principles To Keep Humans Safe From AI

Experts Sign Open Letter Slamming Europe’s Proposal To Recognise Robots As Legal Persons

3 years ago

Experts Sign Open Letter Slamming Europe’s Proposal To Recognise Robots As Legal Persons

MIT Backs Away From Startup That Aims To Preserve Your Brain And Memories After You Die

3 years ago

MIT Backs Away From Startup That Aims To Preserve Your Brain And Memories After You Die

Unconscious Patient With ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Tattoo Causes Ethical Conundrum At Hospital

3 years ago

Unconscious Patient With ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Tattoo Causes Ethical Conundrum At Hospital

Nitrogen Gas Is Now The Execution Method Of Choice In Oklahoma

3 years ago

Nitrogen Gas Is Now The Execution Method Of Choice In Oklahoma

George Dvorsky

People Are Really Great At Forgetting If Their Jeans Are Made Through Child Labour

3 years ago

People Are Really Great At Forgetting If Their Jeans Are Made Through Child Labour

Why The Law Doesn’t (and Sometimes Shouldn’t) Protect Us From The Algorithms That Rule Our Lives

3 years ago

Why The Law Doesn’t (and Sometimes Shouldn’t) Protect Us From The Algorithms That Rule Our Lives

Sidney Fussell

This Guy Just Injected Himself With A DIY HIV Treatment On Facebook Live

4 years ago

This Guy Just Injected Himself With A DIY HIV Treatment On Facebook Live

Kristen V. Brown

Why We’ll Eventually Want Our Robots To Deceive Us

4 years ago

Why We’ll Eventually Want Our Robots To Deceive Us

George Dvorsky

Google’s DeepMind Launches Ethics Group To Steer AI

4 years ago

Google’s DeepMind Launches Ethics Group To Steer AI

George Dvorsky

New ‘Chemical Surgery’ Technique Repairs Mutations In Human Embryos

4 years ago

New ‘Chemical Surgery’ Technique Repairs Mutations In Human Embryos

George Dvorsky

Why Banning Killer AI Is Easier Said Than Done

4 years ago

Why Banning Killer AI Is Easier Said Than Done

IBM Is Clueless About AI Risks

4 years ago

IBM Is Clueless About AI Risks

How Will We Stop Hackers From Invading Our Brains Once We’re Cyborgs?

4 years ago

How Will We Stop Hackers From Invading Our Brains Once We’re Cyborgs?

US Appeals Court Says Chimps Are Not Legal Persons, Here’s Why They’re Wrong

4 years ago

US Appeals Court Says Chimps Are Not Legal Persons, Here’s Why They’re Wrong

When Will Robots Deserve Human Rights?

4 years ago

When Will Robots Deserve Human Rights?

George Dvorsky

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

4 years ago

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

George Dvorsky

This Artificially Intelligent Speech Generator Can Fake Anyone’s Voice

4 years ago

This Artificially Intelligent Speech Generator Can Fake Anyone’s Voice

George Dvorsky

Widely-Reported Study On Fish And Microbeads Might Have Been Faked

4 years ago

Widely-Reported Study On Fish And Microbeads Might Have Been Faked

George Dvorsky

Report: Uber Had Yet Another Secret Tracking Program Called ‘Hell’

4 years ago

Report: Uber Had Yet Another Secret Tracking Program Called ‘Hell’

US Treasury Secretary Apologises For Asking You To Watch LEGO Batman

4 years ago

US Treasury Secretary Apologises For Asking You To Watch LEGO Batman

India And New Zealand Were Wrong To Recognise Rivers As Persons

4 years ago

India And New Zealand Were Wrong To Recognise Rivers As Persons

US Government Ethics Site Keeps Crashing Due To ‘Extraordinary’ Traffic For Some Reason

4 years ago

US Government Ethics Site Keeps Crashing Due To ‘Extraordinary’ Traffic For Some Reason

Five Major Cancer Studies Are Proving Difficult To Reproduce

4 years ago

Five Major Cancer Studies Are Proving Difficult To Reproduce

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Donald Trump Is About To Declare War On Women’s Bodies

5 years ago

Donald Trump Is About To Declare War On Women’s Bodies

George Dvorsky

Chilling Ad Underscores The Insanity Of Caregiving Robots

5 years ago

Chilling Ad Underscores The Insanity Of Caregiving Robots

Chicago Doctor Busted For Making His Own Vaccines From Cat Saliva And Vodka

5 years ago

Chicago Doctor Busted For Making His Own Vaccines From Cat Saliva And Vodka

World’s First ‘Three Parent Baby’ Born Thanks To A New Fertility Technique

5 years ago

World’s First ‘Three Parent Baby’ Born Thanks To A New Fertility Technique

George Dvorsky

A 17-Year-Old In Belgium Becomes The First Minor To Die With Doctors’ Help

5 years ago

A 17-Year-Old In Belgium Becomes The First Minor To Die With Doctors’ Help

George Dvorsky

Scientists Have Bred Live Mice With No Need For Fertilised Eggs

5 years ago

Scientists Have Bred Live Mice With No Need For Fertilised Eggs

George Dvorsky

Brains Of Nazi Victims Uncovered In German Psychiatric Institute

5 years ago

Brains Of Nazi Victims Uncovered In German Psychiatric Institute

Facebook Will Keep Violent Videos If They ‘Raise Awareness’

5 years ago

Facebook Will Keep Violent Videos If They ‘Raise Awareness’

