Tag: ethics
Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now’s the...
Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve University
The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took...
Fixing a toxic culture like Uber’s requires more than just a...
Katina Sawyer, Villanova University and Christian Thoroughgood, Villanova University
In times of organizational crisis, some companies are able to right the ship, while others sink...
Defining dual-use research: When scientific advances can both help and hurt...
Nicholas G. Evans, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Aerin Commins, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Scientific research can change our lives for the better, but it...
Trump snubs ethical norms because we’ve forgotten why they matter
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Let’s be honest. Conflicts of interest are boring.
The president-elect knows this. In fact, he’s banking on it.
Instead of addressing...
Attackers can make it impossible to dial 911
Mordechai Guri, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Yisroel Mirsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Yuval Elovici, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
It’s not often...
Who’s listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health...
Jacki Liddle, The University of Queensland; Adrian Carter, Monash University; Christina Atay, The University of Queensland; David Ireland, CSIRO, and Mark Burdon, The University...
Why President-elect Trump doesn’t think he has a conflict of interest...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
President-elect Trump will face an array of conflicts of interest when he takes office. These conflicts are not minor...
Facebook’s problem is more complicated than fake news
R. Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
In the wake of Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, many questions have been raised about Facebook’s role in the...
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...
