Massive global survey reveals ethics preferences and regional differences. A massive new survey developed by MIT researchers reveals some distinct global preferences concerning the ethics of... Read more
An emotion detector which, potentially, can tell whether a person really finds you attractive on a first date has been created by researchers at Lancaster University. The inspiration for the... Read more
Ethics and technology hold the key to the success of synthetic biology Targeted cancer treatments, toxicity sensors and living factories: synthetic biology has the potential to revolutionize... Read more
Scientific controversies, from problems replicating results — such as with the now debunked association between autism and MMR vaccines — to researcher misconduct and sensationalism, have le... Read more
Imagine you are in charge of the switch on a trolley track. The express is due any minute; but as you glance down the line you see a school bus, filled with children, stalled at the level cr... Read more
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals’ reaction to past events. The s... Read more
Scientists may be years away from successfully emulating a human or animal brain for research purposes, but the significant – and perhaps unexpected – ethical challenges such work presents h... Read more
Emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology for 2013 As a new year approaches, the University of Notre Dame’s John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Valu... Read more