US Government-Funded Zika Study To Use Olympic Athletes As Guinea Pigs

5 years ago

US Government-Funded Zika Study To Use Olympic Athletes As Guinea Pigs

Your Self-Driving Car Will Be Programmed To Kill You, Deal With It

5 years ago

Your Self-Driving Car Will Be Programmed To Kill You, Deal With It

Brazil Just Shot And Killed Its Own Olympic Mascot

5 years ago

Brazil Just Shot And Killed Its Own Olympic Mascot

Scientists Have Created Monkeys With Parkinson’s Disease

5 years ago

Scientists Have Created Monkeys With Parkinson’s Disease

How The Military Could Turn Your Mind Into The Next Battlefield

5 years ago

How The Military Could Turn Your Mind Into The Next Battlefield

George Dvorsky

Autonomous Killing Machines Are More Dangerous Than We Think

5 years ago

Autonomous Killing Machines Are More Dangerous Than We Think

George Dvorsky

Ethicists Voice Concerns Over Creation Of Humanised ‘Autistic’ Monkeys

5 years ago

Ethicists Voice Concerns Over Creation Of Humanised ‘Autistic’ Monkeys

Scientists Claim To Perform Head Transplant On Monkey, Experts Say Prove It

5 years ago

Scientists Claim To Perform Head Transplant On Monkey, Experts Say Prove It

Most Notorious Science Scandals Of 2015

5 years ago

Most Notorious Science Scandals Of 2015

George Dvorsky

Martin Shkreli Just Got Fired From His Other Job As CEO

5 years ago

Martin Shkreli Just Got Fired From His Other Job As CEO

George Dvorsky

How Much Would You Pay To Live An Extra Year?

5 years ago

How Much Would You Pay To Live An Extra Year?

Dominic Wilkinson

US Scientists Demand Removal Of Restrictions On Animal Chimera Research

6 years ago

US Scientists Demand Removal Of Restrictions On Animal Chimera Research

Is War Becoming More Humane?

6 years ago

Is War Becoming More Humane?

George Dvorsky

Mutated ‘Micropigs’ Will Soon Be Sold As Pets

6 years ago

Mutated ‘Micropigs’ Will Soon Be Sold As Pets

George Dvorsky

Anxious Addict Or Conscious Cowboy? A New View On Illegal Downloading

6 years ago

Anxious Addict Or Conscious Cowboy? A New View On Illegal Downloading

David Court, Annie Parnell, Bridget Callow-Wright, Chloe Rickard

Robots Can’t Kill You — And Claiming They Can Is Dangerous

6 years ago

Robots Can’t Kill You — And Claiming They Can Is Dangerous

Ron Chrisley

Meanwhile In The Future: What If We Banned All Weapons?

6 years ago

Meanwhile In The Future: What If We Banned All Weapons?

Rose Eveleth

The Doctor Who Infected 1300 Guatemalan Patients With STDs

6 years ago

The Doctor Who Infected 1300 Guatemalan Patients With STDs

NVIDIA Co-Founder: Self-Driving Cars Shouldn’t Make Their Own Ethical Decisions

6 years ago

NVIDIA Co-Founder: Self-Driving Cars Shouldn’t Make Their Own Ethical Decisions

Politicians Who Regulate Big Cable Invest In AT&T, Comcast And Verizon

6 years ago

Politicians Who Regulate Big Cable Invest In AT&T, Comcast And Verizon

Adam Clark Estes

Should The Rich Be Able To Buy Places On Clinical Trials?

7 years ago

Should The Rich Be Able To Buy Places On Clinical Trials?

Alexander Masters - Mosaic

US Military Is Spending Millions To Build Robots With Morals

7 years ago

US Military Is Spending Millions To Build Robots With Morals

Adam Clark Estes

Apple: Our Supplies (Largely) Don’t Come From War Zones

7 years ago

Apple: Our Supplies (Largely) Don’t Come From War Zones

Jamie Condliffe

AP Takes Hard Line Stance In Firing Pulitzer Winner For Doctored Photo

7 years ago

AP Takes Hard Line Stance In Firing Pulitzer Winner For Doctored Photo

Michael Hession

Doctors Aren’t Actually Bound By The Hippocratic Oath

8 years ago

Doctors Aren’t Actually Bound By The Hippocratic Oath

Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

Those Adorable Animal Pics May Be Fake — And Cruel

8 years ago

Those Adorable Animal Pics May Be Fake — And Cruel

Ashley Feinberg

US Supreme Court: Human Genetic Material Can’t Be Patented

8 years ago

US Supreme Court: Human Genetic Material Can’t Be Patented

Adam Clark Estes

The Drone Is A Lie: How UAV Technology Grew Into Urban Legend

8 years ago

The Drone Is A Lie: How UAV Technology Grew Into Urban Legend

Sarah Wanenchak - Cyborgology

Why Yesterday’s New York Post Cover Matters To You

8 years ago

Why Yesterday’s New York Post Cover Matters To You

Leslie Horn

How Bioengineered Humans Could Solve Climate Change

Science & Health

9 years ago

How Bioengineered Humans Could Solve Climate Change

Jamie Condliffe

Greed Isn’t Good: Wealth Can Make People Unethical

Science & Health

9 years ago

Greed Isn’t Good: Wealth Can Make People Unethical

Brandon Keim-wired

Are Drones More Ethical Killing Machines?

10 years ago

Are Drones More Ethical Killing Machines?

Matt Buchanan

Why Are Tech Founders Such Arseholes?

10 years ago

Why Are Tech Founders Such Arseholes?

Ryan Tate

The Case Of The Identical Rabbit Games

10 years ago

The Case Of The Identical Rabbit Games