Tag: ethics
Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon − a medical anthropologist...
Julia Brown, University of California, San Francisco
With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not...
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...
Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains −...
Kendra Thomas, Hope College
On April 3, 1968, standing before a crowded church, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....
Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life...
Rebecca Dyer, Hamilton College and Keelah Williams, Hamilton College
Political polarization can be reduced when people are told to...
Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog...
Jon Garthoff, University of Tennessee
People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they’re good, reassurance when...
Why all civilian lives matter equally, according to a military ethicist
Jessica Wolfendale, Case Western Reserve University
Some commentators have criticized Israel for causing what is claimed to be disproportionate...
Why all civilian lives matter equally, according to a military ethicist
Jessica Wolfendale, Case Western Reserve University
Some commentators have criticized Israel for causing what is claimed to be disproportionate...
Lost in the coffee aisle? Navigating the complex buzzwords behind an...
Spencer M. Ross, UMass Lowell
You’re shopping for a bag of coffee beans at the grocery store. After reading...
EXPLORING NATURE
I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...
Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder
Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower.
This...
