Tag: Bioethics
Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington and Andrew Ko, University of Washington
Putting a computer inside someone’s brain used...
Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges...
Keith Latham, Michigan State University and Mary Faith Marshall, University of Virginia
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that...
Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but...
Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati and Jake Earl, Georgetown University
Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but...
Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story,...
Risa Aria Schnebly, Arizona State University and Ben A. Minteer, Arizona State University
It’s no secret that human activities...
Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington and Andrew Ko, University of Washington
Imagine that a soldier has a tiny...
‘Off-label’ use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal...
Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati and Shannon Fyfe, George Mason University
Kids ages 5 to 11 can now be...
I’m fully vaccinated – should I keep wearing a mask for...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington
Fully vaccinated adults are celebrating their new freedom and removing their face masks....
Vaccine guilt is good – as long it doesn’t stop you...
Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Over 100 million Americans have now received at least one dose...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
