Tag: ethics
Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer...
Programmers need ethics when designing the technologies that influence people’s lives
Cherri M. Pancake, Oregon State University
Computing professionals are on the front lines of almost every aspect of the modern world. They’re involved in the...
Why your brain never runs out of problems to find
David Levari, Harvard University
Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It...
It’s not my fault, my brain implant made me do it
Laura Y. Cabrera, Michigan State University and Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Michigan State University
Mr. B loves Johnny Cash, except when he doesn’t. Mr. X has watched...
Rather than being free of values, good science is transparent about...
Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University
Scientists these days face a conundrum. As Americans are buffeted by accounts of fake news, alternative facts and deceptive social...
An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe...
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government...
Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University Newark
Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, has warned that President Donald Trump’s...
Misleading statements on Russia meeting recall Clinton’s impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
According to a biographer of Donald Trump, “He’s been lying his whole life, almost reflexively.”
Now, President Trump may be...
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...